United States leads in Air Passengers Carried with 926,737,000 in 2019.
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Average Air Passengers Carried in 2019: 172,329,022 · median: 98,456,377.
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Gap in 2019: United States is 14.6× larger than Malaysia.
About This Dataset
Countries with the Most Air Passengers 2019
Countries ranked by air passengers carried in 2019, using World Bank figures for the 156 countries that reported that year. United States leads on 926,737,000, ahead of China (659,629,070) and Ireland (170,161,848). 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 (926,737,000), China (659,629,070) and Ireland (170,161,848) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 926,737,000 down to 63,623,130, a spread of 863,113,870. United States is 1.40 times China, the country in second place. 2 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 463,368,500 or more. United States stood at 889,024,000 in 2018, so its figure rose by 37,713,000 over the year. United States also came first in 2018. Of the 20 in this table that also reported in 2018, 15 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 5 a lower one. The largest single move was China, from 611,439,830 to 659,629,070. The chart shows the twenty highest of 156 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 2019.
Rankings & Full Data
20 records
· Air Passengers Carried · ranked by 2019
