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Air Transport Passengers by African country

16.67MEgypt · highest shown · 2023

Egypt has the highest reported air transport passengers carried among the 37 countries shown, at 16.67M (2023).

Passengers carried by air transport registered in the country. 37 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

1Egypt16.67M2South Africa15.45M3Ethiopia15.27M
#1 vs #374754×Egypt vs Malawi
Median680.11KMozambique
Lowest3.51KMalawi

By region

total of countries shown

The 5 largest values account for 67% of the total across the countries shown.

North Africa39.3M
6 countries shown · highest value: Egypt
East Africa26.62M
10 countries shown · highest value: Ethiopia
Southern Africa16.14M
6 countries shown · highest value: South Africa
West Africa10.18M
9 countries shown · highest value: Nigeria
Central Africa3.11M
6 countries shown · highest value: Angola

Full ranking

37 of 54 countries
#CountryAir Transport PassengersPeriod
1Egypt
16.67M2023
2South Africa
15.45M2023
3Ethiopia
15.27M2023
4Morocco
9.35M2023
5Algeria
7.16M2023
6Nigeria
5.27M2023
7Kenya
5.14M2023
8Tunisia
4.11M2023
9Togo
2.18M2023
10Tanzania
1.91M2023
11Rwanda
1.54M2023
12Mauritius
1.5M2023
13Angola
1.32M2023
14Democratic Republic of the Congo
1.15M2023
15Libya
1.09M2023
16Senegal
1.07M2023
17Sudan
911.09K2023
18Cote d'Ivoire
716.23K2023
19Mozambique
680.11K2023
20Ghana
440.68K2023
21Cameroon
331.03K2023
22Mauritania
328.99K2023
23Zambia
321.74K2023
24Madagascar
313.31K2023
25Seychelles
236.92K2023
26Botswana
172.72K2023
27Republic of the Congo
147.08K2023
28Equatorial Guinea
118.43K2023
29Burkina Faso
103.59K2023
30Zimbabwe
92.49K2023
31Cabo Verde
71.78K2023
32Namibia
60.3K2023
33Sao Tome and Principe
38.77K2023
34Eswatini
34.66K2023
35Uganda
21.65K2023
36Niger
5.78K2023
37Malawi
3.51K2023

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Which observations are included?

The table includes 37 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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