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[[File:Rail density map.svg|thumb|upright=1.6|Map of the world with rail density (length of rail network divided by area of country) highlighted. This does not necessarily reflect actual rail use.]]

This is a '''list of countries by rail usage'''. Usage of [[rail transport]] may be measured in [[tonne-kilometres]] (tkm) or [[passenger-kilometres]] (pkm) travelled for [[freight]] and [[passenger rail|passenger transport]] respectively. This is the number of tonnes or passengers multiplied by the average distance of their journeys in kilometres.

== Overview ==
Globally, rail freight is transported to the extent of almost 10,000 billion tonne-kilometres (9.842&nbsp;billion long ton-miles or 11.023&nbsp;billion short ton-miles) per year, of which about one-third occurs in [[India]] and a quarter each in the [[United States]] and [[China]].

Of the 3,000 bn passenger-kilometres travelled across the world each year, 1,346 bn are travelled in [[China]] and 1,150 bn in [[India]]. Thus China and India together contribute almost half of world's passenger travel.

The average Swiss person travels 2,430&nbsp;km by train each year (the highest in the world), almost 500 more than the average Japanese person (the second highest).

In 2014, there were about 1 million kilometres (621,400 miles) of railway in the world, a decrease of 3% compared to 2013.
* 350,000&nbsp;km (218,000&nbsp;mi) were in Europe and mainly used for passenger service.
* 370,000&nbsp;km (230,000&nbsp;mi) were in North America and mainly used for freight.
* 230,000&nbsp;km (140,000&nbsp;mi) were in Asia and used for both freight and passenger service.<ref name=UICRS />

In America and Europe, many low-fare airlines and motorways compete with rail for passenger traffic. Asia has experienced a large growth in [[high-speed rail]]: its 257bn passenger-kilometres represent 72% of total world high-speed rail passenger traffic.<ref name=UICRS />

== Passenger rail ==
These figures do not include [[rapid transit|metro]] railway systems; see ''[[Lists of rapid transit systems]]'' for metro rail statistics.

=== Passenger-kilometres of rail transport per year ===
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2015}}
''Countries with more than five billion passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the [http://www.uic.org/IMG/pdf/synopsis_2015_print_5_.pdf Railway Statistics 2015 Report] by the [[International Union of Railways]] (UIC).''
<!-- If possible, use UIC data, as they are collected using same methodology. Use another source only if UIC data are old (3+ years) or incomplete (covering only one major railway company in the country). -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Country/Region
!data-sort-type="number" | Passenger-kilometres<br />(billions)
!Data year
|-
|1
||{{flag|China}}
|1,580<ref name="China 2024 Stats">(Chinese) [https://www.nra.gov.cn/xwzx/zlzx/hytj/202506/P020250606511097164786.pdf 2024 年铁道统计公报 - 2024 Railway Statistical Bulletin]</ref>
|2024
|-
|2
||{{flag|India}}
|1,065<ref name="2024 India Stats">{{Cite web|title=Operations of Indian Railways (Statistics for 2024)|url=https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/doc/stat/tab1.26.pdf|website=[[Government of India]]}}</ref>
|2024
|-
|3
||{{flag|European Union}}
|429<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Railway_passenger_transport_statistics_-_quarterly_and_annual_data#:~:text=transport%20in%20Europe.-,EU%20rail%20passenger%20transport%20performance%20peaked%20in%202023,quarters%20of%20the%20previous%20year. | title=Railway passenger transport statistics - quarterly and annual data }}</ref>
|2023
|-
|4
||{{flag|Japan}}
|404<ref name="data.oecd.org">{{cite web|title=Transport - Passenger transport - OECD Data|url=https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?lc=en&df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_ST%40DF_STPASS&df[ag]=OECD.ITF&dq=.A...RAIL...&pd=2019%2C&to[TIME_PERIOD]=false&vw=tb|website=OECD|language=en}}</ref>
|2024
|-
|5
||{{flag|Russia}}
|136.3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eng.rzd.ru/en/9637 |title=Results and Reporting}}</ref>
|2023
|-
|6
||{{flag|Germany}}
|104.2<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2023
|-
|7
||{{flag|France}}
|89.2<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2023
|-
|8
||{{flag|South Korea}}
|82.9<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2022
|-
|9
||{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|58.4<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2023
|-
|10
||{{flag|Italy}}
|57.8<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2024
|-
|11
||{{flag|United States}}
|45.6<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2024
|-
|12
||{{flag|Spain}}
|29.8<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2024
|-
|13
||{{flag|Ukraine}}
|28.4
|2019
|-
|14
||{{flag|Poland}}
|28.2<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2024
|-
|15
||{{flag|Turkey}}
|22.3<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2024
|-
|16
||{{flag|Switzerland}}
|21.4<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/content/bfs/de/home/statistiken/mobilitaet-verkehr/personenverkehr/leistungen.html|title=Leistungen im Personenverkehr|website=www.bfs.admin.ch}}</ref>
|2019
|-
|17
||{{flag|Pakistan}}
|20.3
|2015
|-
|18
||{{flag|Taiwan}}
|19.8
|2015
|-
|19
||{{flag|Netherlands}}
|19.2<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2023
|-
|20
||{{flag|Indonesia}}
|18.5
|2015
|-
|21
||{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|18.5<ref name="data.oecd.org"/>
|2018
|-
|22
||{{flag|Iran}}
|16.3
|2014
|-
|23
||{{flag|Australia}}
|15<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/2024/australian-infrastructure-and-transport-statistics-yearbook-2024/passengers| title=Passengers | website=www.bitre.gov.au}}</ref>
|2023-24
|-
|24
||{{flag|Hungary}}
|15<ref name="data.oecd.org" />
|2024
|-
|25
||{{flag|Austria}}
|14.6<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statistik.at/en/statistics/tourism-and-transport/passenger-transport/rail-passenger-transport|title=Rail passenger transport|website=STATISTICS AUSTRIA}}</ref>
|2023
|}

=== Passengers carried in rail transport per year ===
''Countries with more than 20 million passengers per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190805180138/https://uic.org/IMG/pdf/uic-statistics-synopsis-2019.pdf Railway Statistics 2019 Report] by the [[International Union of Railways]].''

