The following list sorts countries by the number of passengers transported by airlines that are registered in the respective country according to data from the World Bank.[1] Disclaimer: this data may be skewed due to pandemic, Mexico's Secretary of Tourism noted 108 million passengers in 2023, of which 49.73 million were international.
| Country | Airline passengers carried | Year |
|---|---|---|
 United States
|
666,153,000 | 2021 |
 China
|
440,301,216 | 2021 |
 Russia
|
96,851,770 | 2021 |
 India
|
83,964,797 | 2021 |
 Ireland
|
74,065,210 | 2021 |
 Turkey
|
69,065,870 | 2021 |
 Brazil
|
61,896,520 | 2021 |
 Mexico
|
54,217,880 | 2021 |
 Japan
|
45,410,150 | 2021 |
 Spain
|
43,440,480 | 2021 |
 South Korea
|
34,020,090 | 2021 |
 Indonesia
|
33,549,830 | 2021 |
 Germany
|
33,073,180 | 2021 |
 France
|
32,000,530 | 2021 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
29,403,730 | 2021 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
28,422,620 | 2021 |
 United Kingdom
|
26,631,930 | 2021 |
 Colombia
|
26,167,360 | 2021 |
 Canada
|
24,951,000 | 2021 |
 Australia
|
24,572,960 | 2021 |
 Hungary
|
20,127,200 | 2021 |
 Sweden
|
20,067,140 | 2021 |
 Netherlands
|
19,349,170 | 2021 |
 Austria
|
18,901,050 | 2021 |
 Qatar
|
14,832,940 | 2021 |
 Vietnam
|
14,754,850 | 2021 |
 Iran
|
13,695,900 | 2021 |
 Thailand
|
12,734,580 | 2021 |
 Norway
|
12,277,220 | 2004 |
 Switzerland
|
10,988,880 | 2021 |
 Chile
|
10,302,880 | 2021 |
 South Africa
|
9,321,580 | 2021 |
 Peru
|
9,053,970 | 2021 |
 Kazakhstan
|
8,765,000 | 2021 |
 New Zealand
|
8,729,630 | 2021 |
 Greece
|
8,726,340 | 2021 |
 Panama
|
8,208,380 | 2021 |
 Portugal
|
8,056,490 | 2021 |
 Ethiopia
|
7,065,950 | 2021 |
 Philippines
|
6,886,920 | 2021 |
 Argentina
|
6,708,100 | 2021 |
 Denmark
|
6,428,700 | 2004 |
 Egypt
|
5,563,390 | 2021 |
 Belgium
|
5,404,280 | 2021 |
 Malaysia
|
4,965,360 | 2021 |
 Pakistan
|
4,930,660 | 2021 |
 Morocco
|
4,740,710 | 2021 |
 Nigeria
|
4,486,310 | 2021 |
 Bolivia
|
4,311,880 | 2021 |
 Bangladesh
|
3,750,750 | 2021 |
 Poland
|
3,676,180 | 2021 |
 Ukraine
|
3,282,710 | 2021 |
 Finland
|
2,805,550 | 2021 |
 Romania
|
2,719,210 | 2021 |
 Nepal
|
2,550,510 | 2021 |
 Kenya
|
2,459,110 | 2021 |
 Italy
|
2,449,340 | 2021 |
 Israel
|
2,437,210 | 2021 |
 Singapore
|
2,311,710 | 2021 |
 Kuwait
|
2,182,890 | 2021 |
 Oman
|
2,075,390 | 2021 |
 Uzbekistan
|
2,010,910 | 2021 |
 Algeria
|
1,949,940 | 2021 |
 Bahrain
|
1,840,270 | 2021 |
 Jordan
|
1,695,300 | 2021 |
 Tunisia
|
1,675,780 | 2021 |
 Iraq
|
1,620,010 | 2021 |
 Lebanon
|
1,603,130 | 2021 |
 Latvia
|
1,598,680 | 2021 |
 Ecuador
|
1,534,850 | 2021 |
 Iceland
|
1,499,030 | 2021 |
 Czech Republic
|
1,418,030 | 2021 |
 El Salvador
|
1,412,030 | 2021 |
 Sudan
|
1,386,970 | 2021 |
 Serbia
|
1,276,460 | 2021 |
 Tanzania
|
1,146,970 | 2021 |
 Myanmar
|
1,132,660 | 2021 |
 Azerbaijan
|
1,102,450 | 2021 |
 Luxembourg
|
1,081,480 | 2021 |
 Bahamas
|
1,065,150 | 2021 |
 Belarus
|
1,040,730 | 2021 |
 Papua New Guinea
|
1,039,010 | 2021 |
 Libya
