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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3,84,287.0 | 3,91,215.0 | 3,93,466.0 | 3,95,067.0 | 4,04,396.0 | 4,14,387.0 | 4,13,970.0 | 4,27,486.0 | 4,31,799.0 | 4,37,363.0 | 4,41,614.0 | 4,35,063.0 | 2,63,211.0 | |
| France | 82,253.0 | 90,859.0 | 1,02,167.0 | 1,05,596.0 | 1,05,956.0 | 1,05,215.0 | 1,04,589.0 | 1,04,849.0 | 1,04,207.0 | 1,10,568.0 | 1,07,958.0 | 1,12,384.0 | 64,859.0 | 86,853.0 |
| Germany | 75,404.0 | 76,824.0 | 83,886.0 | 85,414.0 | 88,796.0 | 89,615.0 | 90,976.0 | 91,603.0 | 94,197.0 | 95,530.0 | 98,170.0 | 1,02,026.0 | 58,822.0 | |
| Italy | 47,133.0 | 50,088.0 | 47,172.0 | 46,845.0 | 46,759.0 | 48,739.0 | 49,957.0 | 52,207.0 | 52,178.0 | 53,231.0 | 55,493.0 | 56,586.0 | 22,269.0 | 27,693.0 |
| United Kingdom | 46,506.2 | 51,361.6 | 63,047.6 | 66,099.0 | 69,014.9 | 70,703.5 | 73,715.0 | 76,060.1 | 78,228.9 | 79,496.2 | 80,980.2 | 82,550.4 | 24,188.5 | |
| Canada | 1,548.0 | 1,478.0 | 1,404.0 | 1,404.0 | 1,376.0 | 1,365.0 | 1,327.0 | 1,349.0 | 1,408.0 | 1,534.0 | 1,530.0 | 1,731.0 | 229.0 | 536.0 |
| United States of America | 25,977.3 | 25,393.6 | 31,871.7 | 32,579.5 | 34,125.7 | 36,047.1 | 36,393.1 | 36,043.9 | 35,892.2 | 33,256.0 | 31,963.0 | 32,483.0 | 12,460.0 |