As mentioned in the notes, many of these figures are very incomplete, as they exclude metro/rapid transport rail services.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!width=120|Country
!data-sort-type="number" | Million<br />passengers
!Data year
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Rail transport in Japan|Japan]] 
| 25,201
| 2019 <ref name=MLIT>{{Cite report|publisher=[[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]] |title=旅客輸送量の推移 |date=2021 |url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/statistics/details/tetsudo_list.html }}</ref> 
| Includes all public and private rail services. For only the [[Japan Railways Group|JR group]] rail companies, the figure in 2019 was 9,503 million passengers.<ref name=MLIT />
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|India}} [[Rail transport in India|India]] 
| 6,905
| 2024<ref name="2024 India Stats"/>
|Includes [[Indian Railways]] suburban and intercity traffic only, excludes the passengers carried by rapid transit systems. 
|-
|3
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Rail transport in China|China]] 
| 4,312
| 2024<ref name="China 2024 Stats"/>
| Excludes rapid transit networks, which handled 23.71 billion passengers in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=详情|url=http://www.camet.org.cn/tjxx/5133|access-date=2020-07-01|website=www.camet.org.cn}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Rail transport in Germany|Germany]] 
| 2,938
| 2019<ref name=europa>{{cite web|url= https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/9/97/Rail_passenger_transport_by_type_of_transport_for_main_undertakings%2C_2018-2019_%28thousand_passengers%29.png|title= Rail passenger transport by type of transport for main undertakings, 2018-2019 (thousand passengers)|website=ec.europa.eu|access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{flag|Brazil}}
| 2,570
| 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://anptrilhos.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/anptrilhos-balanco-setor-2023.pdf|title=Balanço do setor ferroviário}}</ref>
| Includes all public and private rail services. Down 21% from the 3.26 billion passengers carried in 2019
|-
|6
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Rail transport in France|France]] 
| 1,880
| 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.autorite-transports.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/bilan-ferroviaire-2019.pdf|title=bilan-ferroviaire-2019.pdf - Autorité de Régulation des Transports|website=www.autorite-transports.fr|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Rail transport in Great Britain|United Kingdom]] 
| 1,836.8
| 2019<ref name=europa />
|The [[London Underground]] ("The Tube") had an additional 1.34 billion passengers in 2015-16<ref name="TFL Facts & Figures">{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/what-we-do/london-underground/facts-and-figures|title=Facts & Figures |date=29 July 2019 |publisher=Transport for London |location=London }}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{flag|Russia}}  
| 1,157.2
| 2018
| [[Moscow Metro]] alone had 2.45 billion passengers in 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mosmetro.ru:80/about/general/numeral/|title=Метрополитен в цифрах|website=mosmetro.ru}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{flag|Australia}}
| 1,064.2
| 2018–19
|Combined Urban and Non-Urban Rail Passenger Traffic<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
|10
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rail transport in Italy|Italy]] 
| 883.3
| 2019<ref name=europa />
|-
|11
|{{flag|Spain}}  
| 636
| 2019<ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/economia/2020/02/11/actualidad/1581412261_172959.html|title=Los usuarios de avión suben un 6,4% en 2019 y los del AVE aumentan un 4,9%|website=[[El País]]|date=11 February 2020|access-date=13 April 2020|language= es}}</ref>
| [[Madrid Metro]] alone had 657.2 million passengers in 2018.<ref name="ine.es">{{cite web |url=https://www.metromadrid.es/sites/default/files/documentos/Portal%20de%20transparencia/Informaci%C3%B3n%20Econ%C3%B3mica/Datos%20estad%C3%ADsticos/Cierre%20demanda%202018.pdf |title=Evolución de la demanda – Cierre año 2018 |date=11 February 2019 |publisher=Metro de Madrid |page=2 |language=es |trans-title=Evolution of demand – End of 2018 |access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref>
|-
| 12
| {{flag|United States}}  
| 535
| 2019 
| [[Amtrak]] had 32.5 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2019 (ending September 30).<ref name="washpost">{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2ftransportation%2f2019%2f11%2f08%2famtrak-touts-record-ridership-revenue-fiscal%2f|title=Amtrak tours record ridership, revenue for fiscal 2019|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=2019-11-08 |access-date=2020-09-12}}</ref> Among regional systems that report to the [[American Public Transportation Association]], there were 502.5 million commuter rail riders in calendar year 2019.<ref name="apta2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/APTA_Fact-Book-2019_FINAL.pdf|title=2019 Public Transport Fact Book|publisher=American Public Transportation Association|access-date=2020-09-12}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{flag|Switzerland}}  
| 519.3
| 2019<ref name=europa />
|
|-
|14
|{{flag|Austria}}  
| 511<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bericht.oebb.at/dam/jcr:6196cec5-96fd-4873-9f23-20a5d641e2ba/oebb-konzernabschluss-2024.pdf|title=Wayback Machine|website=bericht.oebb.at}}</ref>
| 2024
| 
|-
|15
|{{flag|Netherlands}}  
| 474.5
| 2019 
|
|-
|16
|{{flag|Ukraine}}  
| 440.9
| 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mtu.gov.ua/en/content/statistichni-dani-pro-ukrainski-zaliznici.html|title=Ukraine railways statistics - Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine|website=mtu.gov.ua|access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref>
| 
|-
|17
|{{flag|Indonesia}}  
| 429.2
| 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/indonesias-railway-renaissance/|title=Indonesia's Railway Renaissance - The Diplomat|website=The Diplomat|date=19 January 2022|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>
||
|-
|18
|{{flag|Argentina}}
| 426.2
| 2018
| 423,202,522 Buenos Aires commuter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/infoest2018_ffccamba_00-red.pdf|title=2018 Informe Estadistico Annual - Red ferroviaria de pasajeros del área metropolitano de Buenos Aires|website=www.argentina.gob.ar|access-date=31 August 2020 }}</ref><br />2,036,792 regional<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/infoest2018_ffccpaxld.pdf|title=Informe Estadístico - Gerencia de Control de Gestión Ferroviaria|website=www.argentina.gob.ar|access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref><br />1,009,357 long distance
|-
|19
|{{flag|Poland}}  
| 324.1
| 2019<ref name=europa />
| Passengers carried by all rail passenger transport companies in Poland.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.utk.gov.pl/en/markettatistics-and-ann/monthly-statistics/monthly-statistics-2015/4895,Passenger-rail-transport-results-2015.html|title=Passenger rail transport results 2015|first=JSK|last=Internet}}</ref>
|-
|20
|{{flag|Taiwan}}  
| 291.84
| 2018
|
|-
| 21
|{{flag|Egypt}}
| 270
| 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1846641|title=Egypt moves to stop the bleeding on dilapidated rail network|website=www.arabnews.com|date=21 April 2021|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
| 
|-
|22
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|269
|2017–18<ref>{{cite web|url= https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1MJ19I-OZATP|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181009144412/https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1MJ19I-OZATP|url-status= dead|archive-date= 9 October 2018|title= Deliberate train fires cost South African rail service $42.5 mln|website=Reuters|date=9 October 2019|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
|23
|{{flag|Sweden}}  
| 264.6
| 2019<ref name=europa />
| [[Stockholm metro]] alone had 353 million passengers in 2017.<ref name="MTR2017">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtrnordic.se/om-oss/hallbarhet/hallbarhetsredovisning2017/2017-aret-i-korthet/ |title=Hållbarhetsredovisning 2017, året i korthet |publisher=[[MTR Nordic]] |language=sv |year=2018 |access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref> 
|-
|24
|{{flag|Belgium}}  
| 246.94
| 2018
|
|-
|25
|{{flag|Denmark}}  
| 206.6
| 2019<ref name=europa />
|
|-
|26
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}  
| 193.5
| 2019<ref name=europa />
| [[Prague Metro]] alone had 435.6 million passengers in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpp.cz/download-file/16453/DPP_ANNUAL_REPORT_2017.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210436/http://www.dpp.cz/download-file/16453/DPP_ANNUAL_REPORT_2017.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-08-13 |title=Annual Report 2017 |date=April 2018 |publisher=Dopravní podnik hlavnívo města Prahy (DPP) |page=20 |access-date=2018-08-13 }}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{flag|Portugal}}  
