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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 46,506.2 | 51,361.6 | 63,047.6 | 66,099.0 | 69,014.9 | 70,703.5 | 73,715.0 | 76,060.1 | 78,228.9 | 79,496.2 | 80,980.2 | 82,550.4 | 24,188.5 | |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Cameroon | 327.1 | 324.0 | 463.5 | 494.7 | 262.1 | 256.9 | 254.6 | 225.4 | ||||||
| Ghana | 83.0 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Tanzania | 428.0 | 433.0 | ||||||||||||
| Kenya | 158.7 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 173.6 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Botswana | 75.0 | 94.0 | ||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 142.0 | 172.2 | 239.4 | 246.8 | ||||||||||
| Eswatini | 0.1 | 0.1 |