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Countries by Air transport, passengers carried (2023)

Air transport, passengers carried in 2023: highest in United States (941.6 million), lowest in Malawi (3,507), median 2.458 million across the 149 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Air transport, passengers carried across 229 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

229 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1970–2023

Highest Air transport, passengers carried, 2023

  1. 1.United States941.6 million
  2. 2.China619.2 million
  3. 3.Ireland192.5 million
  4. 4.India180.4 million
  5. 5.Turkey125.9 million
  6. 6.Japan120.3 million
  7. 7.United Kingdom118.9 million
  8. 8.Russia98.87 million
  9. 9.Indonesia97.05 million
  10. 10.Brazil95.4 million

Lowest Air transport, passengers carried, 2023

  1. 140.Kiribati58,879
  2. 141.Samoa42,120
  3. 142.Nauru39,104
  4. 143.Sao Tome and Principe38,767
  5. 144.Eswatini34,663
  6. 145.Marshall Islands29,502
  7. 146.Uganda21,650
  8. 147.Niger5,775
  9. 148.North Korea3,690
  10. 149.Malawi3,507

All 149 ranked countries, 2023— select a country to view interactive chart

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United StatesRank 1 of 149ChinaRank 2 of 149IrelandRank 3 of 149IndiaRank 4 of 149TurkeyRank 5 of 149JapanRank 6 of 149United KingdomRank 7 of 149RussiaRank 8 of 149IndonesiaRank 9 of 149BrazilRank 10 of 149SpainRank 11 of 149United Arab EmiratesRank 12 of 149CanadaRank 13 of 149GermanyRank 14 of 149MexicoRank 15 of 149South KoreaRank 16 of 149AustraliaRank 17 of 149FranceRank 18 of 149HungaryRank 19 of 149VietnamRank 20 of 149ThailandRank 21 of 149Saudi ArabiaRank 22 of 149SingaporeRank 23 of 149MalaysiaRank 24 of 149AustriaRank 25 of 149ColombiaRank 26 of 149PhilippinesRank 27 of 149NetherlandsRank 28 of 149QatarRank 29 of 149SwitzerlandRank 30 of 149Hong KongRank 31 of 149ChileRank 32 of 149ArgentinaRank 33 of 149ItalyRank 34 of 149SwedenRank 35 of 149GreeceRank 36 of 149PortugalRank 37 of 149IranRank 38 of 149PeruRank 39 of 149EgyptRank 40 of 149PanamaRank 41 of 149South AfricaRank 42 of 149EthiopiaRank 43 of 149New ZealandRank 44 of 149KazakhstanRank 45 of 149BelgiumRank 46 of 149FinlandRank 47 of 149KuwaitRank 48 of 149MoroccoRank 49 of 149PolandRank 50 of 149OmanRank 51 of 149IsraelRank 52 of 149AlgeriaRank 53 of 149PakistanRank 54 of 149BangladeshRank 55 of 149BahrainRank 56 of 149BoliviaRank 57 of 149NigeriaRank 58 of 149KenyaRank 59 of 149UzbekistanRank 60 of 149EcuadorRank 61 of 149LatviaRank 62 of 149IcelandRank 63 of 149NepalRank 64 of 149TunisiaRank 65 of 149SerbiaRank 66 of 149Sri LankaRank 67 of 149IraqRank 68 of 149JordanRank 69 of 149MyanmarRank 70 of 149El SalvadorRank 71 of 149RomaniaRank 72 of 149LebanonRank 73 of 149AzerbaijanRank 74 of 149LuxembourgRank 75 of 149MaltaRank 76 of 149Czech RepublicRank 77 of 149TogoRank 78 of 149FijiRank 79 of 149MacaoRank 80 of 149Trinidad and TobagoRank 81 of 149Costa RicaRank 82 of 149TanzaniaRank 83 of 149VenezuelaRank 84 of 149CroatiaRank 85 of 149Papua New GuineaRank 86 of 149RwandaRank 87 of 149MauritiusRank 88 of 149The BahamasRank 89 of 149MaldivesRank 90 of 149BelarusRank 91 of 149AngolaRank 92 of 149ArmeniaRank 93 of 149DR CongoRank 94 of 149LibyaRank 95 of 149TurkmenistanRank 96 of 149SenegalRank 97 of 149AfghanistanRank 98 of 149Dominican RepublicRank 99 of 149SudanRank 100 of 149Lao PDRRank 101 of 149MoldovaRank 102 of 149Brunei DarussalamRank 103 of 149Kyrgyz RepublicRank 104 of 149BelizeRank 105 of 149MongoliaRank 106 of 149CyprusRank 107 of 149BulgariaRank 108 of 149Cote d'IvoireRank 109 of 149TajikistanRank 110 of 149MozambiqueRank 111 of 149CambodiaRank 112 of 149YemenRank 113 of 149Syrian Arab RepublicRank 114 of 149GhanaRank 115 of 149HondurasRank 116 of 149ParaguayRank 117 of 149MontenegroRank 118 of 149AlbaniaRank 119 of 149VanuatuRank 120 of 149CameroonRank 121 of 149MauritaniaRank 122 of 149ZambiaRank 123 of 149GeorgiaRank 124 of 149MadagascarRank 125 of 149SeychellesRank 126 of 149GuatemalaRank 127 of 149BhutanRank 128 of 149BotswanaRank 129 of 149Solomon IslandsRank 130 of 149SurinameRank 131 of 149Republic of the CongoRank 132 of 149CubaRank 133 of 149Equatorial GuineaRank 134 of 149Burkina FasoRank 135 of 149ZimbabweRank 136 of 149HaitiRank 137 of 149Cabo VerdeRank 138 of 149NamibiaRank 139 of 149KiribatiRank 140 of 149SamoaRank 141 of 149NauruRank 142 of 149Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 143 of 149EswatiniRank 144 of 149Marshall IslandsRank 145 of 149UgandaRank 146 of 149NigerRank 147 of 149North KoreaRank 148 of 149MalawiRank 149 of 149

