Air passengers carried — all countries

Air passengers carried — BRICS

Air passengers carried in BRICS in 2023 — 1,215,532,860 people. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 13,298.1%.

2023 1.22B people +69.86% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 1.27B people2019
Period minimum 9.07M people1970

Trend over time

1970–2023 · people

Air passengers carried — BRICS, 1970–20230500M1B1.5B19701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 9,072,400 people1971: 9,880,400 people1972: 12,006,900 people1973: 14,476,800 people1974: 17,075,500 people1975: 20,199,100 people1976: 23,224,200 people1977: 25,935,200 people1978: 29,611,200 people1979: 31,987,700 people1980: 33,873,900 people1981: 35,780,500 people1982: 38,319,500 people1983: 38,918,700 people1984: 43,791,800 people1985: 46,641,600 people1986: 55,526,100 people1987: 60,132,900 people1988: 66,639,900 people1989: 64,220,100 people1990: 68,514,400 people1991: 200,950,800 people1992: 140,300,700 people1993: 119,292,300 people1994: 124,849,400 people1995: 140,759,800 people1996: 145,288,300 people1997: 147,491,700 people1998: 146,627,000 people1999: 148,232,400 people2000: 161,699,320 people2001: 188,673,520 people2002: 197,811,150 people2003: 209,882,798 people2004: 267,786,995 people2005: 280,173,667 people2006: 324,507,324 people2007: 371,177,408 people2008: 392,513,467 people2009: 470,596,105 people2010: 588,024,443 people2011: 661,350,119 people2012: 718,721,056 people2013: 770,813,619 people2014: 840,867,235 people2015: 921,192,161 people2016: 1,007,006,128 people2017: 1,128,134,821 people2018: 1,235,514,964 people2019: 1,272,074,706 people2020: 678,758,891 people2021: 768,004,222 people2022: 715,628,638 people2023: 1,215,532,860 people
Change over the period: +1.21B (+13,298.14%) Average annual rate: 9.68 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 1.22B people
World 4.27B people
Air passengers carried — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 1.22B +500M +69.86%
2022 716M −52.38M −6.82%
2021 768M +89.25M +13.15%
2020 679M −593M −46.64%
2019 1.27B +36.56M +2.96%
2018 1.24B +107M +9.52%
2017 1.13B +121M +12.03%
2016 1.01B +85.81M +9.32%
2015 921M +80.32M +9.55%
2014 841M +70.05M +9.09%
2013 771M +52.09M +7.25%
2012 719M +57.37M +8.67%
2011 661M +73.33M +12.47%
2010 588M +117M +24.95%
2009 471M +78.08M +19.89%
2008 393M +21.34M +5.75%
2007 371M +46.67M +14.38%
2006 325M +44.33M +15.82%
2005 280M +12.39M +4.63%
2004 268M +57.9M +27.59%
2003 210M +12.07M +6.1%
2002 198M +9.14M +4.84%
2001 189M +26.97M +16.68%
2000 162M +13.47M +9.09%
1999 148M +1.61M +1.09%
1998 147M −864,700 −0.59%
1997 147M +2.2M +1.52%
1996 145M +4.53M +3.22%
1995 141M +15.91M +12.74%
1994 125M +5.56M +4.66%
1993 119M −21.01M −14.97%
1992 140M −60.65M −30.18%
1991 201M +132M +193.3%
1990 68.51M +4.29M +6.69%
1989 64.22M −2.42M −3.63%
1988 66.64M +6.51M +10.82%
1987 60.13M +4.61M +8.3%
1986 55.53M +8.88M +19.05%
1985 46.64M +2.85M +6.51%
1984 43.79M +4.87M +12.52%
1983 38.92M +599,200 +1.56%
1982 38.32M +2.54M +7.1%
1981 35.78M +1.91M +5.63%
1980 33.87M +1.89M +5.9%
1979 31.99M +2.38M +8.03%
1978 29.61M +3.68M +14.17%
1977 25.94M +2.71M +11.67%
1976 23.22M +3.03M +14.98%
1975 20.2M +3.12M +18.29%
1974 17.08M +2.6M +17.95%
1973 14.48M +2.47M +20.57%
1972 12.01M +2.13M +21.52%
1971 9.88M +808,000 +8.91%
1970 9.07M

About the indicator

The number of passengers carried by airlines registered in the country on domestic and international flights over the year. The indicator refers to the carrier, not to airports: a country with a large transit hub but a small national carrier looks more modest here than it does by airport traffic.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.