Indicator

Unit

North America

EU

Area

million km²

22

4.3

Population

Million

467

504

Population density

people per km²

21

117

Gross Domestic Product

$ trillion

18.1

16.5

Rail network size

thousand km

223

239

Rail freight traffic

bn tone-km pa

2501

419

Road freight traffic

bn tone-km pa

3626

1519

Rail mode share (of total road/rail)

% total tone-km

41%

22%

Rail freight average length of haul

Km

1475

375

Rail freight average train payload

Tones

3209

510

Intermodal units moved by rail

million TEU

28.7

17.2

Rail passengers

bn passenger-km pa

12.8

390