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South Africa
Air transport, passengers carried

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

Global rank#42out of 149 countries
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Historical trend

26 M20 M14 M7.7 M1.5 M197019972023South Africa · 2023: 15,454,595.70South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 15,454,595.70 for Air transport, passengers carried in 2023, ranking #42 globally out of 149 countries.
  • Air transport, passengers carried increased from 1,519,000.00 in 1970 to 15,454,595.70 in 2023, a gain of 13,935,595.70.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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