Air passengers carried in Nepal

Airlines registered in Nepal carried 4,289,298 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2023 4,289,298 Passengers
Change from 2022 −3.4% 2022: 4,438,086 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 64th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Nepal 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 NepalWorld
2023 4,289,298 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 4,438,086 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 2,550,505 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 1,989,284 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 1,659,671 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 4,525,805 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 2,443,631 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 634,292 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 510,342 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 517,548 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 643,140 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 776,864 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 901,116 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 917,939 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 484,394 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 520,303 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 528,226 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 509,792 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 480,266 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 444,691 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 356,369 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 352,544 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 641,142 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 643,332 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 582,600 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.4% from 4,438,086 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 643,140 passengers, the figure has changed by +566.9%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Nepal has the 64th 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 Nepal
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