Which has higher number of airline passengers per year, Hong Kong or Italy?

Hong Kong, at 25.70 million against 20.26 million in Italy as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of airline passengers per year between Hong Kong and Italy?

5.44 million, with Hong Kong ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Italy?

27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of airline passengers per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Hong Kong vs Italy: Number of airline passengers per year

Hong Kong

25.70 million

in 2023

Italy

20.26 million

in 2023

Hong Kong rank

31st

Italy rank

34th

Number of airline passengers per year over time

Hong Kong
Italy

How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 25.70 million against 20.26 million in Italy, a difference of 5.44 million.

That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.3 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Italy ahead.

Hong Kong ranks 31st and Italy ranks 34th of 183 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Hong Kong	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1990s	10.27 million	27.98 million	17.71 million	Italy
2000s	19.05 million	33.65 million	14.60 million	Italy
2010s	38.82 million	29.17 million	9.65 million	Hong Kong
2020s	8.94 million	11.30 million	2.35 million	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of airline passengers per year, Hong Kong or Italy?: Hong Kong, at 25.70 million against 20.26 million in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of airline passengers per year between Hong Kong and Italy?: 5.44 million, with Hong Kong ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Italy?: 27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2023.
How do Hong Kong and Italy rank globally for number of airline passengers per year?: Hong Kong ranks 31st and Italy ranks 34th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of airline passengers per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Hong Kong vs Italy: Number of airline passengers per year. Statizoid, drawing on International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/number-airline-passengers/hong-kong-sar-china/italy/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/number-airline-passengers/hong-kong-sar-china/italy/">Hong Kong vs Italy: Number of airline passengers per year</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Number of airline passengers per year
Source: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 7,925 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

This represents the total rather than unique passenger activity: this means a person who makes multiple trips is counted multiple times.