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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Cuba & El Salvador

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  • A note: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Narrow gauge: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Note: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, standard, narrow, and dual. Other gauges are listed under note.
  • Total: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Total > Per $ GDP: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Total > Per capita: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total per million: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT Cuba El Salvador HISTORY
A note <a href=/kp/in+addition>in addition</a> to the 4,807 km of standard-gauge track in public use, 7,162 km of track is in private use by <a href=/kp/sugar>sugar</a> plantations; about 90% of the private use track is standard gauge and the rest is narrow gauge (2000 est.) length of operational route is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2001 est.)
Narrow gauge None None
Note an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance
Total 8,203 km
Ranked 25th. 29 times more than El Salvador
283 km
Ranked 121st.

Total > Per $ GDP 131.53 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 52nd. 8 times more than El Salvador
16.67 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 99th.

Total > Per capita 0.374 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 42nd. 9 times more than El Salvador
0.04 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 93th.

Total per million 373.95 km
Ranked 40th. 8 times more than El Salvador
46 km
Ranked 88th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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