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Air passengers carried2022

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 data151 / 217No observation: 66
First-ranked country or territoryUnited States852,828,000 passengers

Top 10

passengers · 2022
01United States
852,828,000
02China
250,754,113
03Ireland
169,377,735
04India
139,996,043
05Türkiye
104,672,089
06United Kingdom
95,908,282
07Japan
86,456,115
08Brazil
84,337,817
09Russia
82,236,409
10Spain
80,908,169

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Air passengers carried · 2022 · passengers
RankCountry / territoryValue (passengers)Year
01United States852,828,0002022
02China250,754,1132022
03Ireland169,377,7352022
04India139,996,0432022
05Türkiye104,672,0892022
06United Kingdom95,908,2822022
07Japan86,456,1152022
08Brazil84,337,8172022
09Russia82,236,4092022
10Spain80,908,1692022
11Mexico70,196,2702022
12Germany69,045,1352022
13United Arab Emirates68,465,8592022
14Canada66,876,0002022
15France59,323,2692022
16Indonesia58,991,3262022
17Australia55,739,4222022
18Vietnam48,674,4232022
19South Korea46,853,3012022
20Hungary41,287,3052022
21Austria40,099,4232022
22Colombia39,535,3062022
23Netherlands35,579,2422022
24Thailand34,390,0362022
25Qatar29,467,2642022
26Saudi Arabia29,005,3422022
27Malaysia28,006,8562022
28Philippines27,737,7182022
29Chile23,742,2012022
30Switzerland22,773,8972022
31Singapore22,200,2172022
32Iran18,713,1042022
33Argentina16,302,5252022
34Portugal15,664,4302022
35Greece15,309,1172022
36Sweden15,229,9552022
37Peru14,774,5762022
38Italy14,670,0322022
39Panama13,807,9912022
40Egypt12,152,2192022
41South Africa12,133,9662022
42New Zealand11,715,3012022
43Ethiopia10,769,7242022
44Belgium10,165,4332022
45Kazakhstan9,756,3672022
46Finland9,040,7542022
47Morocco7,466,4822022
48Kuwait7,330,4652022
49Poland7,057,6092022
50Pakistan6,925,4772022
51Oman5,656,1802022
52Israel5,520,0592022
53Bangladesh5,267,0822022
54Nigeria5,212,2652022
55Bolivia5,078,5362022
56Bahrain4,692,3922022
57Algeria4,621,3512022
58Nepal4,438,0862022
59Uzbekistan4,227,0002022
60Tunisia3,807,1152022
61Kenya3,728,9892022
62Iceland3,709,9482022
63Latvia3,664,3802022
64Hong Kong SAR China3,407,4342022
65Sri Lanka3,252,5282022
66Ecuador3,211,8082022
67Jordan3,179,9362022
68Iraq2,710,0792022
69Myanmar (Burma)2,491,7452022
70Serbia2,406,0002022
71El Salvador2,390,6002022
72Lebanon2,385,9302022
73Romania2,294,5982022
74Czechia2,176,8002022
75Azerbaijan2,171,0852022
76Luxembourg2,060,5432022
77Malta1,964,2622022
78Tanzania1,823,1142022
79Sudan1,588,1472022
80Costa Rica1,551,9702022
81Trinidad & Tobago1,523,3152022
82Maldives1,516,0252022
83Papua New Guinea1,475,7192022
84Rwanda1,429,7032022
85Croatia1,404,3932022
86Venezuela1,373,9482022
87Bahamas1,303,3122022
88Belarus1,290,2542022
89Senegal1,213,5752022
90Togo1,187,4712022
91Fiji1,168,5452022
92Afghanistan1,157,4192022
93Mauritius1,111,4932022
94Libya1,065,1402022
95Congo - Kinshasa956,6832022
96Syria904,2422022
97Angola895,7302022
98Belize854,1342022
99Kyrgyzstan824,7422022
100Moldova779,6842022
101Turkmenistan707,3182022
102Bulgaria643,7652022
103Côte d’Ivoire617,9132022
104Mozambique549,5252022
105Ghana548,1312022
106Tajikistan479,7702022
107Laos461,7272022
108Ukraine452,3442022
109Cyprus440,2032022
110Mauritania393,7542022
111Dominican Republic392,8302022
112Cambodia388,5642022
113Macao SAR China374,1082022
114Mongolia358,0162022
115Honduras351,8022022
116Brunei351,7742022
117Albania332,5342022
118Paraguay321,9132022
119Montenegro318,3632022
120Armenia268,5202022
121Cameroon252,4032022
122Madagascar250,5062022
123Vanuatu232,5252022
124Zambia228,6512022
125Seychelles217,7542022
126Cape Verde185,3632022
127Equatorial Guinea170,9232022
128Georgia167,0722022
129Cuba139,5852022
130Bhutan130,4572022
131Botswana124,4152022
132Suriname122,6172022
133Solomon Islands112,5652022
134Burkina Faso94,0702022
135Zimbabwe75,5442022
136Kiribati67,2182022
137Congo - Brazzaville55,9552022
138Yemen51,3572022
139São Tomé & Príncipe38,6722022
140Haiti37,3132022
141Eswatini36,1572022
142Antigua & Barbuda35,5152022
143Uganda35,1532022
144Lithuania29,2562022
145Samoa19,6422022
146Niger16,1492022
147Nauru13,4082022
148Marshall Islands12,1742022
149Malawi3,5952022
150Slovakia1,9252022
151Slovenia1,8662022

How this ranking works

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No observation (66)

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 · Guatemala · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Isle of Man · Jamaica · Kosovo · Lesotho · Liberia · Liechtenstein · Mali · Micronesia · Monaco · Namibia · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · North Korea · 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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