| 175.5
| 2019<ref name=europa />
| [[Lisbon Metro]] alone had 169 million passengers in 2018.<ref>[https://www.metrolisboa.pt/institucional/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/07_PRRecordeMetroPassageiros2018.pdf Metro de Lisboa Tem Aumento Recorde de Passsageiros Em 2018 Transportando Mais de 169 Milhões de Passageiros] [Lisbon Metro has record increase in passengers in 2018 transporting more than 169 million passengers] 2019.</ref>
|-
|28
|{{flag|Turkey}}  
| 164.7
| 2019<ref name=europa />
| [[Istanbul Metro]] alone had 469.7 million passengers in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metro.istanbul/Content/assets/uploaded/Hat%20Bazl%C4%B1%20Y%C4%B1ll%C4%B1k%20Yolculuk%20Say%C4%B1lar%C4%B1%20(2018).pdf |title=Hat Bazlı Yıllık Yolculuk Sayıları (2018) |publisher=Metro İstanbul A.Ş. |pages=1–6 |language=tr |trans-title=Number of Annual Journeys by Line (2018) |access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
|-
|29
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|138.66
|2017<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.railway.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/english_performance_2017.pdf|title= Performance Report - 2017 Department of Sri Lanka Railways|website=www.railway.gov.lk}}</ref>
||
|-
|30
|{{flag|South Korea}}  
| 127.84
| 2018
||
|-
|31
|{{flag|Hungary}}  
| 119
| 2018
| [[Budapest Metro]] alone had 409.3 million passengers in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/mo/mo2017.pdf |title=Magyarország, 2017 |publisher= Központi Statisztikai Hivatal [Central Statistics Bureau] |language=hu |trans-title=Hungary, 2017 |date=2018-04-15 |access-date=2018-08-01 |page=173 }}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{flag|Canada}}
|106.9
|2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.railcan.ca/101/canadas-passenger-railways-moving-people/|title=Canada's Passenger Railways: Moving People|website=www.railcan.ca|date=6 October 2016 |access-date=2 December 2019}}</ref>
|[[Via Rail]], Canada's main intercity rail provider, transported 5 million passengers in 2019. Commuter railway systems in and around [[Toronto]], [[Montreal]], and [[Vancouver]] transported an additional 101.9 million passengers in 2019.
|-
|33
|{{flag|Finland}}
| 92.8
| 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.fi/til/rtie/2019/rtie_2019_2020-08-27_tie_001_en.html|title=Growth continued in passenger traffic by rail in Finland in 2019|website=Statistics Finland|date=27 August 2020|accessdate=9 January 2021}}</ref>
| 14.9 million / year long-distance<br />77.9 million / year in [[Helsinki commuter rail|Helsinki commuter traffic]]
|-
|34
|{{flag|Norway}}
| 80.402
| 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/transport-og-reiseliv/statistikker/jernbane |title=Passenger transport by rail |language=no |publisher=Ssb.no |date=2018-12-10 |access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Oslo Metro]] alone had 122 million passengers in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aarsrapport2018.ruter.no/no/kort-om-aret-2018/nokkeltall |title=Nøkkeltall |publisher=Ruter As. |language=no |trans-title=Key figures |access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref>
|-
|35
| {{flag|Slovakia}}
| 80
| 2019<ref name="europa" />
|
|-
|36
|{{flag|Belarus}}  
| 79.86
| 2018
| [[Minsk Metro]] alone had 293.7 million passengers in 2019.<ref name="asmetro">{{cite web |url=http://www.asmetro.ru/upload/docs/2019.pdf |script-title=ru:Основные технико-эксплуатационные характеристики метрополитенов за 2019 год |publisher=Международная Ассоциация "Метро" [International Association of Metros] |language=ru |trans-title=Main technical and operational specifications for Subways in Year 2019 |access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref>
|-
| 37
| {{flag|Romania}}  
| 67.9
| 2019<ref name=europa />
|[[Bucharest Metro]] alone had 178.9 million passengers in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrorex.ro/Resurse/RaportActivitate/Rap%20MTX%20(eng).pdf <!-- previous release http://www.metrorex.ro/Resurse/RaportActivitate/Raport_Metrorex_2016_eng.pdf -->|title=Activity Report – 2017 |publisher=Metrorex S.A. |page=36 |format=pdf |access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref>
|-
|38
|{{flag|Israel}}   
| 64.6
| 2017
| The [[Jerusalem Light Rail]] carried an additional 42.5 million passengers in 2017.<ref name="il-mot-2017-report">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/reports/takziv_2019/he/takziv2019.pdf|title=ביצוע תקציב 2017|trans-title=Budget Report 2017|date=2018|publisher=[[Ministry of Transport (Israel)|Israel Ministry of Transport]]|access-date=May 24, 2018|language=he}}</ref>
|-
| 39
|{{flag|Mexico}}
| 57
| 2018
| [[Tren Suburbano]] statistics only<ref name=afluencia2018>{{cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/negocios/tren-suburbano-alcanza-viabilidad-financiera|title=Tren Suburbano alcanza viabilidad financiera|work=[[Milenio]]|language=es|date=December 7, 2018|access-date=May 28, 2020|location=Mexico City|first=Pilar|last=Juárez}}</ref>
|-
| 40
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
| 52.39
| 2018
|
|-
| 41
|{{flag|Ireland}}
| 50.06
| 2019<ref name=europa />
|
|-
| 42
| {{flag|Thailand}}  
| 50 
| 2017<ref>{{cite news|title=50 Years of Reliable Rail in Thailand|publisher=GE Report|url=https://www.ge.com/reports/50-years-reliable-rail-thailand/}}</ref> 
| [[MRT (Bangkok)|Bangkok MRT]] alone had 113.7 million passengers in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investor.bemplc.co.th/ridership_report.html |title=Ridership Report |website=www.bemplc.co.th |publisher=Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Ltd. |access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref>
|-
| 43
|{{flag|Myanmar}}
| 48
| 2017<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mmtimes.com/news/railway-rider-numbers-grow-after-management-revamp.html|title= Railway rider numbers grow after management revamp|website=Myanmar Times|date=20 February 2018|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
| 44
|{{flag|Chile}}
| 47
| 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chiletoday.cl/the-train-in-chile/|title=The renaissance of the train in Chile|website=Chile Today|date=10 January 2019|access-date=24 April 2019 |last1=Croquevielle |first1=Tomás }}</ref>
| [[Santiago Metro]] alone had 721 million passengers in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metro.cl/documentos/memoria-anual-2018.pdf |title=Memoria Anual 2018 |date=29 March 2019 |publisher=Metro de Santiago |page=19 |language=es |trans-title=2018 Annual Report |access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref>
|-
| 45
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
| 44.51
| 2018
|
|-
| 46
|{{flag|Tunisia}}  
| 41
| 2017
|
|-
| 47
| {{flag|Algeria}}
| 39
| 2018
| [[Algiers Metro]] alone had 40 million passengers in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metroalger-dz.com:80/fr/statistiques.php |title=Statistiques voyageur |publisher=EMA - Entreprise Metro d’Alger |language=fr |trans-title=Passenger statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722014803/http://www.metroalger-dz.com/fr/statistiques.php |archive-date=22 July 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| 48
|{{flag|Morocco}}
| 35
| 2018
|
|-
| 49
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
| 35
| 2019<ref name="Kiwirail_annual_report_2019">{{cite web|url= https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/assets/Uploads/documents/Annual-reports/2019/b563b44217/KiwiRail-Integrated-Report-2019-FINAL.pdf|title=KiwiRail Annual Integrated Report 2019|date=2019|access-date=2 December 2019|publisher=[[KiwiRail]]}}</ref>
|
|-
| 50
| {{flag|Luxembourg}}
| 31.3
| 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Nouveau record de fréquentation des trains CFL |url=https://groupe.cfl.lu/getattachment/8b07270b-3743-4e79-8445-c9940ff44ec3/communique-frequentation-2024_final.pdf |publisher=CFL |date=16 January 2025}}</ref>
|
|-
| 51
|{{flag|Iran}}
| 28.09
| 2018
| [[Tehran Metro]] alone had 721 million passengers in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smtnews.ir/car/24470-%D9%87%D8%B1-%DB%B3%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88.html|script-title=fa:هر ۳۴۰۰ مسافر یک واگن مترو |work=روزنامه صمت |last1=امینی |first1=اکرم }}</ref>
|-
| 52
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
| 22.9
| 2018
|
|-
| 53
|{{flag|Philippines}}
| 21.84
| 2018
|
|-
| 54
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
| 21.59
| 2018
| [[Tashkent Metro]] alone had 71.2 million passengers in 2019.<ref name=asmetro/>
|-
| 55
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
| 21.3
| 2019<ref name=europa />
| [[Sofia Metro]] alone had 93.1 million passengers in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/publications/God2019.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook 2019 |date=29 May 2020 |editor-last=Ilkova |editor-first=A. |website=www.nsi.bg |publisher=National Statistical Institute |page=348 |access-date=2020-06-06}}</ref>
|}

