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 |
| 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 |
| Brazil | 15,191.0 | 15,901.0 | 15,877.0 | 15,648.0 | 15,807.0 | 16,422.0 | 16,486.4 | |||||||
| 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 |
| South Africa | 11,890.0 | 991.0 | 550.2 | 14,270.0 | 13,704.0 | 11,837.0 | 9,821.3 | 7,113.7 | 5,504.4 | 3,502.0 |