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Air Transport Passengers by African country

2023

Passengers carried by air transport registered in the country.

Africa, 202337 of 54 countries
95.3mtotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2023Egypt · 16.7mLowest in 2023Malawi · 4kReported in 202337 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
07.5m15.0m22.5m30.0mEgypt16.7mSouth Africa15.5mEthiopia15.3mMorocco9.4mAlgeria7.2mNigeria5.3mKenya5.1mTunisia4.1mTogo2.2mTanzania1.9mRwanda1.5mMauritius1.5mAngola1.3mDemocratic Republic of the Congo1.2mLibya1.1mSenegal1.1mSudan911kCote d'Ivoire716kMozambique680kGhana441kCameroon331kMauritania329kZambia322kMadagascar313kSeychelles237kBotswana173kRepublic of the Congo147kEquatorial Guinea118kBurkina Faso104kZimbabwe92kCabo Verde72kNamibia60kSao Tome and Principe39kEswatini35kUganda22kNiger6kMalawi4kBeninno dataBurundino dataCentral African Republicno dataChadno dataComorosno dataDjiboutino dataEritreano dataGabonno dataGambiano dataGuineano dataGuinea-Bissauno dataLesothono dataLiberiano dataMalino dataSierra Leoneno dataSomaliano dataSouth Sudanno data
20142024
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries39.3m
Eastern Africa12 of 18 countries27.0m
Southern Africa4 of 5 countries15.7m
Western Africa9 of 16 countries10.2m
Middle Africa6 of 9 countries3.1m
Africaall 54 countries · 37 with a 2023 figure95.3m

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 49 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Air Transport PassengersPassengers carried by air transport registered in the country.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unitpeople
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1970–2023
Coverage37 of 54 countries · 37 reported, 0 modelled, 17 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 37 countries did so for 2023 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2023 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Air Transport Passengers". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/air-passengers
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=air_transport_passengers&year=2023&limit=100

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Air Transport Passengers: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

37 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryAir Transport PassengersPeriod
1Egypt16.67M2023
2South Africa15.45M2023
3Ethiopia15.27M2023
4Morocco9.35M2023
5Algeria7.16M2023
6Nigeria5.27M2023
7Kenya5.14M2023
8Tunisia4.11M2023
9Togo2.18M2023
10Tanzania1.91M2023
11Rwanda1.54M2023
12Mauritius1.5M2023
13Angola1.32M2023
14Democratic Republic of the Congo1.15M2023
15Libya1.09M2023
16Senegal1.07M2023
17Sudan911.09K2023
18Cote d'Ivoire716.23K2023
19Mozambique680.11K2023
20Ghana440.68K2023
21Cameroon331.03K2023
22Mauritania328.99K2023
23Zambia321.74K2023
24Madagascar313.31K2023
25Seychelles236.92K2023
26Botswana172.72K2023
27Republic of the Congo147.08K2023
28Equatorial Guinea118.43K2023
29Burkina Faso103.59K2023
30Zimbabwe92.49K2023
31Cabo Verde71.78K2023
32Namibia60.3K2023
33Sao Tome and Principe38.77K2023
34Eswatini34.66K2023
35Uganda21.65K2023
36Niger5.78K2023
37Malawi3.51K2023
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 37 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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