Air passengers carried in United Kingdom
Airlines registered in United Kingdom carried 118,945,920 passengers in 2023.
United Kingdom, 2023
118,945,920
Change from 2022
+24.0%
World, 2023
4,268,984,474 passengers
Position in 2023
7th of 149
Air passengers carried in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 118,945,920 passengers | 4,268,984,474 passengers |
| 2022 | 95,908,282 passengers | 3,230,288,280 passengers |
| 2021 | 26,631,932 passengers | 2,279,974,770 passengers |
| 2020 | 30,237,827 passengers | 1,771,894,087 passengers |
| 2019 | 142,392,528 passengers | 4,455,690,101 passengers |
| 2018 | 165,388,610 passengers | 4,293,921,426 passengers |
| 2017 | 151,159,067 passengers | 4,025,616,012 passengers |
| 2016 | 143,781,714 passengers | 3,760,774,350 passengers |
| 2015 | 131,512,994 passengers | 3,525,115,153 passengers |
| 2014 | 124,901,676 passengers | 3,285,080,769 passengers |
| 2013 | 118,605,866 passengers | 3,100,200,780 passengers |
| 2012 | 115,419,921 passengers | 2,943,247,913 passengers |
| 2011 | 111,598,546 passengers | 2,833,214,050 passengers |
| 2010 | 101,515,720 passengers | 2,669,414,339 passengers |
| 2009 | 102,464,509 passengers | 2,249,728,546 passengers |
| 2008 | 104,713,553 passengers | 2,208,218,737 passengers |
| 2007 | 101,622,807 passengers | 2,209,136,496 passengers |
| 2006 | 97,544,631 passengers | 2,072,413,898 passengers |
| 2005 | 93,602,879 passengers | 1,969,590,799 passengers |
| 2004 | 86,054,762 passengers | 1,888,695,284 passengers |
| 2003 | 76,388,660 passengers | 1,665,309,283 passengers |
| 2002 | 72,381,196 passengers | 1,627,404,873 passengers |
| 2001 | 70,331,725 passengers | 1,655,230,214 passengers |
| 2000 | 70,436,030 passengers | 1,674,064,712 passengers |
| 1999 | 65,738,296 passengers | 1,562,256,300 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +24.0% from 95,908,282 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 118,605,866 passengers, the figure has changed by +0.3%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, United Kingdom has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.
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Arrivals at tourist accommodation
122,041,074 arrivals
2016 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
86.9%e (Estimated)
2019 · Eurostat
Car ownership
474 per 1,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
2.8 per 100,000 people
2018 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
71,823 million passenger-km
2019 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
90.8%
2019 · Eurostat