Other countries and regions

Africa Eastern and SouthernAir transport, passengers carriedAfrica Western and CentralAir transport, passengers carriedAmerican SamoaAir transport, passengers carriedAntigua and BarbudaAir transport, passengers carriedArab WorldAir transport, passengers carriedArubaAir transport, passengers carriedBarbadosAir transport, passengers carriedBeninAir transport, passengers carriedBosnia and HerzegovinaAir transport, passengers carriedBurundiAir transport, passengers carriedCaribbean small statesAir transport, passengers carriedCentral African RepublicAir transport, passengers carriedCentral Europe and the BalticsAir transport, passengers carriedChadAir transport, passengers carriedComorosAir transport, passengers carriedDenmarkAir transport, passengers carriedDjiboutiAir transport, passengers carriedEarly-demographic dividendAir transport, passengers carriedEast Asia & PacificAir transport, passengers carriedEast Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)Air transport, passengers carriedEast Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)Air transport, passengers carriedEritreaAir transport, passengers carriedEstoniaAir transport, passengers carriedEuro AreaAir transport, passengers carriedEurope & Central AsiaAir transport, passengers carriedEurope & Central Asia (excluding high income)Air transport, passengers carriedEurope & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)Air transport, passengers carriedEuropean UnionAir transport, passengers carriedFragile and conflict affected situationsAir transport, passengers carriedGabonAir transport, passengers carriedGambia, TheAir transport, passengers carriedGuamAir transport, passengers carriedGuineaAir transport, passengers carriedGuinea-BissauAir transport, passengers carriedGuyanaAir transport, passengers carriedHeavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)Air transport, passengers carriedIBRD onlyAir transport, passengers carriedIDA & IBRD totalAir transport, passengers carriedIDA blendAir transport, passengers carriedIDA onlyAir transport, passengers carriedIDA totalAir transport, passengers carriedJamaicaAir transport, passengers carriedLate-demographic dividendAir transport, passengers carriedLatin America & Caribbean Air transport, passengers carriedLatin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)Air transport, passengers carriedLatin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)Air transport, passengers carriedLeast developed countries: UN classificationAir transport, passengers carriedLesothoAir transport, passengers carriedLiberiaAir transport, passengers carriedLithuaniaAir transport, passengers carriedLow & middle incomeAir transport, passengers carriedMaliAir transport, passengers carriedMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAir transport, passengers carriedMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)Air transport, passengers carriedMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)Air transport, passengers carriedMiddle incomeAir transport, passengers carriedMonacoAir transport, passengers carriedNicaraguaAir transport, passengers carriedNorth AmericaAir transport, passengers carriedNorth MacedoniaAir transport, passengers carriedNorwayAir transport, passengers carriedOECD membersAir transport, passengers carriedOther small statesAir transport, passengers carriedPacific island small statesAir transport, passengers carriedPost-demographic dividendAir transport, passengers carriedPre-demographic dividendAir transport, passengers carriedSierra LeoneAir transport, passengers carriedSlovakiaAir transport, passengers carriedSloveniaAir transport, passengers carriedSmall statesAir transport, passengers carriedSomalia, Fed. Rep.Air transport, passengers carriedSouth AsiaAir transport, passengers carriedSouth Asia (IDA & IBRD)Air transport, passengers carriedSub-Saharan Africa Air transport, passengers carriedSub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)Air transport, passengers carriedSub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)Air transport, passengers carriedTongaAir transport, passengers carriedUkraineAir transport, passengers carriedUruguayAir transport, passengers carriedWorldAir transport, passengers carried

Air transport, passengers carried Data Coverage

This page lists 229 countries with available Air transport, passengers carried data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.