Air transport, passengers carried
5.3M Nigeria, 2023
Up 1.1% from 5.2M in 2022.
Official statisticYearly
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · IS.AIR.PSGR · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Air carrier data per country refers to passengers carried by airlines registered in that country regardless of the origin or destination of the passengers.
- Type of figure
- Official statistic. Published by a national authority, such as the statistics office or the central bank, and compiled by the source shown.
- Updated
- Yearly
- Compiled from
- Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); ICAO Staff estimates, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (IS.AIR.PSGR)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IS.AIR.PSGR. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.3M |
| 2022 | 5.2M |
| 2021 | 4.5M |
| 2020 | 3.4M |
| 2019 | 6.5M |
| 2018 | 7.8M |
| 2017 | 4.8M |
| 2016 | 4.1M |
| 2015 | 4.6M |
| 2014 | 4.5M |
| 2013 | 4.2M |
| 2012 | 4.7M |
| 2011 | 4.8M |
| 2010 | 4.2M |
| 2009 | 1.4M |
| 2008 | 1.5M |
| 2007 | 1.4M |
| 2006 | 1.3M |
| 2005 | 747,648 |
| 2004 | 540,461 |
| 2003 | 520,263 |
| 2002 | 520,278 |
| 2001 | 519,453 |
| 2000 | 507,396 |
| 1999 | 419,700 |
| 1998 | 313,400 |
| 1997 | 318,200 |
| 1996 | 221,200 |
| 1995 | 547,900 |
| 1994 | 664,800 |
| 1993 | 608,400 |
| 1992 | 646,500 |
| 1991 | 930,000 |
| 1990 | 964,800 |
| 1989 | 848,900 |
| 1988 | 995,000 |
| 1987 | 1.6M |
| 1986 | 2.1M |
| 1985 | 2.6M |
| 1984 | 1.9M |
| 1983 | 2.2M |
| 1982 | 2.1M |
| 1981 | 2.3M |
| 1980 | 1.9M |
| 1979 | 1.6M |
| 1978 | 1.4M |
| 1977 | 1.1M |
| 1976 | 800,800 |
| 1975 | 590,400 |
| 1974 | 430,300 |
| 1973 | 314,100 |
| 1972 | 286,800 |
| 1971 | 227,100 |
| 1970 | 173,000 |