Air passengers carried in Nigeria
Airlines registered in Nigeria carried 5,269,404 passengers in 2023.
Nigeria, 2023
5,269,404
Change from 2022
+1.1%
World, 2023
4,268,984,474 passengers
Position in 2023
58th of 149
Air passengers carried in Nigeria over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Passengers. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5,269,404 passengers | 4,268,984,474 passengers |
| 2022 | 5,212,265 passengers | 3,230,288,280 passengers |
| 2021 | 4,486,313 passengers | 2,279,974,770 passengers |
| 2020 | 3,435,351 passengers | 1,771,894,087 passengers |
| 2019 | 6,539,048 passengers | 4,455,690,101 passengers |
| 2018 | 7,786,144 passengers | 4,293,921,426 passengers |
| 2017 | 4,789,878 passengers | 4,025,616,012 passengers |
| 2016 | 4,110,075 passengers | 3,760,774,350 passengers |
| 2015 | 4,613,169 passengers | 3,525,115,153 passengers |
| 2014 | 4,462,002 passengers | 3,285,080,769 passengers |
| 2013 | 4,209,624 passengers | 3,100,200,780 passengers |
| 2012 | 4,716,148 passengers | 2,943,247,913 passengers |
| 2011 | 4,793,913 passengers | 2,833,214,050 passengers |
| 2010 | 4,197,375 passengers | 2,669,414,339 passengers |
| 2009 | 1,365,343 passengers | 2,249,728,546 passengers |
| 2008 | 1,460,900 passengers | 2,208,218,737 passengers |
| 2007 | 1,363,435 passengers | 2,209,136,496 passengers |
| 2006 | 1,307,541 passengers | 2,072,413,898 passengers |
| 2005 | 747,648 passengers | 1,969,590,799 passengers |
| 2004 | 540,461 passengers | 1,888,695,284 passengers |
| 2003 | 520,263 passengers | 1,665,309,283 passengers |
| 2002 | 520,278 passengers | 1,627,404,873 passengers |
| 2001 | 519,453 passengers | 1,655,230,214 passengers |
| 2000 | 507,396 passengers | 1,674,064,712 passengers |
| 1999 | 419,700 passengers | 1,562,256,300 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.1% from 5,212,265 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 4,209,624 passengers, the figure has changed by +25.2%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Nigeria has the 58th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.