Air passengers carried in Sweden

Airlines registered in Sweden carried 19,554,551 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Sweden, 2023 19,554,551 Passengers
Change from 2022 +28.4% 2022: 15,229,955 passengers
European Union, 2023 700,152,461 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 35th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Sweden 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 SwedenEuropean Union
2023 19,554,551 passengers 700,152,461 passengers
2022 15,229,955 passengers 597,439,599 passengers
2021 20,067,144 passengers 300,510,413 passengers
2020 14,105,840 passengers 224,581,686 passengers
2019 50,957,869 passengers 752,764,694 passengers
2018 51,473,905 passengers 691,558,405 passengers
2017 51,825,549 passengers 657,059,035 passengers
2016 55,672,453 passengers 620,961,607 passengers
2015 58,636,668 passengers 588,104,162 passengers
2014 57,789,383 passengers 548,633,991 passengers
2013 51,925,707 passengers 522,944,433 passengers
2012 49,192,941 passengers 514,301,801 passengers
2011 46,260,220 passengers 515,081,475 passengers
2010 41,153,081 passengers 483,874,507 passengers
2009 – 419,908,189 passengers
2008 – 427,781,328 passengers
2007 – 425,646,377 passengers
2006 – 390,742,949 passengers
2005 – 359,471,494 passengers
2004 11,623,925 passengers 347,767,674 passengers
2003 11,586,025 passengers 317,807,082 passengers
2002 12,421,220 passengers 287,161,373 passengers
2001 13,123,426 passengers 286,388,891 passengers
2000 13,354,314 passengers 288,449,342 passengers
1999 12,917,600 passengers 266,190,600 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +28.4% from 15,229,955 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 51,925,707 passengers, the figure has changed by −62.3%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Sweden has the 35th 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 Sweden
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