5.3 million Umrah visas issued in 2019 until now

Approximately 5,276,913 Umrah visas have been granted as per Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah from the beginning of 2019 until now

Approximately 5,276,913 Umrah visas have been granted as per Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah from the beginning of 2019 until now

Ministry of Pakistan told the media that with the count of 1,129,965 umrah pilgrims, Pakistan has topped the list of most Umrah Pilgrims for 2019. Followed by, Indonesia is on the second place with 760,245 pilgrims, reported by Saudi Gazette.

The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said that all these pilgrims will be served by 10,400 Saudi workers from Umrah Companies. Including 1,778 women and 8,622 men.

As per the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia report, a total of 4,798,057 Umrah pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia until this Thursday to perform Umrah and 4,309,937 Umrah pilgrims have returned to their home, and 337,614 still in Makkah to perform their final rites.

Also the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia mentioned , 4,282,413 pilgrims arrived by air, 464,238 arrived by Land and 51,406 arrived by sea as a way of transport to perform Umrah.

The report presented by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah further stated that approximately 150,506 pilgrims are currently in Madinah to pay their respects to Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and praying at his mosque.

The third largest part of Pilgrims came from India, which sent 472,103 to perform Umrahs. The list is as follows;

Pakistan (1,129,965 pilgrims)

Indonesia (760,245 pilgrims)

India (472,103 pilgrims)

Egypt (280,057 pilgrims)

Malaysia (233,376 pilgrims)

Yemen (232,984 pilgrims)

Turkey (225,670 pilgrims)

Algeria (208,238 pilgrims)

Iraq (144,995 pilgrims)

Jordan (134,359 pilgrims)


May Allah accept the Umrah and Hajj of all those who are going! May their sins be forgiven and their ranks exalted and grant us muslims the opportunity to perform Hajj , InshAllah.

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