Air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre by country
Air transport, passengers carried divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
66,160 units per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Mali
Median
13.76 units per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,079
What the numbers show
Air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 66,160 units per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.76 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 1,065 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 4,891.8%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 66,160 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Macau, China | 62,218 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 3 | Hong Kong (China) | 24,480 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Malta | 7,461 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Bahrain | 7,168 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Maldives | 4,746 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Qatar | 3,282 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Ireland | 2,795 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Naoero | 1,955 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 1,282 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Netherlands | 1,231 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 954.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 13 | Korea | 781.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Mauritius | 753.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Switzerland | 701.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Hungary | 609.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 296.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Austria | 557.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 206.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Kuwait | 533.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 192.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Seychelles | 515.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 491.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 395.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 22 | American Samoa | 384.72 units per square kilometre | 2014 | — | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 373.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 24 | Israel | 340.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Japan | 330 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 26 | Lebanon | 263.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Germany | 229.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Panama | 212.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Portugal | 199.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Spain | 188.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Viet Nam | 175.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 169.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Marshall Islands | 163.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 33 | Türkiye | 163.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Denmark | 160.72 units per square kilometre | 2004 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 35 | El Salvador | 157.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Monaco | 155.9 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 99.5% | flat |
| 37 | Brunei Darussalam | 155.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 148.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.9% | rising |
| 39 | Bahamas | 146.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 154.0% | rising |
| 40 | Malaysia | 142.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Philippines | 139.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 42 | France | 119.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 43 | Fiji | 117.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Tonga | 104.74 units per square kilometre | 2004 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 45 | United States | 102.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 46 | Thailand | 101.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | 80.72 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 97.3% | rising |
| 48 | Cyprus | 78.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Kiribati | 72.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 50 | Latvia | 71.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Italy | 68.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 52 | China | 65.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 62.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Rwanda | 62.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 55 | India | 60.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.7% | volatile |
| 56 | New Zealand | 57.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Indonesia | 51.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Sweden | 48.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Armenia | 46.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,842.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Serbia | 46.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 224.1% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 43.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Jordan | 42.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Mexico | 40.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 66 | Togo | 39.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 38.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Colombia | 38.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Finland | 35.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Belize | 34.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 71 | Norway | 33.61 units per square kilometre | 2004 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 31.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 73 | Nepal | 29.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 566.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Croatia | 29.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 75 | Vanuatu | 29.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Chile | 28.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Poland | 28.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Czechia | 28.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Montenegro | 28.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 80 | Oman | 28.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Tunisia | 26.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Republic of Moldova | 25.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Saudi Arabia | 22.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | 20.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 20.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,891.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Ecuador | 18.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Cabo Verde | 17.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Egypt | 16.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Jamaica | 16.71 units per square kilometre | 2018 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Samoa | 15.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Comoros | 14.67 units per square kilometre | 1996 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 92 | Peru | 13.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Albania | 13.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Ethiopia | 13.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 169.3% | volatile |
| 95 | South Africa | 12.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Romania | 12.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Brazil | 11.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 11.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 11.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 100 | Gambia | 10.82 units per square kilometre | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Canada | 10.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Pakistan | 9.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 103 | Australia | 8.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Kenya | 8.85 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Iraq | 8.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 688.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Argentina | 7.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 6.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 108 | Belarus | 6.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Russia | 6.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Nigeria | 5.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Djibouti | 5.63 units per square kilometre | 1991 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 112 | Solomon Islands | 5.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Senegal | 5.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 386.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Myanmar | 5.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Bhutan | 4.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 4.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 118 | Georgia | 4.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 4.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Honduras | 3.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 123 | Cambodia | 3.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 3.44 units per square kilometre | 2009 | down 82.7% | falling |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 3.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 127 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Uruguay | 3.22 units per square kilometre | 2009 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 129 | Algeria | 3.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 130 | Haiti | 2.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 2.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 204.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Least developed countries | 2.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Guatemala | 2.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 183.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.0% | rising |
| 137 | Eswatini | 2.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 138 | Ghana | 1.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 139 | Afghanistan | 1.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Cuba | 1.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.1% | flat |
| 141 | Yemen | 1.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Angola | 1.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Paraguay | 1.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Suriname | 0.9325 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 145 | Mozambique | 0.8649 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 146 | Ukraine | 0.7807 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7255 units per square kilometre | 1998 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 148 | Cameroon | 0.7003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 0.6954 units per square kilometre | 2012 | up 261.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Libya | 0.6221 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Madagascar | 0.5385 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 152 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.5073 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Nicaragua | 0.5072 units per square kilometre | 2000 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 154 | Mongolia | 0.4964 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.0% | flat |
| 155 | Sudan | 0.4877 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Lithuania | 0.4673 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Burundi | 0.4673 units per square kilometre | 1998 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 158 | Zambia | 0.4328 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,107.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Congo | 0.4307 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 0.3786 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 161 | Eritrea | 0.3726 units per square kilometre | 2020 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 162 | Liberia | 0.3322 units per square kilometre | 1992 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 163 | Mauritania | 0.3192 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 164 | Botswana | 0.3048 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Gabon | 0.3001 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 84.8% | rising |
| 166 | Zimbabwe | 0.2391 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 167 | Guinea | 0.2381 units per square kilometre | 1999 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Uganda | 0.108 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Slovenia | 0.0927 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 99.8% | rising |
| 170 | Central African Republic | 0.0744 units per square kilometre | 2001 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 171 | Namibia | 0.0732 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Somalia | 0.0543 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Lesotho | 0.0428 units per square kilometre | 1999 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Slovak Republic | 0.04 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Malawi | 0.0372 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Guyana | 0.0356 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0311 units per square kilometre | 2020 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.0306 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Chad | 0.0225 units per square kilometre | 2014 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 180 | Estonia | 0.02 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Benin | 0.008 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 98.3% | rising |
| 182 | Niger | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Barbados | 0 units per square kilometre | 1991 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Mali | 0 units per square kilometre | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 69 units per square kilometre
- OECD members 68.83 units per square kilometre
- Post-demographic dividend 64.99 units per square kilometre
- South Asia 58.8 units per square kilometre
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 58.8 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 58.03 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 57.6 units per square kilometre
- North America 57.44 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific 52.28 units per square kilometre
- Other small states 50.42 units per square kilometre
- High income 49.98 units per square kilometre
- Pacific island small states 44.28 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Air transport, passengers carried divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Air transport, passengers carried ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Air transport, passengers carried Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Air transport, passengers carried divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.