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Air passengers carried2021

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 data155 / 217No observation: 62
First-ranked country or territoryUnited States666,153,000 passengers

Top 10

passengers · 2021
01United States
666,153,000
02China
440,301,216
03Russia
96,851,769
04India
83,964,797
05Ireland
74,065,210
06Türkiye
69,065,868
07Brazil
61,896,523
08Mexico
54,217,876
09Japan
45,410,146
10Spain
43,440,480

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Air passengers carried · 2021 · passengers
RankCountry / territoryValue (passengers)Year
01United States666,153,0002021
02China440,301,2162021
03Russia96,851,7692021
04India83,964,7972021
05Ireland74,065,2102021
06Türkiye69,065,8682021
07Brazil61,896,5232021
08Mexico54,217,8762021
09Japan45,410,1462021
10Spain43,440,4802021
11South Korea34,020,0882021
12Indonesia33,549,8282021
13Germany33,073,1802021
14France32,000,5282021
15Saudi Arabia29,403,7322021
16United Arab Emirates28,422,6162021
17United Kingdom26,631,9322021
18Colombia26,167,3602021
19Canada24,951,0002021
20Australia24,572,9552021
21Hungary20,127,2002021
22Sweden20,067,1442021
23Netherlands19,349,1662021
24Austria18,901,0482021
25Qatar14,832,9362021
26Vietnam14,754,8472021
27Iran13,695,8972021
28Thailand12,734,5832021
29Switzerland10,988,8812021
30Chile10,302,8762021
31South Africa9,321,5762021
32Peru9,053,9652021
33Kazakhstan8,765,0012021
34New Zealand8,729,6352021
35Greece8,726,3452021
36Panama8,208,3782021
37Portugal8,056,4952021
38Ethiopia7,065,9542021
39Philippines6,886,9222021
40Argentina6,708,0972021
41Egypt5,563,3872021
42Belgium5,404,2842021
43Malaysia4,965,3612021
44Pakistan4,930,6622021
45Morocco4,740,7142021
46Nigeria4,486,3132021
47Bolivia4,311,8802021
48Bangladesh3,750,7532021
49Poland3,676,1852021
50Ukraine3,282,7092021
51Finland2,805,5552021
52Romania2,719,2062021
53Nepal2,550,5052021
54Kenya2,459,1062021
55Italy2,449,3392021
56Israel2,437,2072021
57Singapore2,311,7122021
58Kuwait2,182,8882021
59Oman2,075,3902021
60Uzbekistan2,010,9142021
61Algeria1,949,9362021
62Bahrain1,840,2682021
63Jordan1,695,3022021
64Tunisia1,675,7772021
65Iraq1,620,0132021
66Lebanon1,603,1342021
67Latvia1,598,6852021
68Ecuador1,534,8542021
69Iceland1,499,0342021
70Czechia1,418,0322021
71El Salvador1,412,0262021
72Sudan1,386,9672021
73Serbia1,276,4652021
74Tanzania1,146,9732021
75Myanmar (Burma)1,132,6562021
76Azerbaijan1,102,4552021
77Luxembourg1,081,4782021
78Bahamas1,065,1492021
79Belarus1,040,7302021
80Papua New Guinea1,039,0102021
81Libya968,4762021
82Sri Lanka871,6852021
83Hong Kong SAR China777,1972021
84Croatia767,7622021
85Rwanda715,7642021
86Macao SAR China698,0472021
87Syria672,2192021
88Togo672,1842021
89Belize670,3622021
90Costa Rica669,2982021
91Trinidad & Tobago652,1482021
92Turkmenistan648,3702021
93Malta597,7242021
94Côte d’Ivoire569,3092021
95Ghana559,3932021
96Moldova528,5812021
97Mozambique411,7392021
98Congo - Kinshasa392,1022021
99Senegal359,7062021
100Angola311,4882021
101Afghanistan293,2132021
102Maldives277,8812021
103Honduras271,3142021
104Venezuela265,2762021
105Mauritania207,2252021
106Albania193,2592021
107Armenia179,2002021
108Cameroon177,9922021
109Botswana172,0172021
110Kyrgyzstan171,3472021
111Congo - Brazzaville157,7842021
112Laos157,2932021
113Mauritius153,2422021
114Seychelles137,5652021
115Zambia136,6102021
116Fiji133,7082021
117Vanuatu128,1642021
118Tajikistan125,1642021
119Burkina Faso112,9402021
120Paraguay111,9642021
121Madagascar109,4612021
122Cyprus103,0162021
123Solomon Islands100,5932021
124Georgia84,5912021
125Cape Verde76,3542021
126Zimbabwe75,6382021
127Dominican Republic69,4472021
128Mongolia61,6142021
129Yemen52,0352021
130Cambodia50,2172021
131Kiribati46,3902021
132Bulgaria41,1262021
133Antigua & Barbuda40,6332021
134Equatorial Guinea31,2682021
135Marshall Islands30,1152021
136São Tomé & Príncipe28,0192021
137Brunei27,8812021
138Haiti23,1192021
139Bhutan22,3802021
140Cuba22,3592021
141Slovenia21,0372021
142Suriname20,1812021
143Uganda16,4902021
144Niger15,0192021
145Eswatini13,3382021
146Lithuania11,2892021
147Slovakia8,9002021
148Guyana7,5122021
149Samoa7,2122021
150Nauru3,3442021
151Namibia2,2462021
152Guatemala1,7662021
153Montenegro1,5892021
154Malawi1,2902021
155North Korea523.762021

How this ranking works

For annual statistics, the default is the newest year covering at least 70% of the maximum available country coverage, and at least 20 economies where possible. A ranking uses one year or report edition; missing observations are not replaced with another year. Newer years with lower coverage can be selected.

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No observation (62)

American Samoa · Andorra · Aruba · Barbados · Benin · Bermuda · Bosnia & Herzegovina · British Virgin Islands · Burundi · Cayman Islands · Central African Republic · Chad · Channel Islands · Comoros · Curaçao · Denmark · Djibouti · Dominica · Eritrea · Estonia · Faroe Islands · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Gibraltar · Greenland · Grenada · Guam · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Isle of Man · Jamaica · Kosovo · Lesotho · Liberia · Liechtenstein · Mali · Micronesia · Monaco · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · 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.",
  "sourceOrganization": "Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), uri: https://data.icao.int/newdataplus/#:~:text=ICAO%20data%20is%20comprised%20of,information%20about%20commercial%20air%20carriers;\nICAO Staff estimates, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), uri: https://data.icao.int/newdataplus/#:~:text=ICAO%20data%20is%20comprised%20of,information%20about%20commercial%20air%20carriers",
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