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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Myanmar | 4,451.0 | |||||||||||||
| 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 |