The statistic shows the share of citizens from the United States who own a valid passport from 1989 to 2017. In 2017, 42 percent of the total population of the United States owned a valid passport.

In 2023, there were around 160.7 million valid U.S. passports were in circulation. This represented an increase from the previous year's figure of 151.8 million.

In 2023, a little over 24 million U.S. passports were issued to citizens. This represented a growth over the previous year's figure of 22 million.

Chilean citizens were the Latin Americans holding the most powerful passport in the region as of late 2023. At that time, the Chilean passport granted access to 175 countries, while Argentina and Brazil – following in the ranking – scored 170 visa-free access destinations. Meanwhile, the passport from Barbados was the most powerful Caribbean passport in that same year.

Outbound tourism in Chile

Preliminary figures for 2022 showed that there were more than two million outbound travelers from Chile that year. This denoted an increase of about 322 percent over the previous year, when departures were most likely hampered by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Meanwhile, the Chilean expenditure per capita on international tourism showed that an outbound traveler from the South American country spent approximately 36.48 U.S. dollars in 2023, with this figure forecast to increase by about 25 percent by 2028.

Tourist destinations in Latin America

Mexico was the most visited Latin American country in 2022, with over 38 million international tourists visiting the country that year. Meanwhile, looking at traveler scores for cities in Latin America, five Mexican cities outperformed destinations from other Latin American countries in the ranking in 2023. On the other hand, a 2023 study which utilized a daily price index to calculate the cheapest Latin American city destinations found that Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was the most affordable city for backpackers in the region in 2023.

This statistic depicts the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding the swift passport control at U.S. airports and broken down by gender. During the survey, some 44 percent of the male respondents said they were rather satisfied with the swift passport control at U.S. airports.

This statistic shows the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding the swift passport control at U.S. airports. During the survey, 42 percent of the respondents said they were rather satisfied with the swift passport control services at U.S. airports.

Over the last decade, the issuance of ordinary passports has been on the rise in China. In 2018, the Chinese government issued around 30 million ordinary passports, representing over a five-fold increase compared to 2007. Over 170 million people were holding a Chinese passport that year.

Almost eight million internal passports for Russian citizens were issued in 2022, roughly 500,000 more than in the previous year. Furthermore, over five million external passports were issued to Russians. An external passport in Russia is a necessary identification document to be able to travel abroad, while an internal ID is obligatory for every citizen aged 14 years and above.

Four out of ten Russians had been abroad, according to a survey conducted in August 2022. The figure marked an increase from April 2018, when nearly one third of respondents reported having visited other countries. In order to travel abroad, Russian citizens had to obtain an international, or external, passport in addition to their internal one. Nearly 3.9 million external passports were issued to Russians in 2021. An external passport was valid for 5 or 10 years depending on the format.

The citizens of Seychelles had the most powerful passports in Africa as of May 2024. The country received a visa-free score of 156 points. Mauritius and South Africa followed with a score of 151 and 108, respectively. In contrast, Libyan and Somalian citizens had the weakest passports on the continent. Africa and visa-free travel In 2021, Seychelles, Benin, and The Gambia emerged as the Africa Visa Openness Index leaders by providing visa-free access to visitors from all African countries. These nations demonstrated the most inclusive policies within the continent. However, the most visited destinations among travelers did not necessarily equate to visa-free travel. Furthermore, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, and Tunisia were Africa's most popular travel destinations between 2019 and 2021. Most desirable passports based on visa-free travel Japan and Singapore held the top spots for the strongest passports in the world, providing visa-free entry to 192 countries. The official travel documents of German and South Korean citizens followed closely. However, based on a survey conducted in 2015 about the most sought-after additional nationalities, the British nationality held the top spot, with almost 20.4 percent of the respondents reporting that as a preference next to their own. Notably, the cost of passports does not directly reflect their ranking. The price of a passport doesn't always determine its power. While some of the world's most expensive passports are indeed powerful, there are weaker passports that can be more expensive in terms of the number of working hours required to afford them. For instance, in Mexico, a person needs to work 266 hours to be able to purchase a passport. 

The survey results showed that the young population of Russia was more open to an electronic passport than the elderly in 2019. While 41 percent of the respondents aged between 18 and 24 years wanted to get an electronic identification document, the population over 60 years old saw it rather negatively, with 67 percent not willing to obtain one.

In 2023, the share of foreign citizens and stateless persons in Hungary slightly increased compared to the previous year and amounted to 2.35 percent. The percentage of non-EU citizens residing in Hungary also increased to 1.48 percent of the total population.

Over the last 24 years, the total population in Denmark grew steadily. Moreover, both the number of people holding a Danish citizenship and the number of people with a foreign citizenship has increased. In 2024, the number of foreign citizens living in Denmark was 650,000, more than twice as many as in 2000. 5.31 million people holding a Danish citizenship lived in Denmark at the beginning of 2024.

In 2024, around 3.64 million people living in Singapore were citizens, compared to under 1.86 million who were non-residents. In that year, the total population in Singapore was approximately 6.03 million.