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Passenger counts for airlines registered in seven African countries
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Registered airlines in Egypt, South Africa and Ethiopia each carried more than 15 million passengers in 2023.
Passenger counts for airlines registered in seven African countries
Counts include domestic and international journeys carried by airlines registered in each country. ICAO may estimate traffic for airlines that do not report. The latest common year in this series is 2023, and table values are rounded to the nearest passenger.
| Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2023 | 16,672,111.0 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2022 | 12,152,219 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2021 | 5,563,387 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2020 | 4,638,192.0 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2019 | 13,206,890.0 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2018 | 12,386,010 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2017 | 11,748,510 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2016 | 11,844,962 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2015 | 11,109,554 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2014 | 10,278,013.0 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2013 | 10,593,780.0 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2012 | 9,081,175.0 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2011 | 7,708,160.0 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2010 | 9,518,106.0 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2023 | 15,454,596.0 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2022 | 12,133,966.0 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2021 | 9,321,576.0 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2020 | 8,304,771.0 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2019 | 26,211,258 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2018 | 24,660,386 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2017 | 20,821,044 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2016 | 19,744,932 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2015 | 18,882,898 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2014 | 17,026,643.0 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2013 | 16,311,250 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2012 | 17,571,565.0 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2011 | 16,407,785.0 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2010 | 15,781,210 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2023 | 15,273,254 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2022 | 10,769,724 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2021 | 7,065,954 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2020 | 4,940,183 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2019 | 12,631,216 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2018 | 11,501,244 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2017 | 9,566,378 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2016 | 8,242,114 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2015 | 7,074,779 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2014 | 6,274,582 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2013 | 5,671,501 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2012 | 5,001,122.0 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2011 | 4,440,918.0 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2010 | 3,347,022 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2023 | 9,354,197 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2022 | 7,466,482 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2021 | 4,740,714 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2020 | 3,012,310 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2019 | 9,380,951 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2018 | 8,132,917 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2017 | 8,667,392 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2016 | 7,738,637 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2015 | 7,043,971 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2014 | 6,976,810 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2013 | 6,507,408 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2012 | 6,563,647.0 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2011 | 7,502,697.0 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2010 | 7,144,446 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2023 | 5,269,404.0 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2022 | 5,212,265.0 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2021 | 4,486,313.0 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2020 | 3,435,351.0 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2019 | 6,539,048.0 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2018 | 7,786,144.0 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2017 | 4,789,878 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2016 | 4,110,075 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2015 | 4,613,169 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2014 | 4,462,002.0 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2013 | 4,209,624 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2012 | 4,716,148.0 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2011 | 4,793,913.0 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2010 | 4,197,375 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2023 | 5,138,290 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2022 | 3,728,989 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2021 | 2,459,106 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2020 | 1,865,768 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2019 | 6,417,534.0 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2018 | 5,905,365.0 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2017 | 5,109,576 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2016 | 4,848,016 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2015 | 4,569,473 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2014 | 4,448,531.0 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2013 | 4,516,500 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2012 | 4,653,460.0 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2011 | 4,508,698.0 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2010 | 4,039,583 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2023 | 1,537,008.0 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2022 | 1,429,703.0 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2021 | 715,764.0 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2020 | 661,288.0 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2019 | 1,561,562.0 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2018 | 1,502,478 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2017 | 1,031,957.0 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2016 | 644,559 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2015 | 544,541 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2014 | 626,928 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2013 | 610,992 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2012 | 593,198.0 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2011 | 268,377.0 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2010 | 188,221 | Source 1 |