Statistics

The archdioces website - http://www.archicompostela.org/web/index_.htm - has up-dated the pilgrim stats up to the end of August 2007 but only on the Spanish link. I'm not sure if the stats have been reported on the Forum but as of the end of September, just over 100 000 compostela certificates had been issued by the pilgrim's office. (I was not included in this stat as I decided to ask for the alternate document this time as I really cannot profess to having walked the camino for religious reasons.)
For the pilgrim from Romania who will be walking soon, 45 Romanian pilgrims received the Compostela last year.
Pilgrim hugs,
Sil

A few stats from Rosina:


There were 114,026 Compostela recipients pilgrims in 2007 (100,377 in 2006).
Pilgrims with purely religious motives were 43,581; religious-cultural 60,944 and non-religious 9,501.

104,568 pilgrims came from Europe.
The largest number of non-Spaniard pilgrims came from Germany, 13,837, followed by those from Italy, 10,257, those from France, 6,982, those from Portugal, 4,001 those from the United States 2,229 those from Canada 1,850, those from the UK 1,696: those from Austria, 1,686; from Holland 1,655; from Brasil, 1,395; from Belgium, 1,332: from Switzerland 1,136; from Ireland 1,090........ and the rest in verying numbers from more than 100 countries.

47,246 of the pilgrims were women and 66,780 were men.

Pilgrims under 15 years of age were 4,858; 16 to 35, 44,239: 36 to 65, 58,631 and 66 to 100 6,298 (4,843 in 2006).

More to follow soon.

All the stats for 2007 are now on the official website in Spanish:

http://www.archicompostela.org/Peregrin ... as2006.htm

and in French:

http://www.archicompostela.org/Peregrinos/Estadisticas/ESTADIST2005FRANCÉS.htm

and in English

http://www.archicompostela.org/Peregrinos/Estadisticas/ESTADIST2005INGLÉS.htm

Grant Spangler has updated his stats from 1989 to 2007.

http://elcaminosantiago.com/PDF/Distrib ... lgrims.pdf

All the stats can also be found on the English link - Pilgrims to St James - at http://www.archicompostela.org