=== Passenger modal share for rail ===
The [[modal share]] of railway transport (excluding [[rapid transit|tram & metro]]) as compared to other modes of transport, based on Passenger-km.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Country
! style="width:80pt;"| Modal share (%)
! class="unsortable" | ''year''

|-
|1
|| {{flag| Japan                    }}   || 32.9|| 2016<ref name="stat.go">{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Statistical handbook of Japan |url=https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/pdf/2018all.pdf# |access-date=2019-09-26 |publisher=stat.go.jp |type=online statistics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/road/road_e/statistics.html | title=Road Bureau - MLIT Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism }}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{flag|China}}
|32
|2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1325921/share-of-passenger-traffic-in-china-by-transport-mode/|title=China: share of passenger traffic by transport mode 2023|website=Statista}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{flag|Russia                    }}
|24.4
|2018<ref name="RT1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ipem.ru/files/files/research/20190405_rail_2025_report.pdf|title=Железнодорожный транспорт России: вызовы до 2025 года|date=2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826111015/http://utmagazine.ru/posts/10280-ekonomika-rossii-cifry-i-fakty-chast-3-transport|archive-date=2016-08-26}}</ref>
|-
|4
|| {{flag| Switzerland              }}|| 20.0 || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019">Eurostat (2021) [https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/t2020_rk310/default/table?lang=en Statistics Modal split of passenger transport. Data from 2019.] ''ec.europa.eu''</ref>
|-
|5
|{{flag|India}}
|20.0
|2018<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nandi|first=Shreya|date=2020-09-08|title=Vision 2020:- Planning commission|url=https://niti.gov.in/planningcommission.gov.in/docs/reports/genrep/bkpap2020/11_bg2020.pdf}}</ref>
|-
|6
|| {{flag| Austria                  }}|| 14 || 2024<ref>{{Cite web| title=Für ein stabiles Morgen | language=de | trans-title=For a stable tomorrow | url=https://bericht.oebb.at/dam/jcr:6661d955-4414-4f02-8d75-02e5e30ebdab/oebb-gesamtbericht-2024.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411085610/https://bericht.oebb.at/dam/jcr:6661d955-4414-4f02-8d75-02e5e30ebdab/oebb-gesamtbericht-2024.pdf | archive-date=2025-04-11}}</ref>
|-
|7
|| {{flag| Netherlands              }}|| 11.3 || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019" />
|-
|8
|| {{flag| Sweden                   }}|| 10.5 || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019" />
|-
|9
|| {{flag| France                   }}|| 10.4 || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019" />
|-
|10
|| {{flag| Slovakia                 }}|| 10.2 || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019" />
|-
|11
|| {{flag| Czech Republic           }}   || 9.9 || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|12
|| {{flag| Germany                  }}   || 9.4  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|13
|| {{flag| United Kingdom           }}   || 8.5  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|14
|| {{flag| Belgium                  }}   || 8.4  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|15
|| {{flag| Hungary                  }}|| 8.3 || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|16
|| {{flag| Denmark                  }}   || 8.2  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|17
|| {{flag| Poland                   }}   || 7.3  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|18
|| {{flag| Spain                    }}   || 7.1  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|19
|| {{flag| Indonesia                }}   || 6.3   || 2005<ref name=KAI>{{cite web
 |title       = High Speed Train Project in Indonesia (Jakarta – Surabaya corridor)
 |url         = http://www.gist.edu.sg/cmsresource/Travel%20conference/Java%20High%20Speed%20Train%20Project.pdf
 |publisher   = [[Ministry of Transportation (Indonesia)|Ministry of Transportation]]
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110614155620/http://www.gist.edu.sg/cmsresource/Travel%20conference/Java%20High%20Speed%20Train%20Project.pdf
 |archive-date = 2011-06-14
}}</ref>
|-
|20
|| {{flag| Italy                    }}   || 6.3  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|21
|| {{flag| Finland                  }}   || 6.2  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|22
|| {{flag| Norway                   }}   || 4.9  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|23
|| {{flag| Luxembourg               }}   || 4.8  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|24
|| {{flag| Portugal                 }}   || 4.6  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|25
|| {{flag| Romania                  }}   || 4.2  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|26
|| {{flag| Latvia                   }}   || 3.4  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|27
|| {{flag| Ireland                  }}   || 3.3  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|28
|| {{flag| Turkey                   }}   || 3.3  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|29
|| {{flag| Croatia                  }}   || 2.4 || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|30
|| {{flag| Bulgaria                 }}   || 2.2  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|31
|| {{flag| Estonia                  }}   || 2.2  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|32
|| {{flag| Slovenia                 }}   || 1.8  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|33
|| {{flag| Montenegro               }}   || 1.2  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|34
|| {{flag| Greece                   }}   || 1.0  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|35
|| {{flag| Lithuania                }}   || 1.0  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|36
|| {{flag| Serbia                   }}   || 0.7  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|37
|| {{flag| North Macedonia          }}   || 0.6  || 2019<ref name="eurostat2019"/>
|-
|38
|| {{flag| United States            }}   || 0.3  || 2004<ref name=ec2>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/figures/pocketbook/ |title=EU Transport in Figures; Statistical Pocketbook |date=2007 |publisher=[[European Commission]] Directorate-General for Energy and Transport; [[Eurostat]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601062236/http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/figures/pocketbook/ |archive-date=2008-06-01 }}</ref>
|}

