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Countries by air passengers
Passengers carried by air carriers registered in the country. 149 countries ranked for 2023 (passengers).
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| 1 |  United States | 941.6M passengers | +26.7% | = |
| 2 |  China | 619.2M passengers | +75.5% | = |
| 3 |  Ireland | 192.5M passengers | +106.1% | ▲ 4 |
| 4 |  India | 180.4M passengers | +138.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 5 |  Turkey | 125.9M passengers | +69.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 6 |  Japan | 120.3M passengers | +11.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 7 |  United Kingdom | 118.9M passengers | +0.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 8 |  Russia | 98.9M passengers | +54.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 9 |  Indonesia | 97M passengers | +18.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 10 |  Brazil | 95.4M passengers | -0.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 11 |  Spain | 94.1M passengers | +95.8% | ▲ 7 |
| 12 |  United Arab Emirates | 91.1M passengers | +33.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 13 |  Canada | 88.6M passengers | +23.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 14 |  Germany | 80.2M passengers | -26.5% | ▼ 10 |
| 15 |  Mexico | 78.8M passengers | +118.9% | ▲ 6 |
| 16 |  South Korea | 76.3M passengers | +39.9% | = |
| 17 |  Australia | 69M passengers | +1.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 18 |  France | 64.6M passengers | +1.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 19 |  Hungary | 55.6M passengers | +299.3% | ▲ 17 |
| 20 |  Vietnam | 55.1M passengers | +169.8% | ▲ 10 |
| 21 |  Thailand | 51.9M passengers | +20.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 22 |  Saudi Arabia | 48M passengers | +69.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 23 |  Singapore | 47.5M passengers | +49.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 24 |  Malaysia | 46.7M passengers | -2.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 25 |  Austria | 46M passengers | +206.2% | ▲ 9 |
| 26 |  Colombia | 42.4M passengers | +57.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 27 |  Philippines | 41.5M passengers | +62.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 28 |  Netherlands | 41.4M passengers | +23.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 29 |  Qatar | 37.7M passengers | +101.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 30 |  Switzerland | 27.7M passengers | +0.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 31 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 25.7M passengers | -25.8% | ▼ 9 |
| 32 |  Chile | 21.3M passengers | +54.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 33 |  Argentina | 21.1M passengers | +76.2% | ▲ 6 |
| 34 |  Italy | 20.3M passengers | -27.2% | ▼ 8 |
| 35 |  Sweden | 19.6M passengers | -62.3% | ▼ 18 |
| 36 |  Greece | 19.1M passengers | +117.9% | ▲ 9 |
| 37 |  Portugal | 18.3M passengers | +54.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 38 |  Iran | 18.1M passengers | +9.0% | ▼ 6 |
| 39 |  Peru | 17.7M passengers | +44.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 40 |  Egypt | 16.7M passengers | +57.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 41 |  Panama | 15.8M passengers | +35.1% | = |
| 42 |  South Africa | 15.5M passengers | -5.3% | ▼ 9 |
| 43 |  Ethiopia | 15.3M passengers | +169.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 44 |  New Zealand | 15M passengers | +4.2% | ▼ 9 |
| 45 |  Kazakhstan | 11.9M passengers | +148.3% | ▲ 12 |
| 46 |  Belgium | 11.4M passengers | +19.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 47 |  Finland | 10.8M passengers | +3.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 48 |  Kuwait | 9.5M passengers | +192.8% | ▲ 16 |
| 49 |  Morocco | 9.4M passengers | +43.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 50 |  Poland | 8.8M passengers | +75.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 51 |  Oman | 8.7M passengers | +74.1% | ▲ 4 |
| 52 |  Israel | 7.4M passengers | +32.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 53 |  Algeria | 7.2M passengers | +59.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 54 |  Pakistan | 7.2M passengers | -8.7% | ▼ 8 |
| 55 |  Bangladesh | 6.6M passengers | +138.3% | ▲ 12 |
| 56 |  Bahrain | 5.7M passengers | +23.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 57 |  Bolivia | 5.6M passengers | +176.2% | ▲ 18 |
| 58 |  Nigeria | 5.3M passengers | +25.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 59 |  Kenya | 5.1M passengers | +13.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 60 |  Uzbekistan | 4.8M passengers | +85.5% | ▲ 10 |
| 61 |  Ecuador | 4.6M passengers | -11.4% | ▼ 8 |
| 62 |  Latvia | 4.5M passengers | +62.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 63 |  Iceland | 4.3M passengers | +66.8% | ▲ 8 |
| 64 |  Nepal | 4.3M passengers | +566.9% | ▲ 43 |
| 65 |  Tunisia | 4.1M passengers | -11.6% | ▼ 7 |
| 66 |  Republic of Serbia | 3.9M passengers | +211.6% | ▲ 24 |
| 67 |  Sri Lanka | 3.9M passengers | -19.3% | ▼ 11 |
| 68 |  Iraq | 3.8M passengers | +688.3% | ▲ 52 |
| 69 |  Jordan | 3.7M passengers | +13.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 70 |  Myanmar | 3.5M passengers | +125.3% | ▲ 13 |
