Air passengers carried in China
Airlines registered in China carried 619,215,886 passengers in 2023.
China, 2023
619,215,886
Change from 2022
+146.9%
World, 2023
4,268,984,474 passengers
Position in 2023
2nd of 149
Air passengers carried in China 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 | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 619,215,886 passengers | 4,268,984,474 passengers |
| 2022 | 250,754,113 passengers | 3,230,288,280 passengers |
| 2021 | 440,301,216 passengers | 2,279,974,770 passengers |
| 2020 | 417,255,845 passengers | 1,771,894,087 passengers |
| 2019 | 659,629,070 passengers | 4,455,690,101 passengers |
| 2018 | 611,439,830 passengers | 4,293,921,426 passengers |
| 2017 | 551,234,509 passengers | 4,025,616,012 passengers |
| 2016 | 487,960,477 passengers | 3,760,774,350 passengers |
| 2015 | 436,183,969 passengers | 3,525,115,153 passengers |
| 2014 | 390,878,784 passengers | 3,285,080,769 passengers |
| 2013 | 352,795,296 passengers | 3,100,200,780 passengers |
| 2012 | 318,475,924 passengers | 2,943,247,913 passengers |
| 2011 | 292,160,158 passengers | 2,833,214,050 passengers |
| 2010 | 266,293,020 passengers | 2,669,414,339 passengers |
| 2009 | 229,062,099 passengers | 2,249,728,546 passengers |
| 2008 | 191,001,220 passengers | 2,208,218,737 passengers |
| 2007 | 183,613,132 passengers | 2,209,136,496 passengers |
| 2006 | 158,013,351 passengers | 2,072,413,898 passengers |
| 2005 | 136,721,623 passengers | 1,969,590,799 passengers |
| 2004 | 119,789,024 passengers | 1,888,695,284 passengers |
| 2003 | 86,040,642 passengers | 1,665,309,283 passengers |
| 2002 | 83,671,798 passengers | 1,627,404,873 passengers |
| 2001 | 72,660,653 passengers | 1,655,230,214 passengers |
| 2000 | 61,891,807 passengers | 1,674,064,712 passengers |
| 1999 | 55,853,100 passengers | 1,562,256,300 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +146.9% from 250,754,113 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 352,795,296 passengers, the figure has changed by +75.5%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, China has the 2nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.