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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 75.0 | 94.0 | ||||||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 188.0 | 140.4 | 36.7 | 24.6 | 22.2 | 30.0 | 20.0 | 16.7 | 28.4 | 22.7 | 29.5 | 27.4 | 5.4 | 7.2 |
| Madagascar | 24.0 | |||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 142.0 | 172.2 | 239.4 | 246.8 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| इस्वातिनी | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 428.0 | 433.0 | ||||||||||||
| Zambia | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 98.0 | 206.0 | 17.0 |