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  • Freight > Million ton-km: Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled."
  • Freight > Million tons per km: Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
  • Passengers carried: Air passengers carried include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carriers registered in the country.
  • Passengers carried > Per capita: Air passengers carried include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carriers registered in the country. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Registered carrier departures worldwide: Registered carrier departures worldwide are domestic takeoffs and takeoffs abroad of air carriers registered in the country.
  • Registered carrier departures worldwide > Per capita: Registered carrier departures worldwide are domestic takeoffs and takeoffs abroad of air carriers registered in the country. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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Freight > Million ton-km 11,386.06
Ranked 3rd. 39% more than Japan 		8,172.81
Ranked 5th.
Freight > Million tons per km 7,579.4 million tons/km
Ranked 5th. 		8,549.24 million tons/km
Ranked 2nd. 13% more than China
Passengers carried 191 million
Ranked 3rd. 97% more than Japan 		97.02 million
Ranked 6th.
Passengers carried > Per capita 143.6 per 1,000 people
Ranked 61st. 		762.23 per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th. 5 times more than China
Registered carrier departures worldwide 1.85 million
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Japan 		655,495
Ranked 8th.
Registered carrier departures worldwide > Per capita 1.39 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th. 		5.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th. 4 times more than China

SOURCES: International Civil Aviation Organisation, Civil Aviation Statistics of the World and ICAO staff estimates.; World Development Indicators database

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