List of countries by number of passengers

The following list sorts countries according to the number of passengers transported by airlines that are registered in the respective country. All information comes from the World Bank and applies to the last determinable point in time.

rank	country	Number of passengers	year
1	United States	849,403,000	2017
2	People's Republic of China	551.234.510	2017
3	Ireland	153,537,550	2017
4th	United Kingdom	151.867.280	2017
5	India	139.822.450	2017
6th	Japan	123,898,000	2017
7th	Germany	116.847.030	2017
8th	Indonesia	110.252.910	2017
9	Turkey	107.917.330	2017
10	Brazil	96.395.710	2017
11	United Arab Emirates	95.306.300	2017
12	Canada	91,404,000	2017
13	Russia	89.373.640	2017
14th	South Korea	84.045.160	2017
15th	Australia	74.257.330	2017
16	Spain	71.908.520	2017
17th	Thailand	71.191.510	2017
18th	France	68.316.470	2017
19th	Mexico	58,536,880	2017
20th	Malaysia	58.188.820	2017
21st	Hong Kong	45.580.300	2017
22nd	Philippines	44,087,370	2017
23	Netherlands	42.770.630	2017
24	Vietnam	42,592,760	2017
25th	Singapore	37,679,940	2017
26th	Saudi Arabia	37,503,000	2017
27	Colombia	32,506,880	2017
28	Qatar	29,949,180	2017
29	Italy	27,836,420	2017
30th	Switzerland	26,737,540	2017
31	Hungary	26,066,290	2017
32	South Africa	20,821,040	2017
33	Iran	19,282,800	2017
34	Argentina	18.308.370	2017
35	Chile	17,641,090	2017
36	New Zealand	16,271,520	2017
37	Austria	16,171,640	2017
38	Portugal	15,943,360	2017
39	Peru	15,728,390	2017
40	Finland	14,831,370	2017
41	Greece	13,861,830	2017
42	Belgium	13,676,840	2017
43	Panama	13,673,130	2017
44	Norway	12.277.220	2004
45	Egypt	12,017,180	2017
46	Sweden	11,623,900	2004
47	Pakistan	9,919,770	2017
48	Ethiopia	9,566,380	2017
49	Oman	9,065,020	2017
50	Morocco	8,436,970	2017
51	Poland	7,376,930	2017
52	Iceland	7,242,610	2017
53	Israel	7,065,040	2017
54	Ukraine	6,821,100	2017
55	Denmark	6,428,700	2004
56	Algeria	6.241.920	2017
57	Kazakhstan	5,653,190	2017
58	Kuwait	5,586,030	2017
59	Czech Republic	5,450,670	2017
60	Sri Lanka	5,342,460	2017
61	Bahrain	5,190,480	2017
62	Ecuador	5,121,230	2017
63	Kenya	4,892,680	2017
64	Romania	4,425,720	2017
65	Tunisia	4,194,170	2017
66	Venezuela	4,155,860	2017
67	Bangladesh	3,785,510	2017
68	Nigeria	3,446,720	2017
69	Latvia	3,441,020	2017
70	Jordan	3,381,680	2017
71	Bolivia	3,302,460	2017
72	Lebanon	2,869,270	2017
73	Myanmar	2,853,920	2017
74	Macau	2,767,940	2017
75	El Salvador	2,670,560	2017
76	Trinidad and Tobago	2,582,960	2017
77	Uzbekistan	2,581,860	2017
78	Belarus	2,493,100	2017
79	Serbia	2,442,730	2017
80	Azerbaijan	2,331,310	2017
81	Iraq	2,170,500	2017
82	Croatia	2,057,800	2017
83	Luxembourg	1.901.010	2017
84	Papua New Guinea	1,864,650	2017
85	Afghanistan	1,858,560	2017
86	Costa Rica	1,822,880	2017
87	Mauritius	1,674,390	2017
88	Angola	1,581,200	2017
89	Malta	1,575,130	2017
90	Fiji	1,557,880	2017
91	Maldives	1,485,750	2017
92	Cambodia	1,305,300	2017
93	Belize	1,285,640	2017
94	Turkmenistan	1,279,940	2017
95	Laos	1,196,040	2017
96	Libya	1,186,420	2017
97	Brunei	1,172,200	2017
98	Kyrgyzstan	1,127,290	2017
99	Tanzania	1.120.060	2017
100	Bulgaria	1,110,880	2017
101	Moldova	1,092,610	2017
102	Slovenia	1,087,080	2017
103	Lithuania	1,069,270	2017
104	Cuba	942.780	2017
105	Bahamas	921,470	2017
106	Tajikistan	796.380	2017
107	Ivory Coast	788.100	2017
108	Nepal	779,900	2017
109	Rwanda	739.670	2017
110	Cyprus	672,800	2017
111	Seychelles	633.520	2017
112	Namibia	623.080	2017
113	Mongolia	602.770	2017
114	Antigua and Barbuda	590.520	2017
115	Mozambique	569,830	2017
116	Uruguay	563,630	2009
117	Montenegro	507.640	2017
118	Togo	500,690	2017
119	Equatorial Guinea	496.320	2017
120	Madagascar	486.430	2017
121	Paraguay	457.250	2017
122	Solomon Islands	427.810	2017
123	Mauritania	418.820	2017
124	Cape Verde	358.050	2017
125	Vanuatu	339.020	2017
126	Republic of the Congo	333,900	2017
127	Sudan	328.740	2017
128	Georgia	323,300	2017
129	Ghana	299,380	2017
130	Democratic Republic of Congo	297.150	2017
131	Bhutan	293,350	2017
132	Suriname	284.940	2017
133	Zimbabwe	282,540	2017
134	Cameroon	236,000	2017
135	Honduras	229,680	2017
136	Botswana	220,840	2017
137	Guatemala	155,520	2017
138	Zambia	154,570	2017
139	Jamaica	151.330	2017
140	Burkina Faso	145.050	2017
141	Samoa	135,340	2017
142	Yemen	132,570	2017
143	North Korea	132,570	2017
144	Albania	103,150	2017
145	Eritrea	102.730	2017
146	North Macedonia	86,870	2009
147	Gabon	77,320	2016
148	Comoros	66,570	2017
149	Uganda	54,940	2017
150	Gambia	53,730	2017
151	Sierra Leone	50,190	2012
152	Marshall Islands	47,500	2017
153	Central African Republic	46,360	2001
154	Nauru	45,460	2017
155	Chad	28,300	2014
156	Senegal	21,040	2017
157	Syria	17,560	2017
158	Niger	14,710	2017
159	Estonia	13,100	2017
160	Malawi	10,540	2017
161	Dominican Republic	11,900	2016
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,070	2015
163	Somalia	4,490	2017
164	Benin	900	2016
165	Monaco	320	2017
	world	3,978,849,400	2017

Development of passengers worldwide

Since 1970, the number of passengers has increased more than tenfold worldwide.

year	Number of passengers
1970	310.441.390
1975	432.276.500
1980	641.872.890
1985	783.198.100
1990	1,024,976,620
1995	1,302,891,640
2000	1,674,064,710
2005	1,969,590,800
2010	2,628,261,260
2015	3,466,478,480
2017	3,978,849,400

See also

• List of the largest commercial airports
• List of the largest airports by passenger volume
• List of the largest airports by freight volume
• List of the largest airports in Europe

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Air transport, passengers carried | Data. Retrieved August 1, 2018 (American English).