Airline passengers - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Airline passengers of domestically owned airlines, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 36 countries was 14.22 million passengers. The highest value was in Russia: 96.85 million passengers and the lowest value was in Montenegro: 0 million passengers. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million passengers; Source: The International Civil Aviation Organization
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Airline passengers, 2021 Global rank Available data
Russia 96.85 1 1991 - 2021
Ireland 74.07 2 1970 - 2021
Turkey 69.07 3 1970 - 2021
Spain 43.44 4 1970 - 2021
Germany 33.07 5 1970 - 2021
France 32 6 1970 - 2021
UK 26.63 7 1970 - 2021
Hungary 20.13 8 1970 - 2021
Sweden 20.07 9 1970 - 2021
Netherlands 19.35 10 1970 - 2021
Austria 18.9 11 1970 - 2021
Switzerland 10.99 12 1970 - 2021
Greece 8.73 13 1970 - 2021
Portugal 8.06 14 1970 - 2021
Belgium 5.4 15 1970 - 2021
Poland 3.68 16 1970 - 2021
Ukraine 3.28 17 1992 - 2021
Finland 2.81 18 1970 - 2021
Romania 2.72 19 1970 - 2021
Italy 2.45 20 1970 - 2021
Latvia 1.6 21 1992 - 2021
Iceland 1.5 22 1970 - 2021
Czechia 1.42 23 1970 - 2021
Serbia 1.28 24 2001 - 2021
Luxembourg 1.08 25 1970 - 2021
Belarus 1.04 26 1993 - 2021
Croatia 0.77 27 1991 - 2021
Malta 0.6 28 1970 - 2021
Moldova 0.53 29 1992 - 2021
Albania 0.19 30 1994 - 2021
Cyprus 0.1 31 1970 - 2021
Bulgaria 0.04 32 1970 - 2021
Slovenia 0.02 33 1992 - 2021
Lithuania 0.01 34 1992 - 2021
Slovakia 0.01 35 1993 - 2021
Montenegro 0 36 2001 - 2021



Definition: Air passengers carried include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carriers registered in the country.

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1. Russia
2. Ireland
3. Turkey
4. Spain
5. Germany
6. France
7. UK
8. Hungary
9. Sweden
10. Netherlands
11. Austria
12. Switzerland
13. Greece
14. Portugal
15. Belgium
16. Poland
17. Ukraine
18. Finland
19. Romania
20. Italy
21. Latvia
22. Iceland
23. Czechia
24. Serbia
25. Luxembourg
26. Belarus
27. Croatia
28. Malta
29. Moldova
30. Albania
31. Cyprus
32. Bulgaria
33. Slovenia
34. Lithuania
35. Slovakia
36. Montenegro
96.85
74.07
69.07
43.44
33.07
32.00
26.63
20.13
20.07
19.35
18.90
10.99
8.73
8.06
5.40
3.68
3.28
2.81
2.72
2.45
1.60
1.50
1.42
1.28
1.08
1.04
0.77
0.60
0.53
0.19
0.10
0.04
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.00
0
24.2
48.4
72.6
96.85


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