Chart description: Passports issued increases from approx 2 million to over 20 million.  The steepest increase is after 2000.  There is a steep drop in the number of passports issued in 2020.

Chart data: Year Passports issued in millions Dec 31, 1973 2.42 Dec 31, 1974 2.33 Dec 31, 1975 2.82 Dec 31, 1976 3.12 Dec 31, 1977 3.23 Dec 31, 1978 3.17 Dec 31, 1979 3.02 Dec 31, 1980 3.22 Dec 31, 1981 3.76 Dec 31, 1982 4.12 Dec 31, 1983 4.72 Dec 31, 1984 4.97 Dec 31, 1985 4.11 Dec 31, 1986 4.87 Dec 31, 1987 4.06 Dec 31, 1988 3.69 Dec 31, 1989 3.69 Dec 31, 1990 3.39 Dec 31, 1991 3.28 Dec 31, 1992 4.21 Dec 31, 1993 4.9 Dec 31, 1994 5.26 Dec 31, 1995 5.55 Dec 31, 1996 6.3 Dec 31, 1997 6.54 Dec 31, 1998 6.72 Dec 31, 1999 7.29 Dec 31, 2000 7.12 Dec 31, 2001 7 Dec 31, 2002 7.3 Dec 31, 2003 8.83 Dec 31, 2004 10.12 Dec 31, 2005 12.13 Dec 31, 2006 18.38 Dec 31, 2007 16.13 Dec 31, 2008 14.17 Dec 31, 2009 14.79 Dec 31, 2010 12.61 Dec 31, 2011 13.13 Dec 31, 2012 13.53 Dec 31, 2013 14.09 Dec 31, 2014 15.56 Dec 31, 2015 18.68 Dec 31, 2016 21.38 Dec 31, 2017 21.1 Dec 31, 2018 20.69 Dec 31, 2019 11.71

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