Air passengers carried by country, 2023
Passengers carried on domestic and international flights by air carriers registered in the country.
149 places ranked for 2023. Highest: United States (941,557,000 passengers). Lowest: Malawi (3,507 passengers). The median is 2,457,683 passengers.
Highest 10
- 1. United States 941,557,000 passengers
- 2. China 619,215,886 passengers
- 3. Ireland 192,528,432 passengers
- 4. India 180,415,784 passengers
- 5. Türkiye 125,940,241 passengers
- 6. Japan 120,305,972 passengers
- 7. United Kingdom 118,945,920 passengers
- 8. Russia 98,872,628 passengers
- 9. Indonesia 97,045,785 passengers
- 10. Brazil 95,398,485 passengers
Lowest 10
- 149. Malawi 3,507 passengers
- 148. North Korea 3,690 passengers
- 147. Niger 5,775 passengers
- 146. Uganda 21,650 passengers
- 145. Marshall Islands 29,502 passengers
- 144. Eswatini 34,663 passengers
- 143. São Tomé and Príncipe 38,767 passengers
- 142. Naoero 39,104 passengers
- 141. Samoa 42,120 passengers
- 140. Kiribati 58,879 passengers
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 149. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 149 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is United States (941,557,000 passengers) and the lowest Malawi (3,507 passengers).
- Half of the countries are above 2,457,683 passengers and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 125 countries and fell in 21.
- The figure for the world was 4,268,984,474 passengers in 2023, against 4,293,921,426 passengers in 2018 (−0.6%).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 941,557,000 passengers | 2023 | |
| 2 | China | 619,215,886 passengers | 2023 | |
| 3 | Ireland | 192,528,432 passengers | 2023 | |
| 4 | India | 180,415,784 passengers | 2023 | |
| 5 | Türkiye | 125,940,241 passengers | 2023 | |
| 6 | Japan | 120,305,972 passengers | 2023 | |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 118,945,920 passengers | 2023 | |
| 8 | Russia | 98,872,628 passengers | 2023 | |
| 9 | Indonesia | 97,045,785 passengers | 2023 | |
| 10 | Brazil | 95,398,485 passengers | 2023 | |
| 11 | Spain | 94,101,520 passengers | 2023 | |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 91,062,293 passengers | 2023 | |
| 13 | Canada | 88,618,000 passengers | 2023 | |
| 14 | Germany | 80,199,572 passengers | 2023 | |
| 15 | Mexico | 78,763,320 passengers | 2023 | |
| 16 | South Korea | 76,272,454 passengers | 2023 | |
| 17 | Australia | 68,958,577 passengers | 2023 | |
| 18 | France | 64,644,716 passengers | 2023 | |
| 19 | Hungary | 55,613,579 passengers | 2023 | |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 55,114,832 passengers | 2023 | |
| 21 | Thailand | 51,920,692 passengers | 2023 | |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 47,979,994 passengers | 2023 | |
| 23 | Singapore | 47,502,834 passengers | 2023 | |
| 24 | Malaysia | 46,698,381 passengers | 2023 | |
| 25 | Austria | 46,040,215 passengers | 2023 | |
| 26 | Colombia | 42,399,044 passengers | 2023 | |
| 27 | Philippines | 41,501,834 passengers | 2023 | |
| 28 | Netherlands | 41,436,802 passengers | 2023 | |
| 29 | Qatar | 37,714,348 passengers | 2023 | |
| 30 | Switzerland | 27,725,233 passengers | 2023 | |
| 31 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 25,704,485 passengers | 2023 | |
| 32 | Chile | 21,323,388 passengers | 2023 | |
| 33 | Argentina | 21,057,811 passengers | 2023 | |
| 34 | Italy | 20,264,734 passengers | 2023 | |
| 35 | Sweden | 19,554,551 passengers | 2023 | |
| 36 | Greece | 19,090,513 passengers | 2023 | |
| 37 | Portugal | 18,288,977 passengers | 2023 | |
| 38 | Iran | 18,067,403 passengers | 2023 | |
| 39 | Peru | 17,717,403 passengers | 2023 | |
| 40 | Egypt | 16,672,111 passengers | 2023 | |
| 41 | Panama | 15,750,293 passengers | 2023 | |
| 42 | South Africa | 15,454,596 passengers | 2023 | |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 15,273,254 passengers | 2023 | |
| 44 | New Zealand | 15,033,155 passengers | 2023 | |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 11,884,241 passengers | 2023 | |
| 46 | Belgium | 11,390,665 passengers | 2023 | |
| 47 | Finland | 10,794,518 passengers | 2023 | |
| 48 | Kuwait | 9,499,895 passengers | 2023 | |
| 49 | Morocco | 9,354,197 passengers | 2023 | |
| 50 | Poland | 8,782,362 passengers | 2023 | |
| 51 | Oman | 8,697,025 passengers | 2023 | |
| 52 | Israel | 7,377,778 passengers | 2023 | |
| 53 | Algeria | 7,160,662 passengers | 2023 | |
| 54 | Pakistan | 7,153,419 passengers | 2023 | |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 6,628,497 passengers | 2023 | |
| 56 | Bahrain | 5,734,420 passengers | 2023 | |
| 57 | Bolivia | 5,601,302 passengers | 2023 | |
| 58 | Nigeria | 5,269,404 passengers | 2023 | |
| 59 | Kenya | 5,138,290 passengers | 2023 | |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 4,849,939 passengers | 2023 | |
| 61 | Ecuador | 4,567,423 passengers | 2023 | |
