Air passengers carried in Laos

Airlines registered in Laos carried 842,280 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Laos, 2023 842,280 Passengers
Change from 2022 +82.4% 2022: 461,727 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 101st of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Laos 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 LaosWorld
2023 842,280 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 461,727 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 157,293 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 386,950 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 979,307 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 1,009,414 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 1,196,041 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 1,220,201 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 1,181,188 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 1,310,124 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 1,476,528 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 877,950 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 532,707 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 443,778 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 302,596 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 323,401 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 328,326 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 326,730 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 293,442 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 271,706 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 218,652 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 219,598 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 210,847 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 210,847 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 197,200 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +82.4% from 461,727 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 1,476,528 passengers, the figure has changed by −43.0%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Laos has the 101st 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 Laos
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