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The grand total number of pilgrims served by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), in 50 years of Hajj previous seasons, was over 95.853 million pilgrims, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GAS), an average of over 2 million pilgrims, per annum, in 19 Hajj seasons, since depicting and keeping records for pilgrims’ numbers had been delegated to (GAS), in 1390 H, corresponding to 1969-70.
For the past 25 seasons of Hajj, the numbers stood at 54,465,253 pilgrims compared to 23,796,977 pilgrims, for the past 10 seasons of Hajj.
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