Air transport data

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Year	Global Air freight (million ton-km)	North America Air Freight (million ton - km)	Global Air Passengers (millions)	Global Population	Air Freight (million ton - km) / Global Population	North America Air Freight (million ton - km) / Global Population	Air Passengers (millions) / Global Population (billions)
1970		5,522	310	3.70		1492.46	83.78
1971		5,944	332	3.78		1572.57	87.83
1972		6,716		3.85		1744.52
1973	15,569	7,544	402	3.93	3,962	1919.67	102.29
1974	16,955	7,776	421	4.00	4,239	1943.92	105.25
1975	17,236	7,534	432	4.07	4,235	1851.08	106.14
1976	19,300	8,006	472	4.15	4,651	1929.13	113.73
1977	21,323	8,471	513	4.23	5,041	2002.60	121.28
1978	23,580	9,015	576	4.3	5,484	2096.60	133.95
1979	25,627	9,328	648	4.38	5,851	2129.79	147.95
1980	26,825	9,304	642	4.44	6,042	2095.50	144.59
1981	28,361	9,320	641	4.54	6,247	2052.86	141.19
1982	29,046	9,042	654	4.62	6,287	1957.23	141.56
1983	32,408	10,110	685	4.70	6,895	2151.09	145.74
1984	36,842	11,260	732	4.79	7,691	2350.79	152.82
1985	37,062	10,662	783	4.85	7,642	2198.35	161.44
1986	40,332	11,596	843	4.96	8,131	2337.90	169.96
1987	45,393	13,030	905	5.06	8,971	2575.10	178.85
1988	50,419	15,046	954	5.15	9,790	2921.59	185.24
1989	54,428	15,962	983	5.24	10,387	3046.24	187.60
1990	56,125	16,177	1025	5.29	10,610	3057.98	193.76
1991	56,142	15,728	1133	5.38	10,435	2923.35	210.59
1992	61,025	16,867	1145	5.46	11,177	3089.25	209.71
1993	57,523	17,712	1142	5.54	10,383	3197.15	206.14
1994	77,183	20,562	1223	5.63	13,709	3652.29	217.23
1995	83,098	21,260	1393	5.71	14,553	3723.35	243.96
1996	89,165	23,457	1391	5.80	15,373	4044.38	239.83
1997	102,876	27,435	1455	5.88	17,496	4665.87	247.45
1998	101,788	27,564	1467	5.96	17,079	4624.77	246.14
1999	108,630	29,174	1562	6.04	17,985	4830.10	258.61
2000	118,257	32,068	1674	6.12	19,323	5239.88	273.53
2001	110,861	29,634	1655	6.20	17,881	4779.74	266.94
2002	117,507	31,133	1627	6.28	18,711	4957.44	259.08
2003	124,203	35,702	1665	6.36	19,529	5613.50	261.79
2004	139,033	39,107	1889	6.44	21,589	6072.47	293.32
2005	141,484	38,884	1970	6.52	21,700	5963.87	302.15
2006	148,938	41,385	2072	6.60	22,566	6270.47	313.94
2007	158,206	42,048	2209	6.68	23,684	6294.55	330.69
2008	158,488	40,702	2250	6.77	23,410	6012.15	332.35
2009	175,509	36,445	2628	6.85	25,622	5320.38	383.65
2010	182,026	41,311	2787	6.93	26,266	5961.12	402.16
2011	183,037	41,602	2894	7.01	26,111	5934.65	412.84
2012	175,051	41,071	3048	7.10	24,655	5784.70	429.3
2013	175,830	39,060	3227	7.19	24,455	5432.53	448.82
2014	184,831	40,310	3466	7.27	25,424	5544.64	476.75
2015	187,769	39,941	3466	7.36	25,512	5426.77	470.92
2016	194,898	40,904	3705	7.44	26,196	5497.87	497.98
2017	213,590	44,433	3797	7.55	28,290	5885.10	502.91