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Which Country has the most planes in the sky? The highest air traffic? If you're an air traffic controller, and looking for the most stressful job possible, this is the list for you. The list is ranked by looking at the most takeoffs for airlines registered in each particular country. The United States comes in first by far.

Source: World Bank

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Rank   Name Capital Official Language Currency Founded
  1. 1
    Washington, D.C.
    None
    US$
    1776-07-04
    9,054,478
  2. 2
    Beijing
    Chinese language, Standard Mandarin
    Renminbi
    1949-10-01
    1,853,088
  3. 3
    Ottawa
    English Language, French Language
    Canadian dollar
    1867-07-01
    1,200,361
  4. 4
    Berlin
    German Language
    Euro
    1949-05-23
    1,154,472
  5. 5
    London
    English Language, Welsh Language, Scottish Gaelic language
    Euro, UK £, Saint Helena pound, Falkland Islands pound, New Zealand dollar, Cayman Islands dollar, Bermuda dollar, East Caribbean dollar More
    1801
    1,056,206
  6. 6
    Paris
    French Language
    Euro, Monegasque franc
    1792
    827,851
  7. 7
    Tokyo
    Japanese Language
    Japanese yen
    655,495
  8. 8
    Brasília
    Portuguese Language
    Brazilian real
    1822-09-07
    647,753
  9. 9
    Madrid
    Spanish Language, Catalan language, Aranese language, Basque Language, Galician Language, Aragonese Language, Asturian language, Occitan language, Valencian More
    Euro, Spanish peseta
    616,893
  10. 10
    New Delhi
    English Language, Hindi Language
    Indian rupee
    1947-08-15
    592,292
  11. 11

    Russian Federation

    522,577
  12. 12
    Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
    English Language
    Australian dollar, Australian pound
    1901-01-01
    393,363
  13. 13
    Rome
    Italian Language
    Euro, San Marinese lira
    1861-03-17
    382,590
  14. 14
    Jakarta
    Indonesian Language
    Indonesian rupiah
    1945-08-17
    345,240
  15. 15
    Mexico City
    Spanish Language
    MX, Mexican peso
    1810-09-16
    266,244
  16. 16

    Netherlands, The

    262,848
  17. 17

    Korea, Rep. of

    250,260
  18. 18
    Wellington
    English Language, Māori language, New Zealand Sign Language, New Zealand English More
    New Zealand dollar, Cook Islands dollar
    1840-02-06
    220,375
  19. 19
    Ankara
    Turkish Language
    Turkish lira
    1923-04-23
    215,275
  20. 20
    Bogotá
    Spanish Language
    Colombian peso
    1810-07-20
    187,382

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