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List of countries by rail usage

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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 transport respectively. This is the number of tonnes or passengers multiplied by the average distance of their journeys in kilometres.

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.

Overview edit

Almost 10,000 billion freight tonne-kilometres are travelled around the world each year. Roughly one quarter of these are travelled in the United States, another quarter in China, and a third in India.

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 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 around 1 million kilometres of railway in the world (a decrease of 3% compared to 2013). Of this,

  • 350,000 km were in Europe and mainly used for passenger service,
  • 370,000 km were in North America and mainly used for freight, and
  • 230,000 km were in Asia and used for both freight and passenger service.[1]

In America and Europe, there are many low cost airlines and motorways which compete with rail for passenger traffic, while Asia has seen a large growth in high-speed rail, with 257bn pkm representing 72% of total world high-speed rail passenger traffic.[1]

Passenger rail edit

These figures do not include metro railway systems; see Lists of rapid transit systems for metro rail statistics.

Passenger-kilometres of rail transport per year edit

Countries with more than five billion passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2015 Report by the International Union of Railways (UIC).

RankCountry/RegionPassenger-kilometres
(billions)		Data year
1  China1,550[2]2019
2  India1,157[3]2019
3  Japan446.7[4]2019
4  Russia133.6[4]2019
5  France112.6[4]2019
6  Germany100[4]2019
7  South Korea93.9[4]2019
8  United Kingdom80.5[4]2018
9  Italy56.6[4]2019
10  United States32.5[4]2019
11  Ukraine28.42019
12  Spain27.3[4]2019
13  Netherlands22.6[4]2018
14  Poland22.1[4]2019
15   Switzerland21.7[5]2019
16  Pakistan20.32015
17  Taiwan19.82015
18  Indonesia18.52015
19  Kazakhstan18.5[4]2018
20  Australia17.6[4]2018
21  Iran16.32014
22  Sweden14.6[4]2019
23  Turkey14.3[4]2019
24  Austria13.4[4]2019
25  Czech Republic10.9[4]2019
26  Belgium10.2[4]2017
27  Argentina8.4[4]2017
28  Hungary7.8[4]2019
29  Thailand7.52011
30  Bangladesh7.32010
31  Denmark6.6[4]2018
32  Belarus6.3[4]2019
33  Romania5.9[4]2019
34  Portugal5[4]2019
35  Finland4.9[4]2019
 World2,9542014
 European Union4162019

Passengers carried in rail transport per year edit

Countries with more than 20 million passengers per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the 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.

