Air passengers carried in United States

Airlines registered in United States carried 941,557,000 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
United States, 2023 941,557,000 Passengers
Change from 2022 +10.4% 2022: 852,828,000 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 1st of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in United States 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 United StatesWorld
2023 941,557,000 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 852,828,000 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 666,153,000 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 369,501,000 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 926,737,000 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 889,024,000 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 849,403,000 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 824,039,000 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 798,222,000 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 762,710,000 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 743,171,000 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 736,699,000 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 730,796,000 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 720,497,000 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 679,423,408 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 701,779,551 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 744,302,310 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 725,530,965 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 720,547,738 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 678,110,608 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 588,997,110 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 598,410,415 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 622,187,846 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 665,327,414 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 634,364,608 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +10.4% from 852,828,000 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 743,171,000 passengers, the figure has changed by +26.7%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, United States has the highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.

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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 United States
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