Air passengers carried in Bulgaria
Airlines registered in Bulgaria carried 723,825 passengers in 2023.
Bulgaria, 2023
723,825
Change from 2022
+12.4%
European Union, 2023
700,152,461 passengers
Position in 2023
108th of 149
Air passengers carried in Bulgaria 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.
| Period | Bulgaria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 723,825 passengers | 700,152,461 passengers |
| 2022 | 643,765 passengers | 597,439,599 passengers |
| 2021 | 41,126 passengers | 300,510,413 passengers |
| 2020 | 443,067 passengers | 224,581,686 passengers |
| 2019 | 832,828 passengers | 752,764,694 passengers |
| 2018 | 1,022,645 passengers | 691,558,405 passengers |
| 2017 | 1,133,069 passengers | 657,059,035 passengers |
| 2016 | 1,092,333 passengers | 620,961,607 passengers |
| 2015 | 1,063,498 passengers | 588,104,162 passengers |
| 2014 | 1,060,147 passengers | 548,633,991 passengers |
| 2013 | 1,013,220 passengers | 522,944,433 passengers |
| 2012 | 973,062 passengers | 514,301,801 passengers |
| 2011 | 932,868 passengers | 515,081,475 passengers |
| 2010 | 801,840 passengers | 483,874,507 passengers |
| 2009 | 798,165 passengers | 419,908,189 passengers |
| 2008 | 1,073,496 passengers | 427,781,328 passengers |
| 2007 | 855,229 passengers | 425,646,377 passengers |
| 2006 | 808,451 passengers | 390,742,949 passengers |
| 2005 | 653,703 passengers | 359,471,494 passengers |
| 2004 | 476,277 passengers | 347,767,674 passengers |
| 2003 | 310,952 passengers | 317,807,082 passengers |
| 2002 | 62,798 passengers | 287,161,373 passengers |
| 2001 | 233,963 passengers | 286,388,891 passengers |
| 2000 | 535,246 passengers | 288,449,342 passengers |
| 1999 | 734,700 passengers | 266,190,600 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +12.4% from 643,765 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1,013,220 passengers, the figure has changed by −28.6%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Bulgaria has the 108th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 700,152,461 passengers.
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Road traffic deaths
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1,456 million passenger-km
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Road share of inland freight transport
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