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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |