Air passengers carried in Ireland

Airlines registered in Ireland carried 192,528,432 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Ireland, 2023 192,528,432 Passengers
Change from 2022 +13.7% 2022: 169,377,735 passengers
European Union, 2023 700,152,461 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 3rd of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Ireland 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 IrelandEuropean Union
2023 192,528,432 passengers 700,152,461 passengers
2022 169,377,735 passengers 597,439,599 passengers
2021 74,065,210 passengers 300,510,413 passengers
2020 54,582,262 passengers 224,581,686 passengers
2019 170,161,848 passengers 752,764,694 passengers
2018 167,598,633 passengers 691,558,405 passengers
2017 153,944,513 passengers 657,059,035 passengers
2016 134,065,078 passengers 620,961,607 passengers
2015 115,928,738 passengers 588,104,162 passengers
2014 98,449,140 passengers 548,633,991 passengers
2013 93,408,036 passengers 522,944,433 passengers
2012 92,637,189 passengers 514,301,801 passengers
2011 89,956,334 passengers 515,081,475 passengers
2010 84,784,226 passengers 483,874,507 passengers
2009 77,747,207 passengers 419,908,189 passengers
2008 69,447,262 passengers 427,781,328 passengers
2007 60,099,058 passengers 425,646,377 passengers
2006 50,737,809 passengers 390,742,949 passengers
2005 42,872,544 passengers 359,471,494 passengers
2004 34,748,853 passengers 347,767,674 passengers
2003 28,863,657 passengers 317,807,082 passengers
2002 19,728,801 passengers 287,161,373 passengers
2001 15,450,847 passengers 286,388,891 passengers
2000 13,983,022 passengers 288,449,342 passengers
1999 11,948,800 passengers 266,190,600 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +13.7% from 169,377,735 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 93,408,036 passengers, the figure has changed by +106.1%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Ireland has the 3rd 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 Ireland
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