Air passengers carried in Portugal
Airlines registered in Portugal carried 18,288,977 passengers in 2023.
Portugal, 2023
18,288,977
Change from 2022
+16.8%
European Union, 2023
700,152,461 passengers
Position in 2023
37th of 149
Air passengers carried in Portugal 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.
| Period | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18,288,977 passengers | 700,152,461 passengers |
| 2022 | 15,664,430 passengers | 597,439,599 passengers |
| 2021 | 8,056,495 passengers | 300,510,413 passengers |
| 2020 | 6,219,531 passengers | 224,581,686 passengers |
| 2019 | 22,047,879 passengers | 752,764,694 passengers |
| 2018 | 17,367,956 passengers | 691,558,405 passengers |
| 2017 | 15,937,325 passengers | 657,059,035 passengers |
| 2016 | 13,105,120 passengers | 620,961,607 passengers |
| 2015 | 12,706,909 passengers | 588,104,162 passengers |
| 2014 | 12,635,439 passengers | 548,633,991 passengers |
| 2013 | 11,860,998 passengers | 522,944,433 passengers |
| 2012 | 11,338,080 passengers | 514,301,801 passengers |
| 2011 | 11,014,639 passengers | 515,081,475 passengers |
| 2010 | 10,428,174 passengers | 483,874,507 passengers |
| 2009 | 9,903,771 passengers | 419,908,189 passengers |
| 2008 | 11,171,020 passengers | 427,781,328 passengers |
| 2007 | 10,320,040 passengers | 425,646,377 passengers |
| 2006 | 9,440,930 passengers | 390,742,949 passengers |
| 2005 | 10,139,655 passengers | 359,471,494 passengers |
| 2004 | 9,052,471 passengers | 347,767,674 passengers |
| 2003 | 7,590,259 passengers | 317,807,082 passengers |
| 2002 | 6,795,580 passengers | 287,161,373 passengers |
| 2001 | 6,650,492 passengers | 286,388,891 passengers |
| 2000 | 6,721,365 passengers | 288,449,342 passengers |
| 1999 | 7,339,300 passengers | 266,190,600 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +16.8% from 15,664,430 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 11,860,998 passengers, the figure has changed by +54.2%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Portugal has the 37th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 700,152,461 passengers.
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Car ownership
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Road traffic deaths
5.5 per 100,000 people
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Rail passenger transport
6,848 million passenger-km
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Road share of inland freight transport
86.3%
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