Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) was 5,435 million passenger-km in 2021. ▲ Rising
Railways, passengers carried in Post-demographic dividend, 1995–2021
Source: Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC). Measured in million passenger-km.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 5,435 million passenger-km for railways, passengers carried in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 22.7% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, railways, passengers carried in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 10,974 million passenger-km in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5,435 million passenger-km, in 2021.
That places Post-demographic dividend 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | million passenger-km | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 8,023 million passenger-km | — |
| 1996 | 8,111 million passenger-km | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 7,721 million passenger-km | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 7,210 million passenger-km | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 7,848 million passenger-km | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 8,224 million passenger-km | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 8,732 million passenger-km | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 8,587 million passenger-km | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 8,550 million passenger-km | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 8,667 million passenger-km | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 9,043 million passenger-km | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 9,596 million passenger-km | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 9,474 million passenger-km | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 10,406 million passenger-km | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 10,427 million passenger-km | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 10,403 million passenger-km | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 10,875 million passenger-km | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 10,857 million passenger-km | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 10,595 million passenger-km | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 10,974 million passenger-km | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 10,333 million passenger-km | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 10,025 million passenger-km | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 9,832 million passenger-km | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 10,393 million passenger-km | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 10,931 million passenger-km | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 7,031 million passenger-km | -35.7% |
| 2021 | 5,435 million passenger-km | -22.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,783 million passenger-km | 7,210 million passenger-km | 8,111 million passenger-km | 5 |
| 2000s | 9,171 million passenger-km | 8,224 million passenger-km | 10,427 million passenger-km | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,522 million passenger-km | 9,832 million passenger-km | 10,974 million passenger-km | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,233 million passenger-km | 5,435 million passenger-km | 7,031 million passenger-km | 2 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
- 1 China 946,499 million passenger-km compare
- 2 Japan 263,211 million passenger-km compare
- 3 India 231,126 million passenger-km compare
- 4 Russia 103,447 million passenger-km compare
- 5 South Korea 100,381 million passenger-km compare
- 6 France 86,853 million passenger-km compare
- 7 Germany 58,822 million passenger-km compare
More infrastructure data for Post-demographic dividend
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.39 billion (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 124.35 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 385.20 million (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 35.97 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.3447 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -3.63 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 385.20 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.24 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is railways, passengers carried in Post-demographic dividend?
- Railways, passengers carried in Post-demographic dividend was 5,435 million passenger-km in 2021, according to Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC).
- What is the highest railways, passengers carried recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 10,974 million passenger-km in 2014.
- What is the lowest railways, passengers carried recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,435 million passenger-km in 2021.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for railways, passengers carried?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2021.
- Is railways, passengers carried rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from Railisa Database (UIC), International Union of Railways (UIC), published as part of Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail multiplied by kilometers traveled.