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Which Country Transports the Most Passengers by Railways?

Railways Passengers Carried (mil passenger-km) (mil km), 2019 or latest
Transport | July 1, 2021
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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 ...