Based on a comparison of 71 countries in 2019, China ranked the highest in railways passengers carried measured by mil passenger-km with 1,345,690 mil km followed by India and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Albania with 2.70 mil km, Zambia with 4.19 mil km and Dem. Republic of the Congo with 29.5 mil km.
Data for more countries are available at Railways Passengers Carried (mil passenger-km) indicator page.
| Railways Passengers Carried (mil passenger-km) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| China | mil km | 1,059,560 | 1,124,190 | 1,196,060 | 1,257,930 | 1,345,690 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | mil km | 105,214 | 104,589 | 104,849 | 104,208 | 110,469 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil km | 89,615 | 90,976 | 91,603 | 94,197 | 95,530 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| India | mil km | 1,140,412 | 1,147,190 | 1,143,039 | 1,149,835 | 1,161,333 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil km | ... | 16,926 | 20,396 | 22,296 | 21,636 | 25,654 | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil km | 48,739 | 49,957 | 52,207 | 52,178 | 53,231 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil km | 414,387 | 413,970 | 427,486 | 431,799 | 437,363 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil km | 20,619 | 19,779 | 20,288 | 21,201 | 22,476 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil km | 16,797 | 16,015 | 17,367 | 19,175 | 20,319 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil km | 138,517 | 130,027 | 120,644 | 124,620 | 123,096 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Korea | mil km | 66,353 | 67,860 | 68,371 | 86,871 | 89,964 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil km | 23,788 | 25,072 | 26,142 | 26,670 | 27,487 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | mil km | 36,047 | 36,393 | 36,044 | 35,892 | 33,256 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil km | 48,981 | 35,865 | 35,367 | 36,839 | 28,075 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil km | 71,092 | 74,262 | 76,788 | 78,696 | 80,261 | ... |
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