Air passengers carried in Bangladesh

Airlines registered in Bangladesh carried 6,628,497 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1973.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1973 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Bangladesh, 2023 6,628,497 Passengers
Change from 2022 +25.8% 2022: 5,267,082 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 55th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Bangladesh over time

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Passengers. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Air passengers carried (passengers), 1999 to 2023
Period BangladeshWorld
2023 6,628,497 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 5,267,082 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 3,750,753 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 2,984,122 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 6,260,241 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 5,677,396 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 4,660,739 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 3,815,869 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 3,997,815 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 3,051,915 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 2,781,708 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 2,195,062 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 2,022,389 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 1,818,901 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 1,409,414 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 1,224,222 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 1,242,865 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 1,729,451 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 1,634,473 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 1,650,276 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 1,587,606 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 1,536,102 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 1,449,980 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 1,331,369 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 1,215,400 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +25.8% from 5,267,082 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 2,781,708 passengers, the figure has changed by +138.3%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Bangladesh has the 55th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Civil Aviation Organization
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IS.AIR.PSGR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1973 to 2023 for Bangladesh
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Civil Aviation Organization