Rail passenger transport in Denmark
Rail passengers in Denmark travelled 6,752 million passenger-km in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2013.
Denmark, 2025
6,752
Change from 2024
+4.2%
European Union, 2023
429,575 million passenger-km
Position in 2025
14th of 32
Rail passenger transport in Denmark over time
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Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,752 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2024 | 6,481 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2023 | 6,031 million passenger-km | 429,575 million passenger-km |
| 2022 | 5,822 million passenger-km | 386,741 million passenger-km |
| 2021 | 4,181 million passenger-km | 256,210 million passenger-km |
| 2020 | 3,940 million passenger-km | 221,836 million passenger-km |
| 2019 | 6,174 million passenger-km | 412,202 million passenger-km |
| 2018 | 6,182 million passenger-km | 399,024 million passenger-km |
| 2017 | 6,280 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2016 | 6,332 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2015 | 6,507 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2014 | 6,513 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2013 | 6,785 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2012 | 6,744 million passenger-km | – |
| 2011 | 6,605 million passenger-km | 363,380 million passenger-km |
| 2010 | 6,341 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2009 | 6,161 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2008 | 6,267 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2007 | 6,163 million passenger-km | 346,565 million passenger-km |
| 2006 | 6,097 million passenger-km | 342,179 million passenger-km |
| 2005 | 5,961 million passenger-km | – |
| 2004 | 5,921 million passenger-km | – |
Flags: c confidential . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +4.2% from 6,481 million passenger-km in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 6,507 million passenger-km, the figure has changed by +3.8%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Denmark has the 14th highest value.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
Car share of passenger transport
83.1%
2024 · Eurostat
Car ownership
501 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
2.4 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
92.2%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
67.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.7 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank