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Air transport, passengers carried

For 2023, Air transport, passengers carried is led by United States at 941,557,000.00. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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

Countries ranked 149
Snapshot year 2023
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0.0235 M471 M706 M942 MUnited StatesUnited States: 941,557,000.00942 MChinaChina: 619,215,886.00619 MIrelandIreland: 192,528,432.00193 MIndiaIndia: 180,415,784.23180 MTurkiyeTurkiye: 125,940,241.00126 MJapanJapan: 120,305,972.00120 MUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom: 118,945,920.00119 MRussian FederationRussian Federation: 98,872,628.0099 MIndonesiaIndonesia: 97,045,784.7597 MBrazilBrazil: 95,398,485.0095 MSpainSpain: 94,101,520.4694 MUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 91,062,293.0091 M
Rank Country Value
1 United States 941,557,000.00
2 China 619,215,886.00
3 Ireland 192,528,432.00
4 India 180,415,784.23
5 Turkiye 125,940,241.00
6 Japan 120,305,972.00
7 United Kingdom 118,945,920.00
8 Russian Federation 98,872,628.00
9 Indonesia 97,045,784.75
10 Brazil 95,398,485.00
11 Spain 94,101,520.46
12 United Arab Emirates 91,062,293.00
13 Canada 88,618,000.00
14 Germany 80,199,572.00
15 Mexico 78,763,320.00
16 Korea, Rep. 76,272,453.88
17 Australia 68,958,577.00
18 France 64,644,716.00
19 Hungary 55,613,579.00
20 Viet Nam 55,114,832.00
21 Thailand 51,920,692.00
22 Saudi Arabia 47,979,994.00
23 Singapore 47,502,833.59
24 Malaysia 46,698,381.00
25 Austria 46,040,215.00
26 Colombia 42,399,044.00
27 Philippines 41,501,834.00
28 Netherlands 41,436,802.20
29 Qatar 37,714,348.36
30 Switzerland 27,725,233.09
31 Hong Kong SAR, China 25,704,485.00
32 Chile 21,323,388.00
33 Argentina 21,057,811.00
34 Italy 20,264,734.00
35 Sweden 19,554,551.00
36 Greece 19,090,513.00
37 Portugal 18,288,977.00
38 Iran, Islamic Rep. 18,067,403.00
39 Peru 17,717,402.52
40 Egypt, Arab Rep. 16,672,111.30
41 Panama 15,750,293.00
42 South Africa 15,454,595.70
43 Ethiopia 15,273,254.00
44 New Zealand 15,033,154.91
45 Kazakhstan 11,884,241.04
46 Belgium 11,390,665.42
47 Finland 10,794,518.00
48 Kuwait 9,499,895.00
49 Morocco 9,354,197.00
50 Poland 8,782,362.00
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • United States sits at the top of the Air transport, passengers carried distribution in 2023 at 941,557,000.00, with a lead of 322,341,114.00 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Luxembourg at 2,457,682.91, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Malawi (3,507.00), and the page currently covers 149 countries.

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