Air passengers carried in Philippines

Airlines registered in Philippines carried 41,501,834 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Philippines, 2023 41,501,834 Passengers
Change from 2022 +49.6% 2022: 27,737,718 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 27th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Philippines 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 PhilippinesWorld
2023 41,501,834 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 27,737,718 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 6,886,922 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 10,613,531 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 47,776,892 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 43,080,118 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 39,341,995 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 40,206,684 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 37,023,422 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 34,897,404 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 25,540,880 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 28,540,727 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 26,326,621 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 22,575,356 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 10,480,898 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 9,508,389 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 8,818,150 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 8,304,634 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 8,056,829 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 7,387,965 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 6,457,529 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 6,449,022 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 6,416,383 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 5,756,288 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 5,024,000 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +49.6% from 27,737,718 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 25,540,880 passengers, the figure has changed by +62.5%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Philippines has the 27th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 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 Philippines
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