Air passengers carried — all countries

Air passengers carried — G20

Air passengers carried in the G20 in 2023 — 2,959,911,475 people. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 1,076.3%.

2023 2.96B people +34.77% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 3.07B people2019
Period minimum 252M people1970

Trend over time

1970–2023 · people

Air passengers carried — G20, 1970–202301B2B3B4B19701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 251,638,792 people1971: 267,534,104 people1972: 296,503,008 people1973: 323,834,100 people1974: 338,903,000 people1975: 342,426,300 people1976: 371,936,996 people1977: 405,018,292 people1978: 456,225,604 people1979: 518,087,200 people1980: 508,543,888 people1981: 501,903,100 people1982: 510,282,408 people1983: 535,828,796 people1984: 577,357,188 people1985: 621,220,204 people1986: 675,131,896 people1987: 725,306,004 people1988: 759,778,212 people1989: 777,930,100 people1990: 815,166,416 people1991: 931,143,104 people1992: 909,736,292 people1993: 903,473,816 people1994: 977,576,804 people1995: 1,029,634,296 people1996: 1,100,713,404 people1997: 1,136,113,692 people1998: 1,132,827,480 people1999: 1,211,913,000 people2000: 1,295,174,286 people2001: 1,259,813,258 people2002: 1,244,231,412 people2003: 1,269,551,917 people2004: 1,448,057,343 people2005: 1,548,725,214 people2006: 1,625,268,104 people2007: 1,714,026,315 people2008: 1,692,299,495 people2009: 1,696,525,182 people2010: 1,913,974,752 people2011: 2,013,344,018 people2012: 2,102,812,099 people2013: 2,201,122,968 people2014: 2,320,051,511 people2015: 2,485,053,753 people2016: 2,633,444,380 people2017: 2,808,383,412 people2018: 2,998,101,911 people2019: 3,073,833,110 people2020: 1,333,788,474 people2021: 1,774,543,450 people2022: 2,196,325,458 people2023: 2,959,911,475 people
Change over the period: +2.71B (+1,076.25%) Average annual rate: 4.76 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 2.96B people
World 4.27B people
Air passengers carried — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 2.96B +764M +34.77%
2022 2.2B +422M +23.77%
2021 1.77B +441M +33.05%
2020 1.33B −1.74B −56.61%
2019 3.07B +75.73M +2.53%
2018 3B +190M +6.76%
2017 2.81B +175M +6.64%
2016 2.63B +148M +5.97%
2015 2.49B +165M +7.11%
2014 2.32B +119M +5.4%
2013 2.2B +98.31M +4.68%
2012 2.1B +89.47M +4.44%
2011 2.01B +99.37M +5.19%
2010 1.91B +217M +12.82%
2009 1.7B +4.23M +0.25%
2008 1.69B −21.73M −1.27%
2007 1.71B +88.76M +5.46%
2006 1.63B +76.54M +4.94%
2005 1.55B +101M +6.95%
2004 1.45B +179M +14.06%
2003 1.27B +25.32M +2.04%
2002 1.24B −15.58M −1.24%
2001 1.26B −35.36M −2.73%
2000 1.3B +83.26M +6.87%
1999 1.21B +79.09M +6.98%
1998 1.13B −3.29M −0.29%
1997 1.14B +35.4M +3.22%
1996 1.1B +71.08M +6.9%
1995 1.03B +52.06M +5.33%
1994 978M +74.1M +8.2%
1993 903M −6.26M −0.69%
1992 910M −21.41M −2.3%
1991 931M +116M +14.23%
1990 815M +37.24M +4.79%
1989 778M +18.15M +2.39%
1988 760M +34.47M +4.75%
1987 725M +50.17M +7.43%
1986 675M +53.91M +8.68%
1985 621M +43.86M +7.6%
1984 577M +41.53M +7.75%
1983 536M +25.55M +5.01%
1982 510M +8.38M +1.67%
1981 502M −6.64M −1.31%
1980 509M −9.54M −1.84%
1979 518M +61.86M +13.56%
1978 456M +51.21M +12.64%
1977 405M +33.08M +8.89%
1976 372M +29.51M +8.62%
1975 342M +3.52M +1.04%
1974 339M +15.07M +4.65%
1973 324M +27.33M +9.22%
1972 297M +28.97M +10.83%
1971 268M +15.9M +6.32%
1970 252M

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.