Air passengers carried in Iran

Airlines registered in Iran carried 18,067,403 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Iran, 2023 18,067,403 Passengers
Change from 2022 −3.5% 2022: 18,713,104 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 38th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Iran over time

View
Places
2 selected
Iran World ×

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 IranWorld
2023 18,067,403 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 18,713,104 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 13,695,897 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 12,744,854 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 21,641,449 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 23,029,380 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 26,858,179 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 17,084,581 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 13,873,256 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 16,825,261 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 16,580,818 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 17,687,479 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 19,113,946 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 18,760,850 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 13,052,716 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 12,029,236 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 13,915,755 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 13,623,038 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 12,708,354 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 11,877,705 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 16,301,238 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 9,891,522 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 16,485,326 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 8,722,145 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 8,277,300 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.5% from 18,713,104 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 16,580,818 passengers, the figure has changed by +9.0%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Iran has the 38th 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 Iran
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