Air passengers carried in Egypt

Airlines registered in Egypt carried 16,672,111 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
Egypt, 2023 16,672,111 Passengers
Change from 2022 +37.2% 2022: 12,152,219 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 40th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Egypt 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 EgyptWorld
2023 16,672,111 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 12,152,219 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 5,563,387 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 4,638,192 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 13,206,890 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 12,386,010 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 11,748,510 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 11,844,962 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 11,109,554 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 10,278,013 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 10,593,780 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 9,081,175 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 7,708,160 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 9,518,106 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 6,215,870 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 6,688,999 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 5,829,044 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 4,988,262 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 4,888,146 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 4,621,310 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 4,180,814 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 4,526,688 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 4,389,163 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 4,521,702 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 4,620,100 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +37.2% from 12,152,219 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 10,593,780 passengers, the figure has changed by +57.4%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Egypt has the 40th 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 Egypt
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