Air passengers carried in Malaysia

Airlines registered in Malaysia carried 46,698,381 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Malaysia, 2023 46,698,381 Passengers
Change from 2022 +66.7% 2022: 28,006,856 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 24th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Malaysia 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 MalaysiaWorld
2023 46,698,381 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 28,006,856 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 4,965,361 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 15,893,988 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 63,623,130 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 60,481,772 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 58,711,937 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 53,817,353 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 50,345,820 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 49,673,884 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 47,995,842 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 39,165,195 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 38,218,609 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 34,239,014 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 23,766,316 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 22,420,870 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 21,325,754 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 17,833,364 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 20,369,086 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 19,226,564 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 16,704,600 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 16,281,275 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 16,107,156 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 16,560,793 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 14,984,600 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +66.7% from 28,006,856 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 47,995,842 passengers, the figure has changed by −2.7%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Malaysia has the 24th 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 Malaysia
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