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Air passengers carried2020

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 data153 / 217No observation: 64
First-ranked country or territoryChina417,255,845 passengers

Top 10

passengers · 2020
01China
417,255,845
02United States
369,501,000
03India
68,959,633
04Russia
62,447,448
05Ireland
54,582,262
06Japan
51,131,122
07Brazil
45,405,756
08Türkiye
44,722,690
09Indonesia
37,523,687
10Mexico
34,133,108

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Air passengers carried · 2020 · passengers
RankCountry / territoryValue (passengers)Year
01China417,255,8452020
02United States369,501,0002020
03India68,959,6332020
04Russia62,447,4482020
05Ireland54,582,2622020
06Japan51,131,1222020
07Brazil45,405,7562020
08Türkiye44,722,6902020
09Indonesia37,523,6872020
10Mexico34,133,1082020
11Vietnam31,771,2022020
12United Kingdom30,237,8272020
13South Korea30,033,3102020
14Thailand28,179,3032020
15Canada27,620,0002020
16Spain26,557,0782020
17United Arab Emirates26,116,8972020
18Germany25,758,4502020
19France24,956,3432020
20Australia23,346,2542020
21Saudi Arabia20,968,8662020
22Malaysia15,893,9882020
23Netherlands14,748,5172020
24Hungary14,597,2942020
25Sweden14,105,8402020
26Austria13,285,4142020
27Iran12,744,8542020
28Colombia12,273,9402020
29Qatar10,640,7892020
30Philippines10,613,5312020
31Switzerland9,009,6072020
32New Zealand8,516,6202020
33South Africa8,304,7712020
34Chile8,019,7532020
35Singapore7,884,3732020
36Italy7,801,4902020
37Portugal6,219,5312020
38Hong Kong SAR China5,878,5482020
39Peru5,705,0742020
40Greece5,647,9172020
41Kazakhstan5,282,2052020
42Ethiopia4,940,1832020
43Egypt4,638,1922020
44Pakistan3,711,4572020
45Argentina3,680,8742020
46Belgium3,520,8502020
47Finland3,500,2992020
48Nigeria3,435,3512020
49Panama3,074,1722020
50Morocco3,012,3102020
51Bangladesh2,984,1222020
52Poland2,686,2582020
53Bolivia2,627,2022020
54Oman2,496,0692020
55Nepal1,989,2842020
56Kenya1,865,7682020
57Kuwait1,823,5942020
58Ukraine1,801,0142020
59Romania1,786,4072020
60Myanmar (Burma)1,506,5822020
61Algeria1,460,0772020
62Bahrain1,451,3592020
63Tunisia1,381,7452020
64Latvia1,323,0702020
65Bahamas1,272,7992020
66Israel1,249,3612020
67Sri Lanka1,240,3912020
68Belarus1,227,6742020
69Ecuador1,146,3692020
70Turkmenistan1,084,5432020
71Lebanon1,077,7622020
72Belize971,4262020
73Uzbekistan933,7692020
74Papua New Guinea932,3892020
75Czechia929,8882020
76Iceland903,9272020
77Tanzania823,6702020
78Jordan816,2532020
79El Salvador805,2722020
80Serbia795,2282020
81Iraq764,6612020
82Luxembourg753,1142020
83Libya715,3002020
84Trinidad & Tobago677,6702020
85Rwanda661,2882020
86Cambodia609,5642020
87Croatia608,4582020
88Malta549,3192020
89Azerbaijan545,2652020
90Macao SAR China544,4112020
91Costa Rica455,8312020
92Afghanistan449,0412020
93Bulgaria443,0672020
94Fiji409,1042020
95Mauritius407,2912020
96Laos386,9502020
97Sudan386,8382020
98Angola356,6952020
99Mozambique327,7422020
100Zimbabwe324,2272020
101Côte d’Ivoire322,8412020
102Ghana321,4372020
103Togo320,8062020
104Moldova306,6322020
105Syria299,4692020
106Maldives292,9312020
107Venezuela283,5242020
108Brunei280,6222020
109Congo - Kinshasa277,5882020
110Senegal271,3312020
111Tajikistan260,3162020
112Cape Verde226,6462020
113Suriname221,6542020
114Kyrgyzstan191,7742020
115Madagascar186,3142020
116Seychelles149,4892020
117Mongolia143,8602020
118Equatorial Guinea138,8982020
119Solomon Islands138,6612020
120Vanuatu136,3602020
121Paraguay131,7132020
122Albania124,7142020
123Cyprus104,5592020
124Mauritania100,9042020
125Cuba99,8382020
126Congo - Brazzaville79,6202020
127Slovenia78,5652020
128Georgia72,9062020
129Burkina Faso70,2282020
130Namibia62,2632020
131Kiribati56,2992020
132Armenia54,9402020
133Yemen52,0352020
134Bhutan48,8252020
135Eritrea45,1042020
136Cameroon40,8842020
137Lithuania35,0272020
138Dominican Republic31,3912020
139Marshall Islands25,5632020
140Guatemala25,2172020
141Haiti23,1192020
142São Tomé & Príncipe20,7032020
143Guyana17,9902020
144Samoa11,9572020
145Eswatini10,6472020
146Nauru9,3562020
147Zambia8,7182020
148Uganda4,9462020
149North Korea3,5632020
150Slovakia2,6692020
151Malawi1,7922020
152Bosnia & Herzegovina1,5932020
153Antigua & Barbuda3562020

How this ranking works

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No observation (64)

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

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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