Air transport, passengers carried by country
Air carrier data per country refers to passengers carried by airlines registered in that country regardless of the origin or destination of the passengers.
Countries reporting
180
Highest
941.56 million
United States
Lowest
0
Mali
Median
1.32 million
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,242
What the numbers show
Air transport, passengers carried is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 941.56 million in United States; the lowest is 0 in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.32 million, and the mean is 22.74 million.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 4,880.2%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Air transport, passengers carried: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 941.56 million | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 2 | China | 619.22 million | 2023 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 4 | India | 180.42 million | 2023 | up 138.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Turkey | 125.94 million | 2023 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Japan | 120.31 million | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 118.95 million | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Russia | 98.87 million | 2023 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Indonesia | 97.05 million | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Brazil | 95.40 million | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Spain | 94.10 million | 2023 | up 95.8% | volatile |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 91.06 million | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Canada | 88.62 million | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Germany | 80.20 million | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 78.76 million | 2023 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 16 | South Korea | 76.27 million | 2023 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia | 68.96 million | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 18 | France | 64.64 million | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 19 | Hungary | 55.61 million | 2023 | up 299.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Vietnam | 55.11 million | 2023 | up 169.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 51.92 million | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 47.98 million | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Singapore | 47.50 million | 2023 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Malaysia | 46.70 million | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Austria | 46.04 million | 2023 | up 206.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Colombia | 42.40 million | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 41.50 million | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Netherlands | 41.44 million | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Qatar | 37.71 million | 2023 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Switzerland | 27.73 million | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 25.70 million | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Chile | 21.32 million | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Argentina | 21.06 million | 2023 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Italy | 20.26 million | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 35 | Sweden | 19.55 million | 2023 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Greece | 19.09 million | 2023 | up 117.9% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 18.29 million | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Iran | 18.07 million | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Peru | 17.72 million | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Egypt | 16.67 million | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Panama | 15.75 million | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 42 | South Africa | 15.45 million | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 15.27 million | 2023 | up 169.3% | volatile |
| 44 | New Zealand | 15.03 million | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Norway | 12.28 million | 2004 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 11.88 million | 2023 | up 148.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Belgium | 11.39 million | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Finland | 10.79 million | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Kuwait | 9.50 million | 2023 | up 192.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Morocco | 9.35 million | 2023 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Poland | 8.78 million | 2023 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Oman | 8.70 million | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Israel | 7.38 million | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Algeria | 7.16 million | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 55 | Pakistan | 7.15 million | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 6.63 million | 2023 | up 138.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Denmark | 6.43 million | 2004 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 58 | Bahrain | 5.73 million | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Bolivia | 5.60 million | 2023 | up 176.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Nigeria | 5.27 million | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Kenya | 5.14 million | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 4.85 million | 2023 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 63 | Ecuador | 4.57 million | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Latvia | 4.48 million | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Iceland | 4.34 million | 2023 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 4.29 million | 2023 | up 566.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Tunisia | 4.11 million | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Serbia | 3.87 million | 2023 | up 211.6% | rising |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 3.87 million | 2023 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Iraq | 3.76 million | 2023 | up 688.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Jordan | 3.73 million | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Myanmar | 3.54 million | 2023 | up 125.3% | volatile |
| 73 | El Salvador | 3.26 million | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Romania | 2.81 million | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Lebanon | 2.69 million | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 2.58 million | 2023 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 2.18 million | 2023 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Togo | 2.18 million | 2023 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Fiji | 2.15 million | 2023 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Macao | 2.05 million | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.03 million | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 1.97 million | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Tanzania | 1.91 million | 2023 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Venezuela | 1.78 million | 2023 | down 74.0% | rising |
| 87 | Croatia | 1.67 million | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 88 | Papua New Guinea | 1.55 million | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 89 | Rwanda | 1.54 million | 2023 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Mauritius | 1.50 million | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Bahamas | 1.47 million | 2023 | up 154.0% | rising |
