Railway passengers - Country rankings
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Railway passengers, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 47 countries was 33031 million passengers times km's. The highest value was in China: 946499 million passengers times km's and the lowest value was in Albania: 1 million passengers times km's. The indicator is available from 1995 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: million passengers times km's; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Railway passengers, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 946499 | 1 | 1995 - 2021 |
| India | 231126 | 2 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Russia | 103447 | 3 | 1995 - 2021 |
| France | 86853 | 4 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Italy | 27693 | 5 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Spain | 17002 | 6 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Poland | 15844 | 7 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Switzerland | 14308 | 8 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Iran | 11231 | 9 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Netherlands | 10900 | 10 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Turkey | 10683 | 11 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Australia | 9328 | 12 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Austria | 8433 | 13 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Sweden | 8008 | 14 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Belgium | 6970 | 15 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Czechia | 6820 | 16 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Hungary | 5435 | 17 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Belarus | 4486 | 18 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Morocco | 4464 | 19 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Uzbekistan | 3130 | 20 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Portugal | 2912 | 21 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Finland | 2903 | 22 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Slovakia | 2052 | 23 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Israel | 1956 | 24 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Norway | 1780 | 25 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Bulgaria | 1205 | 26 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Ireland | 870 | 27 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Chile | 738 | 28 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Greece | 653 | 29 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Tunisia | 633 | 30 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Slovenia | 542 | 31 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Croatia | 540 | 32 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Canada | 536 | 33 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Mexico | 466 | 34 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Latvia | 361 | 35 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Lithuania | 329 | 36 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Luxembourg | 304 | 37 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Estonia | 290 | 38 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Georgia | 273 | 39 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Serbia | 191 | 40 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Azerbaijan | 104 | 41 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Mongolia | 91 | 42 | 1995 - 2021 |
| North Macedonia | 25 | 43 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Moldova | 23 | 44 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 21 | 45 | 1995 - 2021 |
| DR Congo | 7 | 46 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Albania | 1 | 47 | 1995 - 2021 |
Definition: Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail multiplied by kilometers traveled.
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