The first Global Diabetes Walk saw the light of day in 2004. Since then, increasingly more walkers have joined every year:
2004 - 68,582 walkers
2005 - 87,548 walkers
2006 - 161,080 walkers
2007 - 207,694 walkers
2008 - 282,375 walkers
2009 - 305,420 walkers
2010 - 320,707 walkers
2011 - 100.000 walkers
2012 - 135.000 walkers
2013 - 314.000 walkers
2014 - 302.000 walkers
2015 - 379.430 walkers
2016 - 430,056 walkers