RankCountryMillion
passengers		Data yearNotes
1 Japan24,598.42019Includes all public and private rail services. For only the JR group rail companies, the figure in 2016 was 9.39 billion passengers.
2 India8,4392019Includes Indian Railways suburban and intercity traffic only, excludes the passengers carried by rapid transit systems. The Delhi Metro alone transported 1.73 billion passengers in 2018.
3 China3,6602019[6]Excludes rapid transit networks, which handled 23.71 billion passengers in 2019.[7]
4 Germany2,9382019[8]
5 France1,8802019[9]
6 United Kingdom1,836.82019[8]The London Underground ("The Tube") had an additional 1.34 billion passengers in 2015-16[10]
7  Russia1,157.22018Moscow Metro alone had 2.45 billion passengers in 2014[11]
8  Brazil1,125.82018CPTM[12] and SuperVia[13] commuter rail networks alone
9  Australia1,064.22018–19Combined Urban and Non-Urban Rail Passenger Traffic [14]
10 Italy883.32019[8]
11  Spain6362019[15]Madrid Metro alone had 657.2 million passengers in 2018.[16]
12  United States5352019Amtrak had 32.5 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2019 (ending September 30).[17] Among regional systems that report to the American Public Transportation Association, there were 502.5 million commuter rail riders in calendar year 2019.[18]
13   Switzerland519.32019[8]
14  Netherlands474.52019
15  Ukraine440.92016[19]
16  Indonesia429.22019[20]
17  Argentina426.22018423,202,522 Buenos Aires commuter[21]
2,036,792 regional[22]
1,009,357 long distance
18  Poland324.12019[8]Passengers carried by all rail passenger transport companies in Poland.[23]
19  Taiwan291.842018
20  Austria2782019[8]Vienna U-Bahn alone had 463.1 million passengers in 2018.[24]
21  Egypt2702019[25]
22  South Africa2692017–18[26]
23  Sweden264.62019[8]Stockholm metro alone had 353 million passengers in 2017.[27]
24  Belgium246.942018
25  Denmark206.62019[8]
26  Czech Republic193.52019[8]Prague Metro alone had 435.6 million passengers in 2017.[28]
27  Portugal175.52019[8]Lisbon Metro alone had 169 million passengers in 2018.[29]
28  Turkey164.72019[8]Istanbul Metro alone had 469.7 million passengers in 2018.[30]
29  Sri Lanka138.662017 [31]
30  South Korea127.842018
31  Hungary1192018Budapest Metro alone had 409.3 million passengers in 2017.[32]
32  Canada106.92019[33]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  Finland92.82019[34]14.9 million / year long-distance
77.9 million / year in Helsinki commuter traffic
34  Norway80.4022019[35]Oslo Metro alone had 122 million passengers in 2018.[36]
35  Slovakia802019[8]
36  Belarus79.862018Minsk Metro alone had 293.7 million passengers in 2019.[37]
37  Bangladesh77.812018
38  Romania67.92019[8]Bucharest Metro alone had 178.9 million passengers in 2017.[38]
39  Israel64.62017The Jerusalem Light Rail carried an additional 42.5 million passengers in 2017.[39]
40  Mexico572018Tren Suburbano statistics only[40]
41  Pakistan52.392018
42  Ireland50.062019[8]
43  Thailand502017[41]Bangkok MRT alone had 113.7 million passengers in 2018.[42]
44  Myanmar482017[43]
45  Chile472018[44]Santiago Metro alone had 721 million passengers in 2018.[45]
46  Malaysia44.512018
47  Tunisia412017
48  Algeria392018Algiers Metro alone had 40 million passengers in 2018.[46]
49  Morocco352018
50  New Zealand352019[47]
51  Iran28.092018Tehran Metro alone had 721 million passengers in 2016.[48]
52  Luxembourg252019[8]
53  Kazakhstan22.92018
54  Philippines21.842018
55  Uzbekistan21.592018Tashkent Metro alone had 71.2 million passengers in 2019.[37]
56  Bulgaria21.32019[8]Sofia Metro alone had 93.1 million passengers in 2018.[49]

Passenger modal share for rail edit

The modal share of railway transport (excluding tram & metro) as compared to other modes of transport, based on Passenger-km.

RankCountryModal share (%)year
1  Japan32.92016[50][51]
2  China322021[52]
3  Russia24.42018[53]
4   Switzerland20.02019[54]
5  India20.02018[55]
6  Austria12.92019[54]
7  Netherlands11.32019[54]
8  Sweden10.52019[54]
9  France10.42019[54]
10  Slovakia10.22019[54]
11  Czech Republic9.92019[54]
12  Germany9.42019[54]
13  United Kingdom8.52019[54]
14  Belgium8.42019[54]
15  Hungary8.32019[54]
16  Denmark8.22019[54]
17  Poland7.32019[54]
18  Spain7.12019[54]
19  Indonesia6.32005[56]
20  Italy6.32019[54]
21  Finland6.22019[54]
22  Norway4.92019[54]
23  Luxembourg4.82019[54]
24  Portugal4.62019[54]
25  Romania4.22019[54]
26  Latvia3.42019[54]
27  Ireland3.32019[54]
28  Turkey3.32019[54]
29  Croatia2.42019[54]
30  Bulgaria2.22019[54]
31  Estonia2.22019[54]
32  Slovenia1.82019[54]
33  Montenegro1.22019[54]
34  Greece1.02019[54]
35  Lithuania1.02019[54]
36  Serbia0.72019[54]
37  North Macedonia0.62019[54]
38  United States0.32004[57]

Passenger rail by passenger-kilometres per capita edit

Countries with more than five billion passenger-kilometres travelled per year.

