| # | Flag | Country | Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1,149,835.0 | 2017 | |
| 2 | China | 685,213.0 | 2017 | |
| 3 | Japan | 197,254.0 | 2017 | |
| 4 | Russia | 122,920.0 | 2017 | |
| 5 | France | 84,682.0 | 2015 | |
| 6 | Germany | 77,500.0 | 2017 | |
| 7 | Egypt | 40,837.0 | 2008 | |
| 8 | Italy | 39,016.0 | 2017 | |
| 9 | Ukraine | 28,001.0 | 2017 | |
| 10 | Spain | 26,990.4 | 2017 | |
| 11 | Indonesia | 25,654.0 | 2017 | |
| 12 | Pakistan | 22,476.0 | 2017 | |
| 13 | South Korea | 21,935.0 | 2017 | |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 19,241.2 | 2017 | |
| 15 | Switzerland | 18,640.3 | 2017 | |
| 16 | Netherlands | 17,982.0 | 2017 | |
| 17 | Brazil | 15,807.0 | 2017 | |
| 18 | South Africa | 13,865.0 | 2007 | |
| 19 | Iran | 13,270.0 | 2017 | |
| 20 | Austria | 12,019.4 | 2017 | |
| 21 | United States | 10,659.8 | 2017 | |
| 22 | Belgium | 10,336.0 | 2017 | |
| 23 | Poland | 9,466.3 | 2016 | |
| 24 | Thailand | 8,032.0 | 2011 | |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 7,407.4 | 2015 | |
| 26 | Czech Republic | 7,380.0 | 2016 | |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 7,305.0 | 2010 | |
| 28 | Belarus | 6,295.0 | 2017 | |
| 29 | Sweden | 6,292.0 | 2015 | |
| 30 | Denmark | 5,829.0 | 2017 | |
| 31 | Hungary | 5,473.0 | 2017 | |
| 32 | Romania | 5,365.9 | 2017 | |
| 33 | Morocco | 4,923.0 | 2017 | |
| 34 | Turkey | 4,566.0 | 2017 | |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 4,294.0 | 2017 | |
| 36 | Finland | 4,271.0 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Myanmar | 4,163.0 | 2004 | |
| 38 | Portugal | 3,802.8 | 2016 | |
| 39 | Slovakia | 3,759.9 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Vietnam | 3,657.0 | 2017 | |
| 41 | Norway | 3,087.0 | 2015 | |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 2,900.0 | 2015 | |
| 43 | Israel | 2,765.0 | 2017 | |
| 44 | Turkmenistan | 2,340.0 | 2017 | |
| 45 | Malaysia | 2,028.5 | 2017 | |
| 46 | Republic of Ireland | 1,916.0 | 2015 | |
| 47 | Algeria | 1,550.0 | 2017 | |
| 48 | Canada | 1,535.0 | 2017 | |
| 49 | Australia | 1,499.9 | 2010 | |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 1,437.5 | 2017 | |
| 51 | Cuba | 1,284.8 | 2007 | |
| 52 | Syria | 1,223.0 | 2013 | |
| 53 | Tunisia | 1,164.0 | 2017 | |
| 54 | Mongolia | 973.0 | 2017 | |
| 55 | Chile | 820.0 | 2004 | |
| 56 | Greece | 774.4 | 2013 | |
| 57 | Croatia | 745.0 | 2017 | |
| 58 | Slovenia | 650.1 | 2017 | |
| 59 | Georgia | 597.0 | 2017 | |
| 60 | Jordan | 503.5 | 2010 | |
| 61 | Cameroon | 494.7 | 2011 | |
| 62 | Tanzania | 475.0 | 2006 | |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 467.0 | 2017 | |
| 64 | Lithuania | 396.0 | 2016 | |
| 65 | Philippines | 384.0 | 2016 | |
| 66 | Serbia | 377.0 | 2017 | |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 373.0 | 2012 | |
| 68 | New Zealand | 321.0 | 1998 | |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 297.1 | 2010 | |
| 70 | Republic of the Congo | 266.5 | 2012 | |
| 71 | Mozambique | 246.8 | 2011 | |
| 72 | Estonia | 237.0 | 2012 | |
| 73 | Mali | 196.3 | 2002 | |
| 74 | Zambia | 186.0 | 1999 | |
| 75 | Gabon | 174.0 | 2017 | |
| 76 | Nigeria | 173.6 | 2005 | |
| 77 | Djibouti | 145.0 | 2005 | |
| 78 | Senegal | 129.0 | 2006 | |
| 79 | Peru | 127.0 | 1998 | |
| 80 | Kenya | 109.2 | 2007 | |
| 81 | Iraq | 99.7 | 2010 | |
| 82 | Botswana | 94.0 | 2006 | |
| 83 | Ghana | 85.0 | 2006 | |
| 84 | Sudan | 81.5 | 2014 | |
| 85 | Moldova | 77.0 | 2017 | |
| 86 | Benin | 66.0 | 2003 | |
| 87 | Montenegro | 59.9 | 2017 | |
| 88 | Republic of Macedonia | 59.1 | 2017 | |
| 89 | Mauritania | 47.0 | 2008 | |
| 90 | Cambodia | 45.0 | 2005 | |
| 91 | Malawi | 44.0 | 2007 | |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.0 | 2017 | |
| 93 | Latvia | 42.3 | 2017 | |
| 94 | Albania | 32.0 | 2009 | |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.3 | 2017 | |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 28.0 | 2017 | |
| 97 | Armenia | 24.8 | 2017 | |
| 98 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 22.7 | 2017 | |
| 99 | Madagascar | 10.0 | 2007 | |
| 100 | Ivory Coast | 10.0 | 2003 | |
| 101 | Uruguay | 8.0 | 2015 | |
| 102 | El Salvador | 4.5 | 1996 | |
| 103 | Paraguay | 3.0 | 1996 | |
| 104 | Swaziland | 0.1 | 2011 |