Air passengers carried in Colombia

Airlines registered in Colombia carried 42,399,044 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Colombia, 2023 42,399,044 Passengers
Change from 2022 +7.2% 2022: 39,535,306 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 26th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Colombia 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 ColombiaWorld
2023 42,399,044 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 39,535,306 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 26,167,360 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 12,273,940 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 37,031,843 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 33,704,037 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 32,504,898 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 32,262,658 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 30,909,723 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 28,675,159 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 26,929,238 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 22,012,459 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 18,768,535 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 16,932,435 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 12,115,330 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 12,338,706 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 11,630,594 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 10,616,356 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 9,984,424 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 8,829,094 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 9,142,585 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 9,424,850 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 9,604,390 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 8,568,734 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 8,619,200 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +7.2% from 39,535,306 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 26,929,238 passengers, the figure has changed by +57.4%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Colombia has the 26th 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 Colombia
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