Air passengers carried in Iraq

Airlines registered in Iraq carried 3,756,178 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Iraq, 2023 3,756,178 Passengers
Change from 2022 +38.6% 2022: 2,710,079 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 68th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Iraq 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 IraqWorld
2023 3,756,178 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 2,710,079 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 1,620,013 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 764,661 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 5,434,292 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 4,812,610 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 1,591,490 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 2,019,816 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 2,142,554 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 476,484 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 476,484 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 784,944 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 761,778 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 641,129 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 – 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 – 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 – 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 – 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 – 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 – 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 – 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 – 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 – 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 – 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 – 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +38.6% from 2,710,079 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 476,484 passengers, the figure has changed by +688.3%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Iraq has the 68th 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 Iraq
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