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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 11,552.2 | 12,062.9 | 14,992.8 | 15,275.8 | 15,569.0 | 15,543.7 | 15,571.1 | 16,016.9 | 16,503.8 | 17,039.2 | 18,020.9 | 18,841.8 | 15,053.0 | 9,327.6 |
| Cambodia | 45.4 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||
| China | 441,468.0 | 583,320.0 | 791,158.0 | 921,541.0 | 940,249.0 | 1,008,172.0 | 1,089,560.0 | 1,109,312.0 | 1,160,059.0 | 1,266,681.0 | 1,361,715.0 | 1,438,606.0 | 328,251.0 | 946,499.0 |
| Indonesia | 19,228.0 | 14,345.0 | 20,340.0 | 19,024.0 | 17,154.0 | 16,926.0 | 20,396.0 | 22,296.0 | 21,636.0 | 15,558.0 | 16,932.0 | 29,066.0 | ||
| Japan | 384,287.0 | 391,215.0 | 393,466.0 | 395,067.0 | 404,396.0 | 414,387.0 | 413,970.0 | 427,486.0 | 431,799.0 | 437,363.0 | 441,614.0 | 435,063.0 | 263,211.0 | |
| Korea, Rep. | 49,558.0 | 54,641.0 | 58,381.0 | 63,044.0 | 70,079.0 | 66,353.0 | 67,860.0 | 68,371.0 | 86,871.0 | 89,964.0 | 92,193.0 | 100,381.0 | ||
| Malaysia | 1,220.0 | 2,152.0 | 2,414.9 | 2,497.0 | 2,321.4 | 2,413.2 | 1,985.7 | 1,964.3 | 2,344.2 | 2,468.1 | 2,317.1 | 2,200.1 | 929.3 | |
| Mongolia | 1,070.0 | 1,220.0 | 1,399.0 | 1,485.0 | 1,394.0 | 1,194.5 | 996.7 | 956.0 | 973.0 | 1,112.0 | 580.0 | 91.0 | ||
| Myanmar | 4,451.0 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 544.5 | 743.3 | 776.6 | 802.0 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 123.0 | 342.0 | 384.0 | |||||||||||
| Thailand | 9,935.0 | 9,195.0 | 8,187.0 | 8,032.0 | 6,181.0 | 6,020.0 | ||||||||
| Vietnam | 3,200.0 | 4,558.0 | 4,378.0 | 4,571.0 | 4,558.0 | 4,548.0 | 4,252.6 | 4,233.9 | 3,416.0 | 3,657.0 | 3,542.0 | 3,185.0 | 1,516.0 | |
| Armenia | 47.0 | 27.0 | 50.0 | 49.0 | 53.0 | 55.0 | 52.0 | 44.0 | 50.0 | 55.0 | ||||
| Azerbaijan | 493.0 | 878.0 | 917.0 | 660.0 | 591.0 | 609.0 | 612.0 | 495.0 | 448.0 | 467.0 | 466.0 | 544.0 | 172.0 | 104.0 |
| Georgia | 453.0 | 713.0 | 654.0 | 641.0 | 625.0 | 585.0 | 550.0 | 464.6 | 544.5 | 596.7 | 633.6 | 676.6 | 246.9 | 273.3 |
| 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 | |||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 44.0 | 98.7 | 82.8 | 75.8 | 41.0 | 40.8 | 43.0 | 35.0 | 37.1 | 6.8 | 21.0 | |||
| Tajikistan | 73.0 | 32.8 | 31.5 | 24.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 18.4 | 28.0 | 33.0 | 28.1 | 21.7 | |||
| Turkmenistan | 943.0 | 1,811.0 | 1,811.0 | 1,811.0 | 1,811.0 | 2,326.0 | 2,336.0 | 2,340.0 | ||||||
| Uzbekistan | 2,163.0 | 2,012.0 | 2,905.0 | 3,025.0 | 3,437.8 | 3,760.0 | 3,758.0 | 3,934.0 | 4,294.0 | 4,329.0 | 4,385.0 | 1,795.0 | 3,130.0 | |
| Bangladesh | 3,940.7 | 4,164.1 | 7,304.0 | 8,052.0 | 8,787.0 | 8,253.0 | 8,135.0 | 8,711.0 | 10,040.0 | |||||
| India | 430,666.0 | 575,702.0 | 903,465.0 | 978,508.0 | 1,046,522.0 | 1,046,522.0 | 1,140,412.0 | 1,147,190.0 | 1,143,039.0 | 1,149,835.0 | 1,177,699.0 | 1,157,174.0 | 1,050,738.0 | 231,126.0 |
| 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 | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 3,208.0 | 4,357.6 | 4,574.2 | 5,039.5 | 6,257.4 | 7,407.4 |