=== Passenger rail by passenger-kilometres per capita ===
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2015}}
''Countries with more than five billion passenger-kilometres travelled per year.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Country
!data-sort-type="number"|Kilometers/year
!Year
|-
| {{flag|Switzerland}}
|2,487
|2023<ref name="irg">{{Cite web|url=https://irg-rail.eu/irg/documents/market-monitoring/536,2025.html|title = IRG rail Market Monitoring}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Japan}}
|2,320
|2021<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/pdf/2024all.pdf#page=1 | title=Statistical Handbook of Japan 2024 | website=www.stat.go.jp}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Austria}}
|1,597
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|France}}
|1,542
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|South Korea}}
|1,352
|2021
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}
|1,261
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}
|1,254
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|Hungary}}
|1,084
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}
|1,001
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|Belgium}}
|982
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
|944
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
|937
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|Finland}}
|934
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|- 
| {{flag|Italy}}
|911
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|879
|2023<ref name="irg"/>
|}

== Freight rail ==
=== Tonne-kilometres of rail transport per year ===
[[File:Bahnfracht-EU 2003.png|thumb|Tonne-km of selected carriers in the [[European Union]], 2003]]

''Countries with more than one billion tonne-kilometres (tkm) travelled per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the [http://www.uic.org/IMG/pdf/synopsis_2014.pdf Railway Statistics 2014 Report] by the [[International Union of Railways]].''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!Country
!data-sort-type="number" | Billion tkm
!Data year
|-
|1||{{flag|China}}
|3,586<ref name="China 2024 Stats"/>
|2024
|-
|2||{{flag|Russia}}
|2,639<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ar2021.rzd.ru/download/full-reports/ar_ru_annual-report_pages_rzd_2021.pdf|title=РЖД}}</ref>
|2021
|-
|3||{{flag|United States}}
|2,105<ref>{{cite web|title=Rail freight transportation - U.S. 2002-2020 Statistic|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/245235/rail-freight-transportation-in-the-us/|website=Statista|language=en}}</ref>
|2020
|-
|4
|{{flag|India}}
|975<ref name="2024 India Stats"/>
|2024
|-
|5||{{flag|Canada}}
|460<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |title=Table 23-10-0057-01 Railway industry summary statistics on freight and passenger transportation  |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2310005701 |website=[[Statistics Canada]]| date=27 June 2018 |publisher=Statistics Canada  |access-date=15 Jan 2025}}</ref>
|2022
|-
|6||{{flag|Australia}}
|413<ref name="auto1"/>
|2016
|-
|7||{{flag|Brazil}}
|397<ref name=antt>{{cite web |title=Anuário Estatístico Ferroviário |url=https://www.gov.br/antt/pt-br/assuntos/ferrovias/anuario-do-setor-ferroviario/arquivos-tabelas-excel/tabela-resumo.xlsx/view|website=Ministério dos Transportes, Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres, Brazil |access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref>
|2024
|-
|—||{{flag|European Union}}
|261
|2014
|-
|8||{{flag|Ukraine}}
|237
|2011
|-
|9||{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|236
|2012
|-
|10||{{flag|South Africa}}
|135
|2014
|-
|11||{{flag|Mexico}}
|126.9<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ferroviario|first=Agencia Reguladora del Transporte|title=Sistema Ferroviario Mexicano|url=http://www.gob.mx/artf/articulos/infraestructura-ferroviaria-191183?idiom=es|access-date=2020-11-09|website=gob.mx|language=es}}</ref>
|2017
|-
|12||{{flag|Germany}}
|113<ref name="eurostat2020">{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/pdfscache/7275.pdf|title=Railway freight transport statistics|author1=Eurostat|website=ec.europa.eu|date=November 2020|page=5|access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>
|2019
|-
|13||{{flag|Poland}}
|53.8<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|14||{{flag|Belarus}}
|45
|2014
|-
|15||{{flag|France}}
|31.8<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|16||{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|24.4<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raildeliverygroup.com/files/Publications/2015-02_freight_britain.pdf|title=Freight Britain: Continuity and certainty for rail freight|website=Rail Delivery Group|year=2015|page=3|access-date=September 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306234855/http://www.raildeliverygroup.com/files/Publications/2015-02_freight_britain.pdf|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|2014
|-
|17||{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|22
|2012
|-
|18||{{flag|Iran}}
|22
|2013
|-
|19||{{flag|Austria}}
|21.7<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|20||{{flag|Sweden}}
|21.1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trafa.se/PageDocuments/Jaernvaegstransporter_2014_kvartal_4.pdf|title=Railway transport 2014, quarter 4|website=Trafa.se|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=September 6, 2016|page=8|language=sv}}</ref>
|2014
|-
|21||{{flag|Japan}}
|21<ref name="keytransportstats">{{cite web|title=Key Transport Statistics 2014 Data|url=http://internationaltransportforum.org/Pub/pdf/15KeyStat2014.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922115943/http://internationaltransportforum.org/Pub/pdf/15KeyStat2014.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-22}}</ref>
|2014
|-
|22||{{flag|Italy}}
|21<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|23||{{flag|Lithuania}}
|16.2<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|24||{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|16.2<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|25||{{flag|Latvia}}
|15<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|26||{{flag|Turkey}}
|14.7<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|27||{{flag|Argentina}}
|12
|2010
|-
|28||{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|12
|2012
|-
|29||{{flag|Switzerland}}
|11<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|30||{{flag|Spain}}
|10.3<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|31||{{flag|South Korea}}
|10
|2013
|-
|32||{{flag|Romania}}
|10
|2014
|-
|33||{{flag|Finland}}
|9.6<ref name=UICRS />
|2014
|-
|34||{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|8
|2014
|-
|35||{{flag|Mauritania}}
|8
|2010
|-
|36||{{flag|Indonesia}}
|7
|2010
|-
|37||{{flag|Netherlands}}
|6<ref name="IRG152">{{cite web|url=http://www.irg-rail.eu/app/download/5808813498/IRG-Rail+%2815%29+2+-+3rd+IRG-Rail+Market+Monitoring+Report.pdf|title=IRG–Rail 3rd Annual Market Monitoring Report 2014|website=IRG-Rail|date=April 3, 2015|page=31|access-date=September 6, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403142219/http://www.irg-rail.eu/app/download/5808813498/IRG-Rail+%2815%29+2+-+3rd+IRG-Rail+Market+Monitoring+Report.pdf|archive-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref>
|2013
|-
|38||{{flag|Morocco}}
|6
|2011
|-
|39||{{flag|Belgium}}
|5
|2014
|-
|40||{{flag|Norway}}
|4<ref name="IRG152" />
|2013
|-
|41||{{flag|Chile}}
|4
|2009
|-
|42||{{flag|Vietnam}}
|4
|2012
|-
|43||{{flag|Malaysia}}
|3
|2011
|-
|44||{{flag|Serbia}}
|3
|2014
|-
|45||{{flag|Thailand}}
|3
|2011
|-
|46||{{flag|Estonia}}
|2.2<ref name="eurostat2020"/>
|2019
|-
|47||{{flag|Gabon}}
|2
|2014
|-
|48||{{flag|Croatia}}
|3.279
|2020
|-
|49||{{flag|Denmark}}
|2<ref name="IRG152" />
|2013
|-
|50||{{flag|Tunisia}}
|2
|2010
|-
|51||{{flag|Egypt}}
|2
|2010
|-
|52||{{flag|Kenya}}
|1.7
|2014<ref name="theceomagazine-ug1">{{cite web |url=http://www.theceomagazine-ug.com/blog/2015/03/06/rvr-achieves-net-ton-per-kilometer-ntk-target/ |title=The CEO Magazine – RVR achieves Net Ton per Kilometer (NTK) target |website=The CEO Magazine |access-date=March 17, 2015 |date=March 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116133240/http://www.theceomagazine-ug.com/blog/2015/03/06/rvr-achieves-net-ton-per-kilometer-ntk-target/ |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|53||{{flag|Israel}}
|1.4
|2016<ref name="icbs">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton68/st24_03.pdf|title=Railway Services (2011 Classification)|publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]]|date=August 30, 2017|access-date=July 7, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|54||{{flag|Algeria}}
|1
|2012
|-
|55||{{flag|Cameroon}}
|1
|2011
|}

