East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Japan: Railways, passengers carried

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
4,838 million passenger-km
in 2017
Japan
263,211 million passenger-km
in 2020
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
5th
Japan rank
2nd

Railways, passengers carried over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • Japan
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k199520072020

How they compare

Japan currently reports 263,211 million passenger-km against 4,838 million passenger-km in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 258,373 million passenger-km.

That makes Japan's figure about 54.4 times East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 5th and Japan ranks 2nd of 27 groups.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) Japan Difference Ahead
1990s 1,915 million passenger-km 394,307 million passenger-km 392,391 million passenger-km Japan
2000s 4,634 million passenger-km 388,409 million passenger-km 383,774 million passenger-km Japan
2010s 4,907 million passenger-km 417,036 million passenger-km 412,129 million passenger-km Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher railways, passengers carried, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) or Japan?
Japan, at 263,211 million passenger-km against 4,838 million passenger-km in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2020.
What is the difference in railways, passengers carried between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Japan?
258,373 million passenger-km, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Japan?
17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2017.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Japan rank globally for railways, passengers carried?
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 5th and Japan ranks 2nd of 27 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC), published as Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Japan: Railways, passengers carried. Statizoid, drawing on Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/railways-passengers-carried-million-passenger-km/east-asia-and-pacific-ida-and-ibrd-countries/japan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/railways-passengers-carried-million-passenger-km/east-asia-and-pacific-ida-and-ibrd-countries/japan/">East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Japan: Railways, passengers carried</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Unit
million passenger-km
Source
Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
128 places, 2,650 data points, 1995–2021
Last refreshed

Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail multiplied by kilometers traveled.