Air passengers carried in Japan

Airlines registered in Japan carried 120,305,972 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2023 120,305,972 Passengers
Change from 2022 +39.2% 2022: 86,456,115 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 6th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Japan 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 JapanWorld
2023 120,305,972 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 86,456,115 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 45,410,146 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 51,131,122 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 130,233,352 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 126,387,527 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 123,898,000 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 117,708,000 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 114,128,000 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 110,547,000 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 107,573,000 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 98,907,859 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 89,788,818 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 109,617,021 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 86,896,527 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 97,022,471 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 99,842,338 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 102,845,319 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 102,279,015 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 101,740,600 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 103,988,547 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 109,037,841 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 107,823,469 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 109,123,312 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 105,994,496 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +39.2% from 86,456,115 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 107,573,000 passengers, the figure has changed by +11.8%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Japan has the 6th 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 Japan
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