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 | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Thailand | 9,935.0 | 9,195.0 | 8,187.0 | 8,032.0 | 6,181.0 | 6,020.0 | ||||||||
| Russian Federation | 167,054.0 | 170,900.0 | 139,028.0 | 139,842.0 | 144,612.0 | 138,517.0 | 128,820.0 | 120,413.0 | 124,461.0 | 122,920.0 | 129,370.7 | 133,380.9 | 78,134.7 | 103,447.0 |
| 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 | |
| Chile | 736.0 | 696.4 | 851.6 | 934.0 | 861.8 | 662.6 | 584.4 | 582.9 | 846.1 | 973.0 | 1,063.0 | 517.0 | 738.0 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Philippines | 123.0 | 342.0 | 384.0 | |||||||||||
| New Zealand | 544.5 | 743.3 | 776.6 | 802.0 | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Canada | 1,548.0 | 1,478.0 | 1,404.0 | 1,404.0 | 1,376.0 | 1,365.0 | 1,327.0 | 1,349.0 | 1,408.0 | 1,534.0 | 1,530.0 | 1,731.0 | 229.0 | 536.0 |
| United States | 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 |