Air passengers carried in Qatar

Airlines registered in Qatar carried 37,714,348 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1974.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1974 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Qatar, 2023 37,714,348 Passengers
Change from 2022 +28.0% 2022: 29,467,264 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 29th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Qatar 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 QatarWorld
2023 37,714,348 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 29,467,264 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 14,832,936 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 10,640,789 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 32,953,297 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 29,178,923 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 29,949,181 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 31,209,097 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 25,263,224 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 21,425,066 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 18,737,348 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 17,187,171 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 14,568,106 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 12,391,268 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 10,211,229 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 9,702,479 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 8,879,109 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 7,070,851 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 6,041,040 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 4,453,071 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 3,184,104 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 3,570,521 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 2,778,116 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 2,672,972 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 2,325,200 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +28.0% from 29,467,264 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 18,737,348 passengers, the figure has changed by +101.3%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Qatar has the 29th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 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
1974 to 2023 for Qatar
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