Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
Number of passengers carried by railways (million passenger-km)
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Cuba | 1,853.0 | 1,513.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mexico | 82.0 | 73.0 | 843.0 | 891.0 | 970.0 | 1,036.0 | 1,150.0 | 1,411.0 | 1,481.0 | 1,550.0 | 1,591.0 | 1,571.0 | 523.0 | 466.0 |