Air passengers carried in Romania

Airlines registered in Romania carried 2,806,654 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Romania, 2023 2,806,654 Passengers
Change from 2022 +22.3% 2022: 2,294,598 passengers
European Union, 2023 700,152,461 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 72nd of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Romania 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 RomaniaEuropean Union
2023 2,806,654 passengers 700,152,461 passengers
2022 2,294,598 passengers 597,439,599 passengers
2021 2,719,206 passengers 300,510,413 passengers
2020 1,786,407 passengers 224,581,686 passengers
2019 5,630,289 passengers 752,764,694 passengers
2018 4,908,235 passengers 691,558,405 passengers
2017 4,423,249 passengers 657,059,035 passengers
2016 3,686,938 passengers 620,961,607 passengers
2015 3,634,598 passengers 588,104,162 passengers
2014 3,067,724 passengers 548,633,991 passengers
2013 3,087,143 passengers 522,944,433 passengers
2012 3,593,312 passengers 514,301,801 passengers
2011 3,659,209 passengers 515,081,475 passengers
2010 3,733,253 passengers 483,874,507 passengers
2009 3,268,022 passengers 419,908,189 passengers
2008 3,253,417 passengers 427,781,328 passengers
2007 3,003,872 passengers 425,646,377 passengers
2006 2,047,466 passengers 390,742,949 passengers
2005 1,707,714 passengers 359,471,494 passengers
2004 1,337,781 passengers 347,767,674 passengers
2003 1,255,313 passengers 317,807,082 passengers
2002 959,487 passengers 287,161,373 passengers
2001 1,137,305 passengers 286,388,891 passengers
2000 1,218,102 passengers 288,449,342 passengers
1999 980,300 passengers 266,190,600 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +22.3% from 2,294,598 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 3,087,143 passengers, the figure has changed by −9.1%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Romania has the 72nd 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 Romania
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