Air passengers carried in Sweden
Airlines registered in Sweden carried 19,554,551 passengers in 2023.
Sweden, 2023
19,554,551
Change from 2022
+28.4%
European Union, 2023
700,152,461 passengers
Position in 2023
35th of 149
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.
| Period | Sweden | European 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.
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