Air passengers carried in Cameroon

Airlines registered in Cameroon carried 331,025 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2016.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Cameroon, 2023 331,025 Passengers
Change from 2022 +31.1% 2022: 252,403 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 121st of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Cameroon 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 CameroonWorld
2023 331,025 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 252,403 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 177,992 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 40,884 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 83,882 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 265,136 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 236,000 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 343,592 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 267,208 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 275,760 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 287,208 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 248,027 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 171,007 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 0 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 466,050 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 470,598 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 453,051 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 424,794 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 384,059 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 355,610 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 315,100 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 243,122 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 324,114 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 273,000 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 292,600 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +31.1% from 252,403 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 287,208 passengers, the figure has changed by +15.3%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Cameroon has the 121st 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
1970 to 2023 for Cameroon
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