=== Tonnes carried in rail transport per year ===
''Countries with more than ten million tonnes carried per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the [http://www.uic.org/IMG/pdf/synopsis_2014.pdf Railway Statistics 2014 Report] by the [[International Union of Railways]].''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!Country
!data-sort-type="number" | Million tonnes
!Data year
|-
|1||{{flag|China}}
|5,175<ref name="China 2024 Stats"/>
|2024
|-
|2||{{flag|United States}}
|1,600
|2022
|-
|3||{{flag|India}}
|1,590
|2024<ref name="2024 India Stats"/>
|-
|4||{{flag|Australia}}
|1,347<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web| title=Rail Bitre - Statistical Report | url=https://www.bitre.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/train_008.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129101659/https://www.bitre.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/train_008.pdf | archive-date=2021-01-29}}</ref>
|2016
|-
|5||{{flag|Russia}}
|1,218<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fedstat.ru/indicator/data.do?id=31314|title=ЕМИСС}}</ref>
|2015
|-
|6||{{flag|Brazil}}
|540<ref name=antt/>
|2024
|-
|7||{{flag|Ukraine}}
|457
|2011
|-
|8||{{flag|Canada}}
|342<ref name="auto2"/>
|2022
|-
|9||{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|295
|2012
|-
|10||{{flag|Poland}}
|225 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utk.gov.pl/en/markettatistics-and-ann/monthly-statistics/monthly-statistics-2015/4896,Freight-rail-transport-results-2015.html|title=Freight rail transport results 2015|first=JSK|last=Internet}}</ref>
|2015
|-
|11||{{flag|Germany}}
|221
|2014
|-
|12||{{flag|South Africa}}
|197
|2011
|-
|13||{{flag|Belarus}}
|141
|2014
|-
|14||{{flag|Mexico}}
|128
|2018
|-
|15||{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|110.1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/17972/freight-rail-usage-2014-15-q4.pdf|title=Freight Rail Usage 2014-15 Quarter 4 Statistical Release|last=Amusan|first=Folusho|website=Office of Rail and Road|page=10|date=May 21, 2015|access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>
|2014
|-
|16||{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|82
|2014
|-
|17||{{flag|Austria}}
|74
|2014
|-
|18||{{flag|Sweden}}
|65 <ref>[http://www.trafa.se/globalassets/statistik/bantrafik/bantrafik-2015.pdf? Rail Traffic 2015]. Trafikanalys, page 25. Retrieved 2016-12-28.</ref>
|2015
|-
|19||{{flag|France}}
|63
|2011
|-
|20||{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|57
|2014
|-
|21||{{flag|Latvia}}
|57
|2014
|-
|22||{{flag|Switzerland}}
|50<ref name=UICRS />
|2014
|-
|23||{{flag|Lithuania}}
|49
|2014
|-
|24||{{flag|Romania}}
|44
|2014
|-
|25||{{flag|Netherlands}}
|42.6<ref>{{cite web |title=Nearly 7 percent more rail freight transport in 2021 |url=https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2022/22/nearly-7-percent-more-rail-freight-transport-in-2021 |website=CBS - Statistics Netherlands |date=7 June 2022 |access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref>
|2021
|-
|26||{{flag|South Korea}}
|40
|2013
|-
|27||{{flag|Italy}}
|38
|2014
|-
|28||{{flag|Finland}}
|37
|2014
|-
|29||{{flag|Belgium}}
|37
|2009
|-
|30||{{flag|Slovakia}}
|36
|2014
|-
|31||{{flag|Morocco}}
|37
|2011
|-
|32||{{flag|Iran}}
|33
|2013
|-
|33||{{flag|Japan}}
|31
|2010
|-
|34||{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|27
|2012
|-
|35||{{flag|Turkey}}
|26
|2014
|-
|36||{{flag|Estonia}}
|26
|2012
|-
|37||{{flag|Spain}}
|25
|2014
|-
|38||{{flag|Chile}}
|25
|2013
|-
|39||{{flag|Argentina}}
|24
|2010
|-
|40||{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|23
|2012
|-
|41||{{flag|Georgia}}
|20
|1917
|-
|42||{{flag|Indonesia}}
|20
|2010
|-
|43||{{flag|Mongolia}}
|18
|2011
|-
|44||{{flag|Slovenia}}
|17
|2014
|-
|45||{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|13
|2014
|-
|46||{{flag|Malaysia}}
|12
|2011
|-
|47||{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|12
|2014
|-
|48||{{flag|Taiwan}}
|11
|2012
|-
|49||{{flag|Thailand}}
|11
|2011
|-
|50||{{flag|Croatia}}
|10
|2014
|-
|51||{{flag|Tunisia}}
|10
|2012
|}

