Air passengers carried in Russia

Airlines registered in Russia carried 98,872,628 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1991 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Russia, 2023 98,872,628 Passengers
Change from 2022 +20.2% 2022: 82,236,409 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 8th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Russia 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 RussiaWorld
2023 98,872,628 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 82,236,409 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 96,851,769 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 62,447,448 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 108,857,906 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 99,327,311 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 89,373,638 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 77,458,318 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 76,846,126 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 72,189,961 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 64,072,322 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 58,727,125 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 50,555,805 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 43,855,539 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 34,402,844 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 37,940,321 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 33,187,839 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 28,836,949 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 26,522,315 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 25,948,923 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 22,723,072 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 20,892,156 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 20,301,199 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 17,687,894 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 18,600,400 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +20.2% from 82,236,409 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 64,072,322 passengers, the figure has changed by +54.3%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Russia has the 8th 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
1991 to 2023 for Russia
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