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Air passengers carried2019

Passengers carried by airlines registered in the economy. This differs from passenger traffic at the economy's airports.

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2023Latest published year: 2023
Economies with data156 / 217No observation: 61
First-ranked country or territoryUnited States926,737,000 passengers

Top 10

passengers · 2019
01United States
926,737,000
02China
659,629,070
03Ireland
170,161,848
04India
167,499,116
05United Kingdom
142,392,528
06Japan
130,233,352
07Türkiye
111,131,475
08Germany
109,633,751
09Russia
108,857,906
10Brazil
102,917,546

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Air passengers carried · 2019 · passengers
RankCountry / territoryValue (passengers)Year
01United States926,737,0002019
02China659,629,0702019
03Ireland170,161,8482019
04India167,499,1162019
05United Kingdom142,392,5282019
06Japan130,233,3522019
07Türkiye111,131,4752019
08Germany109,633,7512019
09Russia108,857,9062019
10Brazil102,917,5462019
11United Arab Emirates93,995,2082019
12Canada93,352,0002019
13South Korea92,434,0792019
14Indonesia91,323,1532019
15Spain88,237,1652019
16Australia76,850,5972019
17Thailand76,344,4102019
18France71,289,2772019
19Mexico69,937,8382019
20Malaysia63,623,1302019
21Vietnam53,227,0262019
22Sweden50,957,8692019
23Philippines47,776,8922019
24Austria46,476,6022019
25Hong Kong SAR China46,469,8642019
26Netherlands46,358,4582019
27Saudi Arabia46,181,4872019
28Singapore43,050,7222019
29Hungary39,803,3732019
30Colombia37,031,8432019
31Qatar32,953,2972019
32Switzerland30,339,6542019
33Italy27,760,3012019
34South Africa26,211,2582019
35Portugal22,047,8792019
36Iran21,641,4492019
37Chile21,197,7592019
38Argentina19,461,3772019
39Peru18,820,5722019
40New Zealand17,763,6042019
41Greece16,124,7382019
42Finland14,610,5472019
43Belgium14,279,1872019
44Egypt13,206,8902019
45Ethiopia12,631,2162019
46Panama12,497,7582019
47Oman11,239,9962019
48Poland10,225,5162019
49Morocco9,380,9512019
50Kazakhstan7,656,8662019
51Ukraine7,604,5222019
52Pakistan7,420,3782019
53Kuwait7,385,2992019
54Israel7,068,4582019
55Algeria6,752,0022019
56Nigeria6,539,0482019
57Bahrain6,440,5622019
58Kenya6,417,5342019
59Bangladesh6,260,2412019
60Romania5,630,2892019
61Sri Lanka5,582,4462019
62Czechia5,446,1632019
63Iraq5,434,2922019
64Latvia4,976,4102019
65Ecuador4,827,9782019
66Iceland4,656,0172019
67Tunisia4,335,3252019
68Bolivia4,066,9592019
69Myanmar (Burma)3,701,6642019
70Uzbekistan3,685,1922019
71Macao SAR China3,659,9112019
72Jordan3,478,4442019
73Belarus3,208,2542019
74Lebanon3,164,3582019
75El Salvador2,609,9172019
76Azerbaijan2,585,2802019
77Trinidad & Tobago2,583,5952019
78Serbia2,469,0812019
79Malta2,382,6082019
80Luxembourg2,114,4172019
81Croatia2,108,5912019
82Turkmenistan2,081,4242019
83Costa Rica2,033,1462019
84Papua New Guinea2,029,7012019
85Bahamas1,856,5462019
86Mauritius1,726,8682019
87Fiji1,700,2932019
88Nepal1,659,6712019
89Rwanda1,561,5622019
90Venezuela1,516,8392019
91Tanzania1,498,0932019
92Angola1,436,9592019
93Cambodia1,429,5042019
94Brunei1,421,3132019
95Moldova1,408,1662019
96Libya1,367,4582019
97Belize1,278,1882019
98Maldives1,221,7872019
99Afghanistan1,066,7472019
100Laos979,3072019
101Slovenia869,6402019
102Kyrgyzstan867,9352019
103Bulgaria832,8282019
104Côte d’Ivoire748,5402019
105Mongolia744,4132019
106Cape Verde675,4822019
107Togo633,6292019
108Paraguay632,3892019
109Montenegro597,3802019
110Ghana597,3432019
111Mozambique587,3642019
112Congo - Kinshasa550,4582019
113Madagascar544,4582019
114Congo - Brazzaville541,7872019
115Tajikistan539,0952019
116Sudan530,0012019
117Antigua & Barbuda526,3342019
118Georgia509,9132019
119Vanuatu466,8652019
120Senegal457,7222019
121Cuba457,1302019
122Equatorial Guinea425,4752019
123Seychelles414,0882019
124Cyprus395,4362019
125Mauritania386,6212019
126Honduras321,2432019
127Albania307,7412019
128Bhutan276,0922019
129Botswana254,4392019
130Suriname236,6012019
131Solomon Islands229,6712019
132Namibia212,5782019
133Armenia193,6682019
134Burkina Faso185,8412019
135Dominican Republic113,7522019
136Gambia109,5422019
137North Korea109,0952019
138Guatemala107,3502019
139Eritrea101,3572019
140Cameroon83,8822019
141Samoa74,8672019
142Kiribati65,8472019
143Eswatini52,7442019
144Nauru50,6682019
145São Tomé & Príncipe41,9332019
146Lithuania40,9442019
147Somalia34,0662019
148Guyana28,6972019
149Marshall Islands21,5002019
150Uganda19,8232019
151Syria18,4572019
152Zambia17,5062019
153Malawi7,1172019
154Bosnia & Herzegovina5,3752019
155Estonia8572019
156Monaco3162019

How this ranking works

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No observation (61)

American Samoa · Andorra · Aruba · Barbados · Benin · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Burundi · Cayman Islands · Central African Republic · Chad · Channel Islands · Comoros · Curaçao · Denmark · Djibouti · Dominica · Faroe Islands · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gibraltar · Greenland · Grenada · Guam · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Haiti · Isle of Man · Jamaica · Kosovo · Lesotho · Liberia · Liechtenstein · Mali · Micronesia · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · Niger · North Macedonia · Northern Mariana Islands · Norway · Palau · Palestinian Territories · Puerto Rico · San Marino · Sierra Leone · Sint Maarten · Slovakia · South Sudan · St. Kitts & Nevis · St. Lucia · St. Martin · St. Vincent & Grenadines · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Turks & Caicos Islands · Tuvalu · U.S. Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Yemen · Zimbabwe

Source & definition

Indicator definition
Passengers carried by airlines registered in the economy. This differs from passenger traffic at the economy's airports.
Unit
passengers
Source & definition
World Bank · IS.AIR.PSGR
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Original metadata
Air carrier data per country refers to passengers carried by airlines registered in that country regardless of the origin or destination of the passengers.

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  "sourceNote": "Air carrier data per country refers to passengers carried by airlines registered in that country regardless of the origin or destination of the passengers.",
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