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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Sierra Leone & United States

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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.
  • 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 Sierra Leone United States HISTORY
A note <a href=/country/sl><a href=/country/sl>Sierra Leone</a></a> has no common carrier railroads; the existing railroad is private and used on a limited basis while the mine at Marampa is closed (2001) represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for <a href=/encyclopedia/Class-(biology)><a href=/encyclopedia/Class-(biology)>Class</a></a> II and III railroads (1998)
Note Sierra Leone has no common carrier railroads; the existing railroad is private and used on a limited basis while the mine at Marampa is closed represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for class II and III railroads; excludes 135,185 km of yard tracks, sidings, and parallel lines
Total 84 km
Ranked 2nd.
224,792 km
Ranked 1st. 2676 times more than Sierra Leone

Total > Per $ GDP 104.26 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than United States
18.25 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 96th.

Total > Per capita 0.018 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th.
0.752 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 42 times more than Sierra Leone

Total per million 19.55 km
Ranked 4th.
751.67 km
Ranked 1st. 38 times more than Sierra Leone

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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