Air passengers carried in Mexico

Airlines registered in Mexico carried 78,763,320 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
Mexico, 2023 78,763,320 Passengers
Change from 2022 +12.2% 2022: 70,196,270 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 15th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Mexico 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 MexicoWorld
2023 78,763,320 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 70,196,270 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 54,217,876 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 34,133,108 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 69,937,838 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 64,569,640 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 58,537,832 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 53,313,307 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 46,966,763 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 39,570,522 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 35,986,502 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 32,909,409 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 29,538,937 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 31,269,061 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 15,728,171 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 18,825,976 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 20,952,513 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 21,243,010 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 21,857,658 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 21,167,881 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 20,661,206 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 19,618,662 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 20,172,824 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 20,894,205 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 20,561,100 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +12.2% from 70,196,270 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 35,986,502 passengers, the figure has changed by +118.9%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Mexico has the 15th 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 Mexico
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