Air passengers carried in Iceland
Airlines registered in Iceland carried 4,342,331 passengers in 2023.
Iceland, 2023
4,342,331
Change from 2022
+17.0%
World, 2023
4,268,984,474 passengers
Position in 2023
63rd of 149
Air passengers carried in Iceland 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 | Iceland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4,342,331 passengers | 4,268,984,474 passengers |
| 2022 | 3,709,948 passengers | 3,230,288,280 passengers |
| 2021 | 1,499,034 passengers | 2,279,974,770 passengers |
| 2020 | 903,927 passengers | 1,771,894,087 passengers |
| 2019 | 4,656,017 passengers | 4,455,690,101 passengers |
| 2018 | 7,819,741 passengers | 4,293,921,426 passengers |
| 2017 | 7,242,611 passengers | 4,025,616,012 passengers |
| 2016 | 5,710,834 passengers | 3,760,774,350 passengers |
| 2015 | 4,134,980 passengers | 3,525,115,153 passengers |
| 2014 | 3,035,883 passengers | 3,285,080,769 passengers |
| 2013 | 2,602,714 passengers | 3,100,200,780 passengers |
| 2012 | 2,400,160 passengers | 2,943,247,913 passengers |
| 2011 | 2,150,527 passengers | 2,833,214,050 passengers |
| 2010 | 1,851,417 passengers | 2,669,414,339 passengers |
| 2009 | 1,364,651 passengers | 2,249,728,546 passengers |
| 2008 | 1,423,422 passengers | 2,208,218,737 passengers |
| 2007 | 1,720,496 passengers | 2,209,136,496 passengers |
| 2006 | 1,536,157 passengers | 2,072,413,898 passengers |
| 2005 | 1,528,929 passengers | 1,969,590,799 passengers |
| 2004 | 1,332,811 passengers | 1,888,695,284 passengers |
| 2003 | 1,133,775 passengers | 1,665,309,283 passengers |
| 2002 | 1,198,920 passengers | 1,627,404,873 passengers |
| 2001 | 1,357,946 passengers | 1,655,230,214 passengers |
| 2000 | 1,431,818 passengers | 1,674,064,712 passengers |
| 1999 | 1,350,200 passengers | 1,562,256,300 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +17.0% from 3,709,948 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 2,602,714 passengers, the figure has changed by +66.8%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Iceland has the 63rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.
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Road traffic deaths
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New zero-emission cars
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Road traffic deaths
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