United States leads in Air Passengers Carried with 666,153,000 in 2021.
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Average Air Passengers Carried in 2021: 96,408,005 · median: 38,730,284.
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Gap in 2021: United States is 27.1× larger than Australia.
About This Dataset
Countries with the Most Air Passengers 2021
Countries ranked by air passengers carried in 2021, using World Bank figures for the 155 countries that reported that year. United States leads on 666,153,000, ahead of China (440,301,216) and Russia (96,851,769). Passengers carried on flights by carriers registered in the country, counting domestic and international journeys. Large domestic markets therefore rank far above their share of world travel.
Analysis
United States (666,153,000), China (440,301,216) and Russia (96,851,769) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 666,153,000 down to 24,572,955, a spread of 641,580,045. United States is 1.51 times China, the country in second place. 2 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 333,076,500 or more. United States stood at 369,501,000 in 2020, so its figure rose by 296,652,000 over the year. 2020 was led by China, so the top place changed hands. Of the 20 in this table that also reported in 2020, 16 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 4 a lower one. The largest single move was United States, from 369,501,000 to 666,153,000. The chart shows the twenty highest of 155 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
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Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2021.
Rankings & Full Data
20 records
· Air Passengers Carried · ranked by 2021
