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 | 4,41,468.0 | 5,83,320.0 | 7,91,158.0 | 9,21,541.0 | 9,40,249.0 | 10,08,172.0 | 10,89,560.0 | 11,09,312.0 | 11,60,059.0 | 12,66,681.0 | 13,61,715.0 | 14,38,606.0 | 3,28,251.0 | 9,46,499.0 |
| Russian Federation | 1,67,054.0 | 1,70,900.0 | 1,39,028.0 | 1,39,842.0 | 1,44,612.0 | 1,38,517.0 | 1,28,820.0 | 1,20,413.0 | 1,24,461.0 | 1,22,920.0 | 1,29,370.7 | 1,33,380.9 | 78,134.7 | 1,03,447.0 |
| Brazil | 15,191.0 | 15,901.0 | 15,877.0 | 15,648.0 | 15,807.0 | 16,422.0 | 16,486.4 | |||||||
| India | 4,30,666.0 | 5,75,702.0 | 9,03,465.0 | 9,78,508.0 | 10,46,522.0 | 10,46,522.0 | 11,40,412.0 | 11,47,190.0 | 11,43,039.0 | 11,49,835.0 | 11,77,699.0 | 11,57,174.0 | 10,50,738.0 | 2,31,126.0 |
| South Africa | 11,890.0 | 991.0 | 550.2 | 14,270.0 | 13,704.0 | 11,837.0 | 9,821.3 | 7,113.7 | 5,504.4 | 3,502.0 |