Air passengers carried include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carriers registered in the country.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 130,500 | |||||||||||||||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 542,500 | 3,239,200 | 4,521,702 | 4,888,146 | 9,518,106 | 7,708,160 | 9,081,175 | 10,593,780 | 10,278,013 | 11,109,554 | 11,844,962 | 11,748,510 | 12,386,010 | 13,206,890 | 4,638,192 | 5,563,387 |
| Libya | 190,200 | 1,803,000 | 600,734 | 0 | 2,928,706 | 2,284,067 | 1,398,125 | 2,744,844 | 2,391,856 | 1,430,460 | 1,283,181 | 1,186,424 | 1,442,576 | 1,367,458 | 715,300 | 968,476 |
| Tunisia | 244,800 | 1,313,000 | 1,907,876 | 1,996,699 | 2,739,634 | 3,153,389 | 3,580,910 | 4,648,608 | 4,628,511 | 3,496,190 | 3,606,247 | 3,963,968 | 4,274,199 | 4,335,325 | 1,381,745 | 1,675,777 |
| Burundi | 8,300 | |||||||||||||||
| Comoros | 26,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 305,000 | 206,700 | 210,913 | 252,408 | 471,536 | 456,000 | 456,228 | 476,353 | 416,033 | 959,738 | 587,653 | 550,458 | 277,588 | 392,102 | ||
| Eritrea | 53,074 | 66,927 | 102,729 | 89,137 | 101,357 | 45,104 | ||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 231,600 | 620,300 | 944,595 | 1,667,316 | 3,347,022 | 4,440,918 | 5,001,122 | 5,671,501 | 6,274,582 | 7,074,779 | 8,242,114 | 9,566,378 | 11,501,244 | 12,631,216 | 4,940,183 | 7,065,954 |
| Kenya | 171,500 | 794,400 | 1,554,949 | 2,424,382 | 4,039,583 | 4,508,698 | 4,653,460 | 4,516,500 | 4,448,531 | 4,569,473 | 4,848,016 | 5,109,576 | 5,905,365 | 6,417,534 | 1,865,768 | 2,459,106 |
| Madagascar | 168,000 | 424,200 | 629,409 | 574,904 | 524,296 | 544,101 | 588,169 | 539,208 | 520,421 | 458,572 | 441,861 | 486,425 | 541,290 | 544,458 | 186,314 | 109,461 |
| Malawi | 51,700 | 120,300 | 115,831 | 132,275 | 91,520 | 82,710 | 53,519 | 5,856 | 5,856 | 6,011 | 6,744 | 10,545 | 10,545 | 7,117 | 1,792 | 1,290 |
| Mauritius | 23,000 | 519,700 | 949,085 | 1,145,737 | 1,265,458 | 1,321,491 | 1,313,976 | 1,318,052 | 1,354,388 | 1,466,527 | 1,593,666 | 1,674,395 | 1,745,291 | 1,726,868 | 407,291 | 153,242 |
| Rwanda | 8,400 | 188,221 | 268,377 | 593,198 | 610,992 | 626,928 | 544,541 | 644,559 | 1,031,957 | 1,502,478 | 1,561,562 | 661,288 | 715,764 | |||
| Seychelles | 242,400 | 393,835 | 498,836 | 412,714 | 393,834 | 235,994 | 344,436 | 407,280 | 497,496 | 567,914 | 633,518 | 455,201 | 414,088 | 149,489 | 137,565 | |
| Somalia | 25,700 | 87,600 | 163,813 | 177,005 | 178,710 | 258,336 | 251,652 | 4,486 | 4,486 | 33,729 | 34,066 | |||||
| Sudan | 124,700 | 454,100 | 414,179 | 510,977 | 580,325 | 947,031 | 777,346 | 541,644 | 501,864 | 496,177 | 292,843 | 557,792 | 561,520 | 530,001 | 386,838 | 1,386,967 |
| Eswatini | 52,900 | 89,791 | 51,633 | 52,744 | 10,647 | 13,338 | ||||||||||
| Uganda | 171,500 | 116,000 | 39,379 | 49,368 | 154,909 | 141,603 | 182,144 | 198,804 | 163,824 | 41,812 | 52,187 | 14,958 | 21,212 | 19,823 | 4,946 | 16,490 |
| Zambia | 187,800 | 407,200 | 89,628 | 53,880 | 260,502 | 306,034 | 127,297 | 10,032 | 8,592 | 203,617 | 144,060 | 154,573 | 16,633 | 17,506 | 8,718 | 136,610 |
| Zimbabwe | 267,400 | 601,300 | 607,976 | 243,022 | 258,828 | 279,348 | 320,946 | 351,564 | 301,260 | 370,165 | 378,803 | 282,539 | 282,539 | 324,227 | 75,638 |