Air passengers carried in Türkiye
Airlines registered in Türkiye carried 125,940,241 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Türkiye, 2023
125,940,241
Change from 2022
+20.3%
World, 2023
4,268,984,474 passengers
Position in 2023
5th of 149
Air passengers carried in Türkiye 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 | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 125,940,241 passengers | 4,268,984,474 passengers |
| 2022 | 104,672,089 passengers | 3,230,288,280 passengers |
| 2021 | 69,065,868 passengers | 2,279,974,770 passengers |
| 2020 | 44,722,690 passengers | 1,771,894,087 passengers |
| 2019 | 111,131,475 passengers | 4,455,690,101 passengers |
| 2018 | 115,595,496 passengers | 4,293,921,426 passengers |
| 2017 | 107,917,326 passengers | 4,025,616,012 passengers |
| 2016 | 100,366,461 passengers | 3,760,774,350 passengers |
| 2015 | 96,604,665 passengers | 3,525,115,153 passengers |
| 2014 | 84,574,844 passengers | 3,285,080,769 passengers |
| 2013 | 74,413,805 passengers | 3,100,200,780 passengers |
| 2012 | 63,350,312 passengers | 2,943,247,913 passengers |
| 2011 | 53,500,303 passengers | 2,833,214,050 passengers |
| 2010 | 45,665,249 passengers | 2,669,414,339 passengers |
| 2009 | 31,339,441 passengers | 2,249,728,546 passengers |
| 2008 | 25,505,092 passengers | 2,208,218,737 passengers |
| 2007 | 22,895,275 passengers | 2,209,136,496 passengers |
| 2006 | 19,361,415 passengers | 2,072,413,898 passengers |
| 2005 | 16,943,828 passengers | 1,969,590,799 passengers |
| 2004 | 14,275,835 passengers | 1,888,695,284 passengers |
| 2003 | 10,745,444 passengers | 1,665,309,283 passengers |
| 2002 | 10,686,877 passengers | 1,627,404,873 passengers |
| 2001 | 10,603,908 passengers | 1,655,230,214 passengers |
| 2000 | 12,187,891 passengers | 1,674,064,712 passengers |
| 1999 | 10,097,300 passengers | 1,562,256,300 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +20.3% from 104,672,089 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 74,413,805 passengers, the figure has changed by +69.2%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Türkiye has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.
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Rail passenger transport
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New zero-emission cars
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Road traffic deaths
6.7 per 100,000 people
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