Air passengers carried in Thailand

Airlines registered in Thailand carried 51,920,692 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Thailand, 2023 51,920,692 Passengers
Change from 2022 +51.0% 2022: 34,390,036 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 21st of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Thailand 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 ThailandWorld
2023 51,920,692 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 34,390,036 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 12,734,583 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 28,179,303 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 76,344,410 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 76,053,043 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 70,704,889 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 62,341,676 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 56,447,637 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 46,546,612 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 43,029,151 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 36,392,469 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 31,940,492 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 28,780,723 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 19,618,735 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 19,993,134 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 21,191,723 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 20,102,408 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 18,902,629 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 20,342,582 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 16,622,502 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 18,111,892 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 17,662,418 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 17,392,091 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 15,950,500 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +51.0% from 34,390,036 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 43,029,151 passengers, the figure has changed by +20.7%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Thailand has the 21st 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
1970 to 2023 for Thailand
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