CountryKilometers/yearYear
  Switzerland1,6372021[58]
 France1,0402021[58]
 Austria9502021[58]
 Sweden7682021[58]
 Denmark7222021[58]
 Germany6972021[58]
 Belgium6532021[58]
 Czech Republic6372021[58]
 Netherlands5702021[58]
 Hungary5522021[58]
 United Kingdom4602021[58]
 Italy4572021[58]
 Poland4172021[58]
 Spain3482021[58]
 Romania2202021[58]
 Croatia1392021[58]
 Japan3,4002016[50]
 Russia1,220
 India1,1782017[59]
 Ukraine1,150
 Belarus1,030
 China1,0192019
 Kazakhstan880
 South Korea650
 Egypt550
 Taiwan410
 Iran180
 Argentina170
 Pakistan160
 Thailand150
 Indonesia110
 Turkey80
 United States80

Freight rail edit

Tonne-kilometres of rail transport per year edit

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 Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways.

RankCountryBillion tkmData year
1  China3,018[2]2019
2  Russia2,596[60]2018
3  United States2,105[61]2020
4  India1,418[3]2022
5  Australia413[62]2016
6  Canada3522011
7  Brazil2672014
—  European Union2612014
8  Ukraine2372011
9  Kazakhstan2362012
10  South Africa1352014
11  Mexico126.9[63]2017
12  Germany113[64]2019
13  Poland53.8[64]2019
14  Belarus452014
15  France31.8[64]2019
16  United Kingdom24.4[65]2014
17  Uzbekistan222012
18  Iran222013
19  Austria21.7[64]2019
20  Sweden21.1[66]2014
21  Japan21[67]2014
22  Italy21[64]2019
23  Lithuania16.2[64]2019
24  Czech Republic16.2[64]2019
25  Latvia15[64]2019
26  Turkey14.7[64]2019
27  Argentina122010
28  Turkmenistan122012
29  Colombia122009
30   Switzerland11[64]2019
31  Spain10.3[64]2019
32  South Korea102013
33  Romania102014
34  Finland9.6[1]2014
35  Azerbaijan82014
36  Mauritania82010
37  Indonesia72010
38  Netherlands6[68]2013
39  Morocco62011
40  Belgium52014
41  Norway4[68]2013
42  Chile42009
43  Vietnam42012
44  Malaysia32011
45  Serbia32014
46  Thailand32011
47  Estonia2.2[64]2019
48  Gabon22014
49  Croatia3.2792020
50  Denmark2[68]2013
51  Tunisia22010
52  Egypt22010
53  Kenya1.72014[69]
54  Israel1.42016[70]
55  Algeria12012
56  Cameroon12011

Tonnes carried in rail transport per year edit

Countries with more than ten million tonnes carried per year. Unless otherwise specified, data come from the Railway Statistics 2014 Report by the International Union of Railways.

RankCountryMillion tonnesData year
1  China4,389[2]2019
2  United States1,6002022
3  India1,5122022
4  Australia1,347[71]2016
5  Russia1,218[72]2015
6  Brazil4602014
7  Ukraine4572011
8  Canada3102011
9  Kazakhstan2952012
10  Poland225 [73]2015
11  Germany2212014
12  South Africa1972011
13  Belarus1412014
14  Mexico1282018
15  United Kingdom110.1[74]2014
16  Uzbekistan822014
17  Austria742014
18  Sweden65 [75]2015
19  France632011
20  Colombia592014
21  Czech Republic572014
22  Latvia572014
23   Switzerland50[1]2014
24  Lithuania492014
25  Romania442014
25  Netherlands42.6[76]2021
26  South Korea402013
27  Italy382014
28  Finland372014
29  Belgium372009
30  Slovakia362014
31  Morocco372011
32  Iran332013
33  Japan312010
34  Turkmenistan272012
35  Turkey262014
36  Estonia262012
37  Spain252014
38  Chile252013
39  Argentina242010
40  Azerbaijan232012
41  Georgia20001917
42  Indonesia202010
43  Mongolia182011
44  Slovenia172014
45  Bosnia and Herzegovina132014
46  Malaysia122011
47  Bulgaria122014
48  Taiwan112012
49  Thailand112011
50  Croatia102014
51  Tunisia102012

