List of countries by rail usage
Rank Country Billion tkm Data year
1 China 2,696 2017
2 Russia 2,596 2018
3 United States 2,326 2016
4 India 666 2014
5 Canada 352 2011
6 Brazil 267 2014
- European Union 261 2014
7 Ukraine 237 2011
8 Kazakhstan 236 2012
9 Australia 198 2008
10 South Africa 135 2014
11 Mexico 81 2014
12 Germany 75 2014
13 Belarus 45 2014
14 Poland 32 2014
15 France 32 2014
16 United Kingdom 24.4 2014
17 Uzbekistan 22 2012
18 Iran 22 2013
19 Sweden 21.1 2014
Freight rail -- Tonne-kilometres of rail transport per year
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 .
This is a list of countries by rail usage. Rail usage 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.