| 62 | Latvia | 4,475,904 passengers | 2023 | |
| 63 | Iceland | 4,342,331 passengers | 2023 | |
| 64 | Nepal | 4,289,298 passengers | 2023 | |
| 65 | Tunisia | 4,110,265 passengers | 2023 | |
| 66 | Serbia | 3,868,570 passengers | 2023 | |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 3,866,001 passengers | 2023 | |
| 68 | Iraq | 3,756,178 passengers | 2023 | |
| 69 | Jordan | 3,731,345 passengers | 2023 | |
| 70 | Myanmar | 3,541,244 passengers | 2023 | |
| 71 | El Salvador | 3,263,923 passengers | 2023 | |
| 72 | Romania | 2,806,654 passengers | 2023 | |
| 73 | Lebanon | 2,693,218 passengers | 2023 | |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 2,581,841 passengers | 2023 | |
| 75 | Luxembourg | 2,457,683 passengers | 2023 | |
| 76 | Malta | 2,387,400 passengers | 2023 | |
| 77 | Czechia | 2,175,763 passengers | 2023 | |
| 78 | Togo | 2,175,165 passengers | 2023 | |
| 79 | Fiji | 2,154,560 passengers | 2023 | |
| 80 | Macao SAR, China | 2,053,176 passengers | 2023 | |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,028,649 passengers | 2023 | |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 1,971,057 passengers | 2023 | |
| 83 | Tanzania | 1,911,063 passengers | 2023 | |
| 84 | Venezuela | 1,783,667 passengers | 2023 | |
| 85 | Croatia | 1,670,012 passengers | 2023 | |
| 86 | Papua New Guinea | 1,547,502 passengers | 2023 | |
| 87 | Rwanda | 1,537,008 passengers | 2023 | |
| 88 | Mauritius | 1,504,656 passengers | 2023 | |
| 89 | Bahamas | 1,465,432 passengers | 2023 | |
| 90 | Maldives | 1,414,194 passengers | 2023 | |
| 91 | Belarus | 1,322,490 passengers | 2023 | |
| 92 | Angola | 1,321,412 passengers | 2023 | |
| 93 | Armenia | 1,311,506 passengers | 2023 | |
| 94 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,150,170 passengers | 2023 | |
| 95 | Libya | 1,094,579 passengers | 2023 | |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 1,078,118 passengers | 2023 | |
| 97 | Senegal | 1,070,961 passengers | 2023 | |
| 98 | Afghanistan | 1,031,379 passengers | 2023 | |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 996,238 passengers | 2023 | |
| 100 | Sudan | 911,090 passengers | 2023 | |
| 101 | Laos | 842,280 passengers | 2023 | |
| 102 | Moldova | 827,604 passengers | 2023 | |
| 103 | Brunei | 820,886 passengers | 2023 | |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 804,478 passengers | 2023 | |
| 105 | Belize | 776,198 passengers | 2023 | |
| 106 | Mongolia | 773,702 passengers | 2023 | |
| 107 | Cyprus | 724,062 passengers | 2023 | |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 723,825 passengers | 2023 | |
| 109 | Côte d'Ivoire | 716,233 passengers | 2023 | |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 690,677 passengers | 2023 | |
| 111 | Mozambique | 680,108 passengers | 2023 | |
| 112 | Cambodia | 675,283 passengers | 2023 | |
| 113 | Yemen | 618,613 passengers | 2023 | |
| 114 | Syria | 610,745 passengers | 2023 | |
| 115 | Ghana | 440,680 passengers | 2023 | |
| 116 | Honduras | 428,443 passengers | 2023 | |
| 117 | Paraguay | 407,865 passengers | 2023 | |
| 118 | Montenegro | 379,068 passengers | 2023 | |
| 119 | Albania | 374,800 passengers | 2023 | |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 359,290 passengers | 2023 | |
| 121 | Cameroon | 331,025 passengers | 2023 | |
| 122 | Mauritania | 328,992 passengers | 2023 | |
| 123 | Zambia | 321,739 passengers | 2023 | |
| 124 | Georgia | 320,810 passengers | 2023 | |
| 125 | Madagascar | 313,313 passengers | 2023 | |
| 126 | Seychelles | 236,917 passengers | 2023 | |
| 127 | Guatemala | 221,478 passengers | 2023 | |
| 128 | Bhutan | 189,878 passengers | 2023 | |
| 129 | Botswana | 172,720 passengers | 2023 | |
| 130 | Solomon Islands | 157,418 passengers | 2023 | |
| 131 | Suriname | 149,672 passengers | 2023 | |
| 132 | Republic of the Congo | 147,084 passengers | 2023 | |
| 133 | Cuba | 136,998 passengers | 2023 | |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 118,427 passengers | 2023 | |
| 135 | Burkina Faso | 103,592 passengers | 2023 | |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 92,494 passengers | 2023 | |
| 137 | Haiti | 74,542 passengers | 2023 | |
| 138 | Cabo Verde | 71,784 passengers | 2023 | |
| 139 | Namibia | 60,304 passengers | 2023 | |
| 140 | Kiribati | 58,879 passengers | 2023 | |
| 141 | Samoa | 42,120 passengers | 2023 | |
| 142 | Naoero | 39,104 passengers | 2023 | |
| 143 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 38,767 passengers | 2023 | |
| 144 | Eswatini | 34,663 passengers | 2023 | |
| 145 | Marshall Islands | 29,502 passengers | 2023 | |
| 146 | Uganda | 21,650 passengers | 2023 | |
| 147 | Niger | 5,775 passengers | 2023 | |
| 148 | North Korea | 3,690 passengers | 2023 | |
| 149 | Malawi | 3,507 passengers | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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