Estimated Public Transport Ridership:
Connurbations with More than
1,000 Million Annual Rides

Estimated Public Transport Ridership:
Ranked by Passenger Journeys:
Based upon Data at 9910
Rank Connurbation Estimated Annual Passenger Journeys (000,000) Estimated Annual Journeys per Capita
1 Tokyo-Yokohama 15,390 508
2 Mexico City 10,520 724
3 Moscow 10,070 765
4 Shanghai 6,100 554
5 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 6,050 358
6 Hong Kong 4,630 971
7 Seoul 4,590 290
8 Mumbai 3,870 307
9 Beijing 3,140 429
10 Buenos Aires 2,950 268
11 Sao Paulo 2,680 158
12 London 2,630 219
13 Paris 2,500 243
14 Manila 2,410 215
15 New York 2,200 122
16 Calcutta 1,960 178
17 Santiago 1,710 361
18 Madras 1,700 314
19 Delhi 1,690 201
20 Cairo 1,580 170
21 Tehran 1,490 186
22 Warsaw 1,480 640
23 St Petersburg 1,460 264
24 Essen-Dortmund 1,450 287
25 Budapest 1,420 580
26 Jakarta 1,400 137
27 Nagoya 1,340 279
28 Madrid 1,330 286
29 Rio De Janeiro 1,300 118
30 Taipei 1,120 181
31 Berlin 1,100 262
32 Prague 1,080 813
Estimated Public Transport Ridership:
Ranked by Annual Per Capita Ridership
Based upon Data at 9910
Rank Connurbation Estimated Annual Passenger Journeys (000,000) Estimated Annual Journeys per Capita
1 Hong Kong 4,630 971
2 Prague 1,080 813
3 Moscow 10,070 765
4 Mexico City 10,520 724
5 Warsaw 1,480 640
6 Budapest 1,420 580
7 Shanghai 6,100 554
8 Tokyo-Yokohama 15,390 508
9 Beijing 3,140 429
10 Santiago 1,710 361
11 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 6,050 358
12 Madras 1,700 314
13 Mumbai 3,870 307
14 Seoul 4,590 290
15 Essen-Dortmund 1,450 287
16 Madrid 1,330 286
17 Nagoya 1,340 279
18 Buenos Aires 2,950 268
19 St Petersburg 1,460 264
20 Berlin 1,100 262
21 Paris 2,500 243
22 London 2,630 219
23 Manila 2,410 215
24 Delhi 1,690 201
25 Tehran 1,490 186
26 Taipei 1,120 181
27 Calcutta 1,960 178
28 Cairo 1,580 170
29 Sao Paulo 2,680 158
30 Jakarta 1,400 137
31 New York 2,200 122
32 Rio De Janeiro 1,300 118
Estimated from Jane's Urban Transport, US National Transit Database and other sources

Data generally unavailable for suburban rail in Russia & India and for the private minibuses in a number of urban areas, especially in Asia, Africa and South America.

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