Countries by Air Passengers
Complete ranking of 157 countries • passengers • Data refreshed May 5, 2026
Leader
United States
Field size
157 countries
Lowest rank
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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About Air Passengers Carried Rankings
United States leads all 157 countries in Air Passengers Carried with a value of 941.56 million passengers, while Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks last at 1.6K passengers. This represents a 591,059-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Air Passengers Carried Measures
Air Passengers Carried from World Bank Open Data, using the latest available country values in TerraBrawl.
Why This Ranking Matters
Examining Air Passengers Carried across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.
Global Range
Values range from 1.6K passengers (Bosnia and Herzegovina) to 941.56 million passengers (United States) — a 591.1K-fold difference across 157 countries.
Regional Patterns
European countries lead with 8 entries in the top 20, though representation spans multiple continents. Regional factors clearly play a role, but outliers from other parts of the world show that national policy and geography matter as much as continental trends.
The distribution is highly right-skewed — a few countries have exceptionally high values that pull the average well above the median. The median (2.15 million passengers) is far more representative than the mean (27.19 million passengers).
Notable Outliers
United States stands far above the rest, with a value 52% higher than second-place China. This extraordinary lead suggests unique national circumstances — geographic scale, resource endowment, or policy choices — that set it apart from even its closest competitors.
Continental Leaders
Highest Air Passengers Carried
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Lowest Air Passengers Carried
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Data Note
Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, covering 157 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
