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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Kenya & Tanzania

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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.
  • Goods transported > Million ton-km: Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled."
  • 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.
  • Passengers carried > Million passenger-km: Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
  • Rail lines > Total route-km: Rail lines (total route-km). Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
  • Rail lines > Total route-km per million: Rail lines (total route-km). Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
  • Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
  • Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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 Kenya Tanzania HISTORY
A note the line connecting Nairobi with the port of Mombasa is the most important in the country the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in <a href=/country/za><a href=/country/za>Zambia</a></a> (of which 969 km are in <a href=/country/tz><a href=/country/tz>Tanzania</a></a> and 891 km are in <a href=/country/za>Zambia</a>) is not a part of <a href=/country/tz><a href=/country/tz>Tanzania</a></a> <a href=/kp/Railways>Railways</a> Corporation; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to <a href=/country/tz><a href=/country/tz>Tanzania</a></a> <a href=/kp/Railways>Railways</a> (2001)
Goods transported > Million ton-km 1,399
Ranked 60th. 92% more than Tanzania
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Ranked 70th.

Narrow gauge None None
Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 250
Ranked 66th.
475
Ranked 55th. 90% more than Kenya

Rail lines > Total route-km 1,917
Ranked 62nd.
2,600
Ranked 51st. 36% more than Kenya

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 52.15
Ranked 77th.
65.09
Ranked 71st. 25% more than Kenya

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 1,399
Ranked 60th. 92% more than Tanzania
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Ranked 72nd.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 0.0381
Ranked 73th. 2 times more than Tanzania
0.0182
Ranked 81st.

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 226
Ranked 68th.
475
Ranked 58th. 2 times more than Kenya

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 6.15
Ranked 78th.
11.55
Ranked 68th. 88% more than Kenya

Total 2,066 km
Ranked 71st.
3,689 km
Ranked 46th. 79% more than Kenya

Total > Per $ GDP 131.12 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 32nd.
288.65 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Kenya

Total > Per capita 0.073 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd.
0.092 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 65th. 26% more than Kenya

Total per million 71.65 km
Ranked 73th.
87.1 km
Ranked 68th. 22% more than Kenya

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division.; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division. 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.; 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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