Air passengers carried in France
Airlines registered in France carried 64,644,716 passengers in 2023.
France, 2023
64,644,716
Change from 2022
+9.0%
European Union, 2023
700,152,461 passengers
Position in 2023
18th of 149
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.
| Period | France | European 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.
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