Freight modal share for rail edit

The modal share carried by rail of all freight in a given country.

RankCountryModal share (%)Data year
1  Canada68[77]2009
2  Latvia61[78]2012
3  Australia60[79]2016
4  Russia59[77]2010
5  Estonia47[78]2012
6   Switzerland46[80]2012
7  United States44[77]2008
8  Austria41[78]2012
9  Sweden40[78]2012
10  Lithuania38[78]2012
11  India33[81]2016
12  Finland27[78]2012
13  Brazil25[82]2005
14  Romania24[78]2012
15  Germany23[78]2012
16  Czech Republic22[78]2012
17  Hungary21[78]2012
18  Slovakia20[78]2012
19  Poland18[78]2012
20  Belgium18[78]2012
21  China15[83]2019
22  France15[78]2012
23  Italy14[78]2012
24  United Kingdom12[78]2012
25  Bulgaria9[78]2012
26  Japan6.2[77]2010
27  Netherlands5[78]-
28  Ireland0.7[84]2007

Freight rail by tonne-kilometres per capita edit

RankCountryTonne-kilometre per capitaData year
1  Russia12,599
2  Canada10,517
3  United States9,165
4  Australia2,308
5  China2,1502019
6   Switzerland1,480[80][85]2013
7  Germany1,060
   European Union782

Brief railway statistics by country edit

CountryArea
(million km2)		Pop.
(million)		Rail
company		NetDouble trackElectrifiedHSRPassenger-km
(billion)		Freight
tonne-km
(billion)		HS‑Vol
(pass. km)		Pass.FreightPass/ pop %Elec %
(thousands of km)(modal %)
 Austria0.088.57ÖBB9.8[86]4.9[86]3.5[86]0.2811.2[86]32.9[86]12.1[87]41[78]71.9[88]
 Brazil8.54209290.5232
 China9.61,397[89]CR141[2]83100361470301820041.63171.9
 Egypt193ENR51.50.074146.1
 France0.5568SNCF2916141.881404816.858.2[88]
 Germany0.3680.68DB3418201.2749122101722.460
 India3.281,326IR67.317.452.36964815.582
 Iran1.680.04RAJA710.150.2513210470.31
 Italy0.359FS167120.824521971.6[88]
 Japan0.38126JR208122.525323792969.6100
 Kazakhstan2.7217KTZ145414191
 Morocco0.4434ONCFM20.61460.889
 Netherlands0.0417NS3.22.02.30.117.868.8570.7[88]
 Pakistan0.796192PR70.3266
 Poland0.3138PKP1991263.7[88]
 Russia17.09143RZD12836481.317320901442679.180
 Slovakia0.0495.45ŽSR3.627[90]1.587[90]03.815[91]6.729[91]0
 South Africa1.2254SAR24281410911
 South Korea0.150KNR3120.3232111020.420
 Spain0.5146Renfe15593.72111463.8[88]
  Switzerland0.0418.38SBB423151340.9100[88]
 Taiwan0.03623TRA10.670.690.3391
 Turkey0.7879TCDD9041.90.2561047[88]
 United Kingdom0.2465NR1650.3482165
 United States9.6324AMTK2272820421
 World1497,43290025024035.4424689486178102050

See also edit

References edit

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