Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 4,41,468 | 5,83,320 | 7,91,158 | 9,21,541 | 9,40,249 | 10,08,172 | 10,89,560 | 11,09,312 | 11,60,059 | 12,66,681 | 13,61,715 | 14,38,606 | 3,28,251 | 9,46,499 |
| Indonesia | 19,228 | 14,345 | 20,340 | 19,024 | 17,154 | 16,926 | 20,396 | 22,296 | 21,636 | 15,558 | 16,932 | 29,066 | ||
| Republic of Korea | 49,558 | 54,641 | 58,381 | 63,044 | 70,079 | 66,353 | 67,860 | 68,371 | 86,871 | 89,964 | 92,193 | 1,00,381 | ||
| Japan | 3,84,287 | 3,91,215 | 3,93,466 | 3,95,067 | 4,04,396 | 4,14,387 | 4,13,970 | 4,27,486 | 4,31,799 | 4,37,363 | 4,41,614 | 4,35,063 | 2,63,211 | |
| Thailand | 9,935 | 9,195 | 8,187 | 8,032 | 6,181 | 6,020 | ||||||||
| Russian Federation | 1,67,054 | 1,70,900 | 1,39,028 | 1,39,842 | 1,44,612 | 1,38,517 | 1,28,820 | 1,20,413 | 1,24,461 | 1,22,920 | 1,29,371 | 1,33,381 | 78,135 | 1,03,447 |
| Viet Nam | 3,200 | 4,558 | 4,378 | 4,571 | 4,558 | 4,548 | 4,253 | 4,234 | 3,416 | 3,657 | 3,542 | 3,185 | 1,516 | |
| Chile | 736 | 696 | 852 | 934 | 862 | 663 | 584 | 583 | 846 | 973 | 1,063 | 517 | 738 | |
| Mexico | 82 | 73 | 843 | 891 | 970 | 1,036 | 1,150 | 1,411 | 1,481 | 1,550 | 1,591 | 1,571 | 523 | 466 |
| Malaysia | 1,220 | 2,152 | 2,415 | 2,497 | 2,321 | 2,413 | 1,986 | 1,964 | 2,344 | 2,468 | 2,317 | 2,200 | 929 | |
| Philippines | 123 | 342 | 384 | |||||||||||
| New Zealand | 545 | 743 | 777 | 802 | ||||||||||
| Australia | 11,552 | 12,063 | 14,993 | 15,276 | 15,569 | 15,544 | 15,571 | 16,017 | 16,504 | 17,039 | 18,021 | 18,842 | 15,053 | 9,328 |
| Canada | 1,548 | 1,478 | 1,404 | 1,404 | 1,376 | 1,365 | 1,327 | 1,349 | 1,408 | 1,534 | 1,530 | 1,731 | 229 | 536 |
| United States of America | 25,977 | 25,394 | 31,872 | 32,580 | 34,126 | 36,047 | 36,393 | 36,044 | 35,892 | 33,256 | 31,963 | 32,483 | 12,460 |