Air passengers carried in France

Airlines registered in France carried 64,644,716 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
France, 2023 64,644,716 Passengers
Change from 2022 +9.0% 2022: 59,323,269 passengers
European Union, 2023 700,152,461 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 18th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in France 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 FranceEuropean Union
2023 64,644,716 passengers 700,152,461 passengers
2022 59,323,269 passengers 597,439,599 passengers
2021 32,000,528 passengers 300,510,413 passengers
2020 24,956,343 passengers 224,581,686 passengers
2019 71,289,277 passengers 752,764,694 passengers
2018 70,188,028 passengers 691,558,405 passengers
2017 68,316,473 passengers 657,059,035 passengers
2016 65,362,743 passengers 620,961,607 passengers
2015 65,039,503 passengers 588,104,162 passengers
2014 63,434,263 passengers 548,633,991 passengers
2013 63,925,151 passengers 522,944,433 passengers
2012 64,683,769 passengers 514,301,801 passengers
2011 64,185,339 passengers 515,081,475 passengers
2010 60,864,422 passengers 483,874,507 passengers
2009 58,318,312 passengers 419,908,189 passengers
2008 61,214,656 passengers 427,781,328 passengers
2007 61,551,258 passengers 425,646,377 passengers
2006 59,537,872 passengers 390,742,949 passengers
2005 52,477,178 passengers 359,471,494 passengers
2004 48,543,473 passengers 347,767,674 passengers
2003 47,258,820 passengers 317,807,082 passengers
2002 49,305,864 passengers 287,161,373 passengers
2001 50,476,541 passengers 286,388,891 passengers
2000 52,581,312 passengers 288,449,342 passengers
1999 49,536,300 passengers 266,190,600 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +9.0% from 59,323,269 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 63,925,151 passengers, the figure has changed by +1.1%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, France has the 18th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 700,152,461 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 France
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