| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Algeria |
1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2005) |
| Angola |
2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2005) |
| Argentina |
7,922 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2005) |
| Australia |
14,831 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified) |
| Austria |
21 km 1.000-m gauge; 422 km 0.760-m gauge (109 km electrified) (2005) |
| Bangladesh |
1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Benin |
578 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Bolivia |
3,519 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Botswana |
888 km 1.067-m gauge (2005) |
| Brazil |
23,785 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified) |
| Bulgaria |
245 km 0.760-m gauge (2005) |
| Burkina Faso |
622 km 1.000-m gauge |
| Burma |
3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Cambodia |
602 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Cameroon |
987 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Chile |
3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Colombia |
3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2005) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2005) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
894 km 1.067-m gauge (2005) |
| Costa Rica |
278 km 1.067-m gauge |
| Czech Republic |
99 km 0.760-m gauge (2005) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
660 km 1.000 meter gauge |
| Djibouti |
100 km 1.000-m gauge |
| Dominican Republic |
142 km 0.762-m gauge |
| Ecuador |
966 km 1.067-m gauge (2005) |
| El Salvador |
562 km 0.914-m gauge |
| Eritrea |
306 km 0.950-m gauge (2005) |
| Ethiopia |
681 km 1.000-m gauge |
| Fiji |
597 km 0.600-m gauge |
| France |
167 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Georgia |
37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2005) |
| Germany |
229 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2005) |
| Ghana |
953 km 1.067-m gauge (2005) |
| Greece |
961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge |
| Guatemala |
886 km 0.914-m gauge (2005) |
| Guinea |
662 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Guyana |
48 km 0.914-m gauge |
| Honduras |
279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2005) |
| Hungary |
219 km 0.760-m gauge (2005) |
| India |
14,406 km 1.000-m gauge (165 km electrified); 3,106 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2005) |
| Indonesia |
5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (2005) |
| Ireland |
1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2005) |
| Italy |
123 km 1.000-m gauge (122 km electrified); 1,299 km 0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2005) |
| Japan |
77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified); 20,264 km 1.067-m gauge (13,280 km electrified); 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km electrified) (2005) |
| Jordan |
505 km 1.050-m gauge (2005) |
| Kenya |
2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Latvia |
33 km 0.750-m gauge (2005) |
| Lebanon |
82 km 1.050 m |
| Liberia |
145 km 1.067-m gauge |
| Madagascar |
854 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Malawi |
797 km 1.067-m gauge (2005) |
| Malaysia |
1,833 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2005) |
| Mali |
729 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Man, Isle of |
58 km 0.914-m gauge (29 km electrified) |
| Mozambique |
2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2005) |
| Namibia |
2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2005) |
| Nepal |
59 km 0.762-m gauge (2005) |
| New Zealand |
4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2005) |
| Nicaragua |
6 km 1.067-m gauge (2005) |
| Nigeria |
3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2005) |
| Pakistan |
445 km 1.000-m gauge (2004) |
| Panama |
278 km 0.914-m gauge (2005) |
| Peru |
500 km 0.914-m gauge (2005) |
| Philippines |
897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2005) |
| Portugal |
274 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Puerto Rico |
96 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Romania |
427 km 0.760-m gauge (2005) |
| Russia |
957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts to serve sugarcane plantations during harvest season and for tourists (2005) |
| Senegal |
906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2005) |
| Slovakia |
50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2005) |
| South Africa |
20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,868 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2005) |
| Spain |
1,928 km 1.000-m gauge (815 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2005) |
| Sudan |
4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2005) |
| Swaziland |
301 km 1.067-m gauge (2005) |
| Switzerland |
1,339 km 1.000-m gauge (1,338 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2005) |
| Syria |
251 km 1.050-m gauge (2005) |
| Taiwan |
1,097 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified) |
| Tanzania |
969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Thailand |
4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Togo |
568 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Tunisia |
1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) |
| Uganda |
1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) |
| Vietnam |
2,169 km 1.000-m gauge |
| Zambia |
2,173 km 1.067-m gauge |
| Zimbabwe |
3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2005) |