=== Freight modal share for rail ===
The [[modal share]] carried by rail of all freight in a given country.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Country
! Modal share (%)
! Data year
|-
|1
|{{flag|Canada}}
|68<ref name=OECD>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/daf/competition/Rail-transportation-Services-2013.pdf|title=Recent Developments in Rail Transportation Services|page=40|year=2014|access-date=September 6, 2016|author=OECD Competition Committee|website=The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}}</ref>
|2009
|-
|2
|{{flag|Latvia}}
|61<ref name="ec15">{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Freight_transport_statistics|title=Freight transport statistics|author=Statistics Explained|website=European Commission|year=2012|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>
|2012
|-
|3
|{{flag|Australia}} 
|60<ref name="auto1"/>
| 2016 
|-
|4
|{{flag|Russia}}
| 59<ref name=OECD/>
| 2010
|-
|5
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|47<ref name="ec15" />
|2012
|-
|6
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|46<ref name=CHPocketStat>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/news/publikationen.html?publicationID=5643 |title=Mobility and Transport: Pocket Statistics 2014 |format=PDF |type=Official publication |publisher=Federal Office for Statistics |location=Switzerland |date=July 30, 2013|language=en, de, fr, it|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref>
|2012
|-
|7
|{{flag|United States}}
|44<ref name=OECD />
|2008
|-
|8
|{{flag|Austria}} 
| 41<ref name="ec15" /> 
| 2012
|-
|9
|{{flag|Sweden}} 
| 40<ref name=ec15 /> 
| 2012
|-
|10
| {{flag|Lithuania}} 
| 38<ref name="ec15" /> 
| 2012
|-
|11
| {{flag|India}} 
| 33<ref name="budget2016">{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/railway-budget-2016-suresh-prabhu-announces-measures-for-freight-to-increase-modal-share/articleshow/51142667.cms|title=Railway Budget 2016: Suresh Prabhu announces measures for freight to increase modal share|author=Anirban Chowdhury|website=Economic Times (India)|year=2016|access-date=Dec 18, 2016}}</ref>
| 2016
|-
|12
| {{flag|Finland}} 
| 27<ref name="ec15" />
| 2012
|-
|13
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|27<ref name="pie">{{cite web|url=https://www.wirklich.com.br/participacao-de-ferrovias-alcanca-patamar-inedito-no-transporte-de-cargas-no-brasil/|title=Railway share reaches all time hight in freigth transport in Brazil)|date=22 April 2024 }}</ref>
|2024
|-
|14
| {{flag|Romania}} 
| 24<ref name="ec15" />
| 2012
|-
|15
| {{flag|Germany}} 
| 23<ref name="ec15" />
| 2012
|-
|16
| {{flag|Czech Republic}} 
| 22<ref name="ec15" />
| 2012
|-
|17
| {{flag|Hungary}} 
| 21<ref name="ec15" />
| 2012
|-
|18
| {{flag|Slovakia}} 
| 20<ref name="ec15" />
| 2012
|-
|19
| {{flag|Poland}} 
| 18<ref name="ec15" />
| 2012
|-
|20
| {{flag|Belgium}} 
| 18<ref name="ec15" />
| 2012
|-
|21
| {{flag|China}}
| 15<ref>{{Cite web |title=China Statistical Yearbook 2020 |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2020/indexeh.htm |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.stats.gov.cn |series=16-9 Freight ton-km}}</ref>
| 2019
|-
|22
| {{flag|France}} 
| 15<ref name="ec15" /> 
| 2012
|-
|23
| {{flag|Italy}} 
| 14<ref name="ec15" /> 
| 2012
|-
|24
| {{flag|United Kingdom}} 
| 12<ref name="ec15" /> 
| 2012
|-
|25
| {{flag|Bulgaria}} 
| 9<ref name="ec15" /> 
| 2012
|-
|26
| {{flag|Japan}} 
| 6.2<ref name=OECD/> 
| 2010
|-
|27
|{{flag|Netherlands}} 
| 5<ref name="ec15" /> 
| 2012|-
|-
|28
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|0.7<ref name=booz>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineersireland.ie/EngineersIreland/media/SiteMedia/groups/societies/roads-tranport/Rail-Freight-in-Ireland-160909.pdf|title=Rail Freight in Ireland|page=22|year=2009|access-date=December 18, 2016|author=Derval Cummins, Booz and Company|website=Engineers Ireland}}</ref>
| 2007
|-
|}

=== Freight rail by tonne-kilometres per capita ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!Country
!Tonne-kilometre per capita
!Data year
|-
|1
|{{flag|Russia}}
|12,599
|
|-
|2
|{{flag|Canada}}
|11,814<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Table 17-10-0005-01 Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000501 |website=[[Statistics Canada]]|publisher=Statistics Canada  |access-date=15 Jan 2025}}</ref>
|2022
|-
|3
|{{flag|United States}}
|9,165
|
|-
|4
|{{flag|Australia}}
|2,308
|
|-
|5
|{{flag|China}}
|2,150
|2019
|-
|6
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|1,861
|2023
|-
|7
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|1,480<ref name=CHPocketStat /><ref name=CHKeyFig>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/themen/11/01/key.html |title=Mobility and Transport: Key figures |type=web page |publisher=Federal Office for Statistics |location=Switzerland |date=October 2014 |language=en, de, fr, it|access-date=2014-10-14}}</ref>
| 2013
|-
|8
|{{flag|Germany}}
|1,060
|
|-class="sortbottom" style="text-align:left;"
|&nbsp;
|{{flag|European Union}}
|782
|
|}