| 92 | Maldives | 1.41 million | 2023 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Belarus | 1.32 million | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Angola | 1.32 million | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Armenia | 1.31 million | 2023 | up 2,814.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.15 million | 2023 | up 152.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Libya | 1.09 million | 2023 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 1.08 million | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Senegal | 1.07 million | 2023 | up 386.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 1.03 million | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 996,238 | 2023 | up 4,880.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Sudan | 911,090 | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Laos | 842,280 | 2023 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Moldova | 827,604 | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Brunei | 820,886 | 2023 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 804,478 | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Belize | 776,198 | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 108 | Mongolia | 773,702 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 109 | Cyprus | 724,062 | 2023 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 723,825 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 111 | Cote d'Ivoire | 716,233 | 2023 | up 204.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 690,677 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 113 | Mozambique | 680,108 | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 114 | Cambodia | 675,283 | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Yemen | 618,613 | 2023 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Syria | 610,745 | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Uruguay | 563,632 | 2009 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 118 | Ukraine | 452,344 | 2022 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Ghana | 440,680 | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 120 | Honduras | 428,443 | 2023 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 121 | Paraguay | 407,865 | 2023 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Montenegro | 379,068 | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 123 | Albania | 374,800 | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Vanuatu | 359,290 | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Cameroon | 331,025 | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 126 | Mauritania | 328,992 | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 127 | Zambia | 321,739 | 2023 | up 3,107.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Georgia | 320,810 | 2023 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 129 | Madagascar | 313,313 | 2023 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 130 | Seychelles | 236,917 | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Guatemala | 221,478 | 2023 | up 183.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Bhutan | 189,878 | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Jamaica | 180,951 | 2018 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Botswana | 172,720 | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Solomon Islands | 157,418 | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Suriname | 149,672 | 2023 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 137 | Congo | 147,084 | 2023 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Cuba | 136,998 | 2023 | down 90.2% | flat |
| 139 | Djibouti | 130,500 | 1991 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 118,427 | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Gambia | 109,542 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Burkina Faso | 103,592 | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 143 | Zimbabwe | 92,494 | 2023 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 86,868 | 2009 | down 82.8% | falling |
| 145 | Gabon | 77,320 | 2016 | down 84.8% | rising |
| 146 | American Samoa | 76,944 | 2014 | — | rising |
| 147 | Tonga | 75,416 | 2004 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 148 | Haiti | 74,542 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 71,784 | 2023 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Nicaragua | 61,031 | 2000 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 151 | Namibia | 60,304 | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Kiribati | 58,879 | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 153 | Guinea | 58,500 | 1999 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 50,193 | 2012 | up 261.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Central African Republic | 46,364 | 2001 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 156 | Eritrea | 45,104 | 2020 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 157 | Samoa | 42,120 | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Nauru | 39,104 | 2023 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38,767 | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35,515 | 2022 | down 97.3% | rising |
| 161 | Eswatini | 34,663 | 2023 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 162 | Somalia | 34,066 | 2019 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Liberia | 32,000 | 1992 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 164 | Marshall Islands | 29,502 | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 165 | Lithuania | 29,256 | 2022 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Chad | 28,332 | 2014 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 167 | Comoros | 27,300 | 1996 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 168 | Uganda | 21,650 | 2023 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Guinea-Bissau | 20,400 | 1998 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 170 | Burundi | 12,000 | 1998 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 171 | Guyana | 7,512 | 2021 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Niger | 5,775 | 2023 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 173 | North Korea | 3,690 | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Malawi | 3,507 | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Slovakia | 1,925 | 2022 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Slovenia | 1,866 | 2022 | down 99.8% | rising |
| 177 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,593 | 2020 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Lesotho | 1,300 | 1999 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Benin | 899 | 2016 | down 98.3% | rising |
| 180 | Estonia | 857 | 2019 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Monaco | 316 | 2019 | down 99.5% | flat |
| 182 | Barbados | 0 | 1991 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Mali | 0 | 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.
- World 4.27 billion
- High income 2.59 billion
- OECD members 2.43 billion
- Post-demographic dividend 2.02 billion
- IDA & IBRD total 1.84 billion
- IBRD only 1.75 billion
- Low & middle income 1.68 billion
- Middle income 1.66 billion
- Late-demographic dividend 1.44 billion
- Upper middle income 1.39 billion
- East Asia & Pacific 1.28 billion
- Europe & Central Asia 1.10 billion
About this data
Air carrier data per country refers to passengers carried by airlines registered in that country regardless of the origin or destination of the passengers.