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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,142.0 | 929.0 | 1,045.0 | 1,040.0 | 1,141.0 | 1,186.0 | 1,269.0 | 1,337.0 | 1,550.0 | 1,602.0 | 1,454.0 | 348.0 | ||
| Iran | 7,119.0 | 11,149.0 | 17,611.0 | 17,877.0 | 17,172.0 | 17,409.0 | 16,272.0 | 14,938.0 | 12,982.0 | 13,270.0 | 15,239.0 | 14,875.0 | 5,170.0 | 11,231.0 |
| Iraq | 379.0 | 24.1 | 99.7 | |||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 288.0 | 399.0 | 297.1 | 49.7 | 134.7 | |||||||||
| Congo | 83.9 | 167.5 | 264.6 | 266.5 | ||||||||||
| Gabon | 94.0 | 95.0 | 111.0 | 118.0 | 127.0 | 125.0 | 109.0 | 112.0 | 127.0 | 174.0 | 176.3 | 171.3 | 87.0 | |
| Nigeria | 173.6 |