== Brief railway statistics by country ==
{{More citations needed section|date=September 2016}}
{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers" style="font-size:85%"
! rowspan=2|Country
! rowspan=2|Area<br />(million km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan=2|Pop.<br />(million)
! rowspan=2|Rail<br />company
! Net
! Double track
! Electrified
! [[High-speed rail|HSR]]
! rowspan=2|Passenger-km<br />(billion)
! rowspan=2|Freight<br />tonne-km<br />(billion)
! rowspan=2|{{Abbr|HS{{nbh}}Vol|High Speed Volume}}<br />(pass. km)
! Pass.
! Freight
! rowspan=2|Pass/ pop %
! rowspan=2|Elec %
|-
!colspan=4|(thousands of km)
!colspan=2|(modal %)
|-
| {{flag|Austria}}
| area|0.08
| population|8.57
| [[Österreichische Bundesbahnen|ÖBB]]
| Net.km| 9.8<ref name="oebb2017"/>
| Dob.km| 4.9<ref name="oebb2017"/>
| El.km| 3.5<ref name="oebb2017"/>
| HSR km| 0.28
| pass. Transport| 11.2<ref name="oebb2017">{{cite web|url=https://konzern.oebb.at/file_source/corporate/presse-site/Downloads/Publikationen/web_OEBB_Zahlen_2018-2_de.pdf|title=Zahlen Daten Fakten 2017|pages=4–12|year=2018|access-date=August 15, 2019|author=ÖBB-Holding AG}}</ref>
| frt. Transport| 32.9<ref name="oebb2017"/>
| HSR Transport| 
| pass. share| 12.1<ref name="eurostat2016">{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Passenger_transport_statistics#Modal_split_of_inland_passengers|title=Passenger Transport Statistics|year=2016|format=PDF|access-date=August 15, 2019|author=Eurostat}}</ref>
| freight share| 41<ref name="ec15" /> 
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|71.9<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Electrified rail network in Europe 2018, by country|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/451522/share-of-the-rail-network-which-is-electrified-in-europe/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Statista|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| area|8.54
| population|209
|
| Net.km|29
| Dob.km|
| El.km|0.5
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|
| frt. Transport|232
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|
|-
| {{flag|China}}
| area|9.6
| population|1,397<ref>{{cite web |title=Population, total - China |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=CN |website=data.worldbank.org |publisher=World Bank}}</ref>
| [[China Railway|CR]]
| Net.km|141<ref name="mot.gov.cn">(Chinese) [http://www.mot.gov.cn/tongjishuju/tielu/202005/P020200702602040585281.pdf 2019 年铁道统计公报 - 2019 Railway Statistical Bulletin]</ref>
| Dob.km|83
| El.km|100
| HSR km|36
| pass. Transport|1580<ref name="China 2024 Stats"/>
| frt. Transport|3586
| HSR Transport|200
| pass. share|41.6
| freight share|31
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|71.9
|-
| {{flag|Egypt}}
| area|1
| population|93
| [[Egyptian National Railways|ENR]]
| Net.km|5
| Dob.km|1.5
| El.km|0.07
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|41
| frt. Transport|4
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|6.1
| elec transport %|
|-
| {{flag|France}}
| area|0.55
| population|68
| [[SNCF]]
| Net.km|29
| Dob.km|16
| El.km|14
| HSR km|1.8
| pass. Transport|81
| frt. Transport|40
| HSR Transport|48
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|16.8
| elec transport %|58.2<ref name=":0" />
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}
| area|0.36
| population|80.68
| [[Deutsche Bahn|DB]]
| Net.km|34
| Dob.km|18
| El.km|20
| HSR km|1.2
| pass. Transport|74
| frt. Transport|91
| HSR Transport|22
| pass. share|10
| freight share|17
| pass. per population|22.4
| elec transport %|60
|-
| {{flag|India}}
| area|3.28
| population|1,326
| [[Indian Railways|IR]]
| Net.km|67.3
| Dob.km|17.4
| El.km|64.5
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|1065<ref name="2024 India Stats"/>
| frt. Transport|975
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|5.5
| elec transport %|98
|-
| {{flag|Iran}}
| area|1.6
| population|80.04
| [[Islamic Republic of Iran Railways|RAJA]]
| Net.km|7
| Dob.km|1
| El.km|0.15
| HSR km|0.25
| pass. Transport|13
| frt. Transport|21
| HSR Transport|0
| pass. share|4
| freight share|7
| pass. per population|0.3
| elec transport %|1
|-
| {{flag|Italy}}
| area|0.3
| population|59
| [[Ferrovie dello Stato|FS]]
| Net.km|16
| Dob.km|7
| El.km|12
| HSR km|0.82
| pass. Transport|45
| frt. Transport|21
| HSR Transport|9
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|71.6<ref name=":0" />
|-
| {{flag|Japan}}
| area|0.38
| population|126
| [[Japan Railways Group|JR]]
| Net.km|20
| Dob.km|8
| El.km|12
| HSR km|2.5
| pass. Transport|253
| frt. Transport|23
| HSR Transport|79
| pass. share|29
| freight share|
| pass. per population|69.6
| elec transport %|100
|-
| {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
| area|2.72
| population|17
| [[KTZ]]
| Net.km|14
| Dob.km|5
| El.km|4
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|14
| frt. Transport|191
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|
|-
| {{flag|Morocco}}
| area|0.44
| population|34
| [[ONCFM]]
| Net.km|2
| Dob.km|0.6
| El.km|1
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|4
| frt. Transport|6
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|0.8
| elec transport %|89
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| area|0.04
| population|17
| [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen|NS]]
| Net.km|3.2
| Dob.km|2.0
| El.km|2.3
| HSR km|0.1
| pass. Transport|17.8
| frt. Transport|6
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|8.8
| freight share|5
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|70.7<ref name=":0" />
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| area|0.796
| population|192
| [[Pakistan Railways|PR]]
| Net.km|7
| Dob.km|
| El.km|0.3
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|26
| frt. Transport|6
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}
| area|0.31
| population|38
| [[Polish State Railways|PKP]]
| Net.km|19
| Dob.km|9
| El.km|12
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|
| frt. Transport|
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|63.7<ref name=":0" />
|-
| {{flag|Russia}}
| area|17.09
| population|143
| [[RZD]]
| Net.km|128
| Dob.km|36
| El.km|48
| HSR km|1.3
| pass. Transport|173
| frt. Transport|2090
| HSR Transport|14
| pass. share|42
| freight share|67
| pass. per population|9.1
| elec transport %|80
|-
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|0.049
|5.45
|[[Railways of the Slovak Republic|ŽSR]]
|3.627<ref name=":1">{{Cite report|url=https://www.zsr.sk/files/o-nas/vyrocne-spravy/vyrocnasprava2018.pdf|title=Výročná Správa ŽSR 2018|date=2018}}</ref>
|
|1.587<ref name=":1" />
|0
|3.815<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://uic-stats.uic.org/|title=Railisa Stat UIC|website=uic-stats.uic.org|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>
|6.729<ref name=":2" />
|0
|
|
|
|
|-
| {{flag|South Africa}}
| area|1.22
| population|54
| [[South African Railways|SAR]]
| Net.km|24
| Dob.km|2
| El.km|8
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|14
| frt. Transport|109
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|11
| elec transport %|
|-
| {{flag|South Korea}} <!--Do not use {{flag|Korea}}, which refers to the Empire of Korea from 1897 to 1910.-->
| area|0.1
| population|50
| [[Korail|KNR]]
| Net.km|3
| Dob.km|1
| El.km|2
| HSR km|0.32
| pass. Transport|32
| frt. Transport|11
| HSR Transport|10
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|20.4
| elec transport %|20
|-
| {{flag|Spain}}
| area|0.51
| population|46
| [[Renfe]]
| Net.km|15
| Dob.km|5
| El.km|9
| HSR km|3.7
| pass. Transport|21
| frt. Transport|11
| HSR Transport|4
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|63.8<ref name=":0" />
|-
| {{flag|Switzerland}}
| area|0.041
| population|8.38
| [[Swiss Federal Railways|SBB]]
| Net.km|5.443
| Dob.km|
| El.km|5.443
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|22.290
| frt. Transport|13
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|22.5
| freight share|37.8
| pass. per population|40.9
| elec transport %|100<ref>{{Cite web|title=Öffentlicher Verkehr (inkl. Schienengüterverkehr) - Übersicht |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/mobility-transport/cross-sectional-topics/public-transport.assetdetail.33366693.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |date=2024-12-16 |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |type=official |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |format=XLSX |language=de, fr}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Taiwan}}
| area|0.036
| population|23
| [[Taiwan Railways Administration|TRA]]
| Net.km|1
| Dob.km|0.67
| El.km|0.69
| HSR km|0.33
| pass. Transport|9
| frt. Transport|1
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|
|-
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| area|0.78
| population|79
| [[Turkish State Railways|TCDD]]
| Net.km|9
| Dob.km|04
| El.km|1.9
| HSR km|0.25
| pass. Transport|6
| frt. Transport|10
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|47<ref name=":0" />
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| area|0.24
| population|65
| [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom|Multiple]]
| Net.km|16
| Dob.km|
| El.km|5
| HSR km|0.3
| pass. Transport|48
| frt. Transport|21
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %| 65
|-
| {{flag|United States}}
| area|9.6
| population|324
| [[Amtrak|AMTK]]
| Net.km|227
| Dob.km|
| El.km|
| HSR km|
| pass. Transport|
| frt. Transport|2820
| HSR Transport|
| pass. share|
| freight share|42
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|1
|-
| {{noflag}}''World''
| area|149
| population|7,432
| 
| Net.km|900
| Dob.km|250
| El.km|240
| HSR km|35.44
| pass. Transport|2468
| frt. Transport|9486
| HSR Transport|178
| pass. share|10
| freight share|20
| pass. per population|
| elec transport %|50
|}

== See also ==
{{portal|Transport|Lists}}
* [[List of countries by rail transport network size]]
* [[Rail transport by country]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=UICRS>{{cite web |url=http://www.uic.org/IMG/pdf/synopsis_2014.pdf |title=Railway Statistics – 2014 Synopsis |publisher=UIC (International Union of Railways) |location=Paris, France |date=2014 |access-date=November 8, 2015}}</ref>
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