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 |
| Kazakhstan | 15,799.7 | 16,482.8 | 19,081.1 | 20,619.0 | 23,750.5 | 21,614.8 | 17,321.8 | 17,961.5 | 18,509.5 | 17,700.0 | 8,649.3 | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 44.0 | 98.7 | 82.8 | 75.8 | 41.0 | 40.8 | 43.0 | 35.0 | 37.1 | 6.8 | 21.0 | |||
| 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 |
| Tajikistan | 73.0 | 32.8 | 31.5 | 24.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 18.4 | 28.0 | 33.0 | 28.1 | 21.7 | |||
| Pakistan | 18,495.0 | 24,238.0 | 20,619.0 | 19,779.0 | 20,288.0 | 21,201.0 | 22,476.0 | 24,903.0 |