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.
Ireland, 2023
192,528,432
Change from 2022
+13.7%
European Union, 2023
700,152,461 passengers
Position in 2023
3rd of 149
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.
| Period | Ireland | European 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.
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Car share of passenger transport
77.9%e (Estimated)
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Car ownership
475i (Source flag i) per 1,000 people
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Road traffic deaths
3.2 per 100,000 people
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Rail passenger transport
2,812 million passenger-km
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Road share of inland freight transport
99.4%
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