Air passengers carried in Netherlands

Airlines registered in Netherlands carried 41,436,802 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Netherlands, 2023 41,436,802 Passengers
Change from 2022 +16.5% 2022: 35,579,242 passengers
European Union, 2023 700,152,461 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 28th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Netherlands 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 NetherlandsEuropean Union
2023 41,436,802 passengers 700,152,461 passengers
2022 35,579,242 passengers 597,439,599 passengers
2021 19,349,166 passengers 300,510,413 passengers
2020 14,748,517 passengers 224,581,686 passengers
2019 46,358,458 passengers 752,764,694 passengers
2018 44,417,574 passengers 691,558,405 passengers
2017 42,763,443 passengers 657,059,035 passengers
2016 40,078,714 passengers 620,961,607 passengers
2015 35,687,843 passengers 588,104,162 passengers
2014 33,956,338 passengers 548,633,991 passengers
2013 33,455,251 passengers 522,944,433 passengers
2012 31,672,224 passengers 514,301,801 passengers
2011 29,959,476 passengers 515,081,475 passengers
2010 26,979,677 passengers 483,874,507 passengers
2009 29,108,547 passengers 419,908,189 passengers
2008 29,601,230 passengers 427,781,328 passengers
2007 28,857,440 passengers 425,646,377 passengers
2006 27,454,451 passengers 390,742,949 passengers
2005 26,132,696 passengers 359,471,494 passengers
2004 25,595,676 passengers 347,767,674 passengers
2003 23,454,932 passengers 317,807,082 passengers
2002 22,931,166 passengers 287,161,373 passengers
2001 20,072,980 passengers 286,388,891 passengers
2000 20,898,713 passengers 288,449,342 passengers
1999 19,741,200 passengers 266,190,600 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +16.5% from 35,579,242 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 33,455,251 passengers, the figure has changed by +23.9%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Netherlands has the 28th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 700,152,461 passengers.

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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 Netherlands
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