Air passengers carried in Portugal

Airlines registered in Portugal carried 18,288,977 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Portugal, 2023 18,288,977 Passengers
Change from 2022 +16.8% 2022: 15,664,430 passengers
European Union, 2023 700,152,461 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 37th of 149 See the full ranking

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.

Air passengers carried (passengers), 1999 to 2023
Period PortugalEuropean 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.

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 Portugal
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