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by JumpCrisscross 248 days ago
Huh, what caused the surge between 2020 and 2025?
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tompark 247 days ago
The REAL ID Act, effective 2025. https://www.uspassporthelpguide.com/passport-required-domest...

But OTOH there's a chart on this page that shows a longer term trend of nearly linear growth in US passport holder percentage from the 1990's: https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/japan-gets-there-first...

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returningfory2 248 days ago
I don't know! I do know that before ~2007 a passport wasn't needed to travel within North America, and that some of the growth since then is because of the relatively new passport requirement ("Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative").
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