Air passengers carried

STO-REC-STATBT8812T1 Official
4.7 billion
estimate

Global · 2024

Air passengers carried worldwide totalled 4.7 billion in 2024 (ICAO).

Original source
Publisher
ICAO
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
The World of Air Transport in 2024
Retrieved
14 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

According to ICAO's preliminary compilation of annual global statistics, the total number of passengers carried on scheduled services increased to 4.7 billion in 2024, which is 7.9 per cent higher than the previous year, while with the number of departures increasing to 37.4 million in 2024, a 5.1 per cent increase.

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APA
International Civil Aviation Organization. (2025). Annual Report 2024 - The World of Air Transport in 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.icao.int/about-icao/AnnualReport2024/world-air-transport-2024. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_BT8812VA2QW3V98SKFTHEEEPR4
MLA
International Civil Aviation Organization. "Annual Report 2024 - The World of Air Transport in 2024." 2025, https://www.icao.int/about-icao/AnnualReport2024/world-air-transport-2024. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_BT8812VA2QW3V98SKFTHEEEPR4.
Chicago
International Civil Aviation Organization. "Annual Report 2024 - The World of Air Transport in 2024." 2025. https://www.icao.int/about-icao/AnnualReport2024/world-air-transport-2024. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_BT8812VA2QW3V98SKFTHEEEPR4.
BibTeX
@misc{icao2025airlineeeepr4, author = {{International Civil Aviation Organization}}, title = {Annual Report 2024 - The World of Air Transport in 2024}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_BT8812VA2QW3V98SKFTHEEEPR4}, note = {Original source: https://www.icao.int/about-icao/AnnualReport2024/world-air-transport-2024. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
International Civil Aviation Organization · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Annual Report 2024 - The World of Air Transport in 2024
Type
Report
Published
1 September 2025
Locator
The World of Air Transport in 2024
Retrieved
14 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
Public

Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_BT8812VA2QW3V98SKFTHEEEPR4