List of countries by airline passengers

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

1. "Air transport, passengers carried | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2019-07-19.