| 71 |  El Salvador | 3.3M passengers | +30.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 72 |  Romania | 2.8M passengers | -9.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 73 |  Lebanon | 2.7M passengers | +20.2% | = |
| 74 |  Azerbaijan | 2.6M passengers | +56.3% | ▲ 7 |
| 75 |  Luxembourg | 2.5M passengers | +58.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 76 |  Malta | 2.4M passengers | +48.9% | ▲ 6 |
| 77 |  Czechia | 2.2M passengers | -58.1% | ▼ 25 |
| 78 |  Togo | 2.2M passengers | +158.7% | ▲ 23 |
| 79 |  Fiji | 2.2M passengers | +85.4% | ▲ 15 |
| 80 |  Macao S.A.R | 2.1M passengers | +16.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 81 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2M passengers | -29.2% | ▼ 15 |
| 82 |  Costa Rica | 2M passengers | +31.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 83 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 1.9M passengers | +62.8% | ▲ 10 |
| 84 |  Venezuela | 1.8M passengers | -74.0% | ▼ 37 |
| 85 |  Croatia | 1.7M passengers | -2.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 86 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.5M passengers | -17.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 87 |  Rwanda | 1.5M passengers | +151.6% | ▲ 23 |
| 88 |  Mauritius | 1.5M passengers | +14.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 89 |  The Bahamas | 1.5M passengers | +154.0% | ▲ 24 |
| 90 |  Maldives | 1.4M passengers | – | – |
| 91 |  Belarus | 1.3M passengers | +14.1% | ▲ 4 |
| 92 |  Angola | 1.3M passengers | -0.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 93 |  Armenia | 1.3M passengers | +2814.5% | ▲ 57 |
| 94 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.2M passengers | +152.2% | ▲ 28 |
| 95 |  Libya | 1.1M passengers | -60.1% | ▼ 26 |
| 96 |  Turkmenistan | 1.1M passengers | -40.1% | ▼ 19 |
| 97 |  Senegal | 1.1M passengers | +386.8% | ▲ 40 |
| 98 |  Afghanistan | 1M passengers | -49.5% | ▼ 24 |
| 99 |  Dominican Republic | 996.2K passengers | +4880.2% | ▲ 54 |
| 100 |  Sudan | 911.1K passengers | +68.2% | ▲ 15 |
| 101 |  Laos | 842.3K passengers | -43.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 102 |  Moldova | 827.6K passengers | +48.4% | ▲ 12 |
| 103 |  Brunei | 820.9K passengers | -28.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 104 |  Kyrgyzstan | 804.5K passengers | +4.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 105 |  Belize | 776.2K passengers | +51.3% | ▲ 13 |
| 106 |  Mongolia | 773.7K passengers | +32.1% | ▲ 6 |
| 107 |  Cyprus | 724.1K passengers | -40.2% | ▼ 15 |
| 108 |  Bulgaria | 723.8K passengers | -28.6% | ▼ 11 |
| 109 |  Ivory Coast | 716.2K passengers | +204.8% | ▲ 27 |
| 110 |  Tajikistan | 690.7K passengers | +1.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 111 |  Mozambique | 680.1K passengers | -3.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 112 |  Cambodia | 675.3K passengers | +9.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 113 |  Yemen | 618.6K passengers | -62.8% | ▼ 33 |
| 114 |  Syria | 610.7K passengers | +28.3% | ▲ 7 |
| 115 |  Ghana | 440.7K passengers | +11.2% | ▲ 9 |
| 116 |  Honduras | 428.4K passengers | +14.9% | ▲ 9 |
| 117 |  Paraguay | 407.9K passengers | -42.7% | ▼ 14 |
| 118 |  Montenegro | 379.1K passengers | -28.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 119 |  Albania | 374.8K passengers | -56.7% | ▼ 20 |
| 120 |  Vanuatu | 359.3K passengers | +9.9% | ▲ 9 |
| 121 |  Cameroon | 331K passengers | +15.3% | ▲ 10 |
| 122 |  Mauritania | 329K passengers | +25.7% | ▲ 11 |
| 123 |  Zambia | 321.7K passengers | +3107.1% | ▲ 33 |
| 124 |  Georgia | 320.8K passengers | +69.5% | ▲ 16 |
| 125 |  Madagascar | 313.3K passengers | -41.9% | ▼ 9 |
| 126 |  Seychelles | 236.9K passengers | -31.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 127 |  Guatemala | 221.5K passengers | +183.0% | ▲ 18 |
| 128 |  Bhutan | 189.9K passengers | -8.7% | ▲ 10 |
| 129 |  Botswana | 172.7K passengers | -36.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 130 |  Solomon Islands | 157.4K passengers | -47.9% | = |
| 131 |  Suriname | 149.7K passengers | -41.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 132 |  Republic of the Congo | 147.1K passengers | -77.5% | ▼ 26 |
| 133 |  Cuba | 137K passengers | -90.2% | ▼ 46 |
| 134 |  Equatorial Guinea | 118.4K passengers | -70.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 135 |  Burkina Faso | 103.6K passengers | -25.5% | ▲ 7 |
| 136 |  Zimbabwe | 92.5K passengers | -73.7% | ▼ 9 |
| 137 |  Haiti | 74.5K passengers | – | – |
| 138 |  Cabo Verde | 71.8K passengers | -88.0% | ▼ 27 |
| 139 |  Namibia | 60.3K passengers | -88.2% | ▼ 20 |
| 140 |  Kiribati | 58.9K passengers | – | – |
| 141 |  Samoa | 42.1K passengers | – | – |
| 142 |  Nauru | 39.1K passengers | +137.2% | ▲ 12 |
| 143 |  São Tomé and Principe | 38.8K passengers | – | – |
| 144 |  Eswatini | 34.7K passengers | – | – |
| 145 |  Marshall Islands | 29.5K passengers | – | – |
| 146 |  Uganda | 21.7K passengers | -89.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 147 |  Niger | 5,775 passengers | -93.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 148 |  North Korea | 3,690 passengers | -99.0% | ▼ 22 |
| 149 |  Malawi | 3,507 passengers | -40.1% | ▲ 8 |
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