|
968,480 | 2021 |
 Sri Lanka
|
871,680 | 2021 |
 Hong Kong
|
777,200 | 2021 |
 Croatia
|
767,760 | 2021 |
 Rwanda
|
715,760 | 2021 |
 Macao
|
698,050 | 2021 |
 Syria
|
672,220 | 2021 |
 Togo
|
672,180 | 2021 |
 Belize
|
670,360 | 2021 |
 Costa Rica
|
669,300 | 2021 |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
652,150 | 2021 |
 Turkmenistan
|
648,370 | 2021 |
 Malta
|
597,720 | 2021 |
 Ivory Coast
|
569,310 | 2021 |
 Uruguay
|
563,630 | 2009 |
 Ghana
|
559,390 | 2021 |
 Moldova
|
528,580 | 2021 |
 Mozambique
|
411,740 | 2021 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
392,100 | 2021 |
 Senegal
|
359,710 | 2021 |
 Angola
|
311,490 | 2021 |
 Afghanistan
|
293,210 | 2021 |
 Maldives
|
277,880 | 2021 |
 Aruba
|
274,280 | 2018 |
 Honduras
|
271,310 | 2021 |
 Venezuela
|
265,280 | 2021 |
 Mauritania
|
207,220 | 2021 |
 Albania
|
193,260 | 2021 |
 Jamaica
|
180,950 | 2018 |
 Armenia
|
179,200 | 2021 |
 Cameroon
|
177,990 | 2021 |
 Botswana
|
172,020 | 2021 |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
171,350 | 2021 |
 Republic of the Congo
|
157,780 | 2021 |
 Laos
|
157,290 | 2021 |
 Mauritius
|
153,240 | 2021 |
 Seychelles
|
137,560 | 2021 |
 Zambia
|
136,610 | 2021 |
 Fiji
|
133,710 | 2021 |
 Vanuatu
|
128,160 | 2021 |
 Tajikistan
|
125,160 | 2021 |
 Burkina Faso
|
112,940 | 2021 |
 Paraguay
|
111,960 | 2021 |
 Gambia
|
109,540 | 2019 |
 Madagascar
|
109,460 | 2021 |
 Cyprus
|
103,020 | 2021 |
 Solomon Islands
|
100,590 | 2021 |
 North Macedonia
|
86,870 | 2009 |
 Georgia
|
84,590 | 2021 |
 Gabon
|
77,320 | 2016 |
 Cape Verde
|
76,350 | 2021 |
 Zimbabwe
|
75,640 | 2021 |
 Dominican Republic
|
69,450 | 2021 |
 Mongolia
|
61,610 | 2021 |
 Nicaragua
|
61,030 | 2000 |
 Guinea
|
58,500 | 1999 |
 Yemen
|
52,030 | 2021 |
 Cambodia
|
50,220 | 2021 |
 Sierra Leone
|
50,190 | 2012 |
 Kiribati
|
46,390 | 2021 |
 Central African Republic
|
46,360 | 2001 |
 Eritrea
|
45,100 | 2021 |
 Bulgaria
|
41,130 | 2021 |
 Antigua and Barbuda
|
40,630 | 2021 |
 Somalia
|
34,070 | 2021 |
 Mali
|
33,440 | 2013 |
 Equatorial Guinea
|
31,270 | 2021 |
 Marshall Islands
|
30,110 | 2021 |
 Chad
|
28,300 | 2014 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
28,020 | 2021 |
 Brunei
|
27,880 | 2021 |
 Haiti
|
23,120 | 2021 |
 Bhutan
|
22,380 | 2021 |
 Cuba
|
22,360 | 2021 |
 Slovenia
|
21,040 | 2021 |
 Suriname
|
20,180 | 2021 |
 Uganda
|
16,490 | 2021 |
 Niger
|
15,020 | 2021 |
 Eswatini
|
13,340 | 2021 |
 Burundi
|
12,000 | 2021 |
 Lithuania
|
11,290 | 2021 |
 Slovakia
|
8,900 | 2021 |
 Guyana
|
7,510 | 2021 |
 Samoa
|
7,210 | 2021 |
 Nauru
|
3,340 | 2021 |
 Namibia
|
2,250 | 2021 |
 Guatemala
|
1,770 | 2021 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1,590 | 2020 |
 Montenegro
|
1,590 | 2021 |
 Lesotho
|
1,300 | 1999 |
 Malawi
|
1,290 | 2021 |
 Benin
|
900 | 2016 |
 Estonia
|
860 | 2019 |
 North Korea
|
520 | 2021 |
 Monaco
|
320 | 2017 |
References
edit- ^ "Air transport, passengers carried | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2019-07-19.