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DEFINITION
Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
Transportation Statistics > Rail lines > total route-km (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
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Date
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# 1
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United States: |
228,999 km
|
2005  |
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# 2
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Russia: |
85,542 km
|
2005 |
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# 3
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India: |
63,465 km
|
2005 |
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# 4
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China: |
62,200 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 5
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Canada: |
57,671 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 6
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Argentina: |
35,753 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 7
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Germany: |
34,228 km
|
2005 |
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# 8
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Brazil: |
29,314 km
|
2005 |
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# 9
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France: |
29,286 km
|
2005 |
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# 10
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Mexico: |
26,662 km
|
2005 |
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# 11
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Ukraine: |
22,001 km
|
2005 |
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# 12
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Japan: |
20,052 km
|
2005 |
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# 13
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South Africa: |
20,047 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 14
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Poland: |
19,599 km
|
2005 |
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# 15
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Italy: |
16,751 km
|
2005 |
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# 16
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United Kingdom: |
16,208 km
|
2005 |
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# 17
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Spain: |
14,484 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 18
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Kazakhstan: |
14,204 km
|
2005 |
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# 19
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Romania: |
10,781 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 20
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Sweden: |
9,867 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 21
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Australia: |
9,528 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 22
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Czech Republic: |
9,513 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 23
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Turkey: |
8,697 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 24
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Hungary: |
7,950 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 25
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Pakistan: |
7,791 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 26
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Iran: |
7,131 km
|
2005 |
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# 27
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Austria: |
5,781 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 28
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Finland: |
5,732 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 29
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Belarus: |
5,498 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 30
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Sudan: |
5,478 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 31
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Indonesia: |
5,324 km
|
1998 |
|
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# 32
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Korea, North: |
5,214 km
|
2002 |
|
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# 33
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Egypt: |
5,150 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 34
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Cuba: |
4,382 km
|
2002 |
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# 35
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Bulgaria: |
4,163 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 36
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Norway: |
4,087 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 37
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Thailand: |
4,044 km
|
2000 |
|
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# 38
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Uzbekistan: |
4,014 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 39
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New Zealand: |
3,898 km
|
2003 |
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# 40
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Serbia and Montenegro: |
3,809 km
|
2002 |
|
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# 41
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Bolivia: |
3,698 km
|
2002 |
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# 42
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Slovakia: |
3,659 km
|
2005 |
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# 43
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
3,641 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 44
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Algeria: |
3,572 km
|
2005 |
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# 45
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Belgium: |
3,542 km
|
2005 |
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# 46
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Nigeria: |
3,528 km
|
2005 |
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# 47
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Korea, South: |
3,392 km
|
2005 |
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# 48
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Burma: |
3,335.94 km
|
1991 |
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# 49
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Switzerland: |
3,252 km
|
2005 |
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# 50
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Mozambique: |
3,070 km
|
2005 |
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# 51
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Uruguay: |
2,993 km
|
2002 |
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# 52
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Bangladesh: |
2,855 km
|
2005 |
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# 53
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Portugal: |
2,839 km
|
2005 |
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# 54
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Netherlands: |
2,813 km
|
2005 |
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# 55
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Angola: |
2,761 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 56
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Zimbabwe: |
2,759 km
|
1997 |
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# 57
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Libya: |
2,757 km
|
2003 |
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# 58
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Croatia: |
2,726 km
|
2005 |
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# 59
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Syria: |
2,702 km
|
2005 |
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# 60
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Vietnam: |
2,671 km
|
2005 |
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# 61
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Tanzania: |
2,600 km
|
2005 |
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# 62
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Greece: |
2,576 km
|
2005 |
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# 63
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Turkmenistan: |
2,529 km
|
2005 |
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# 64
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Namibia: |
2,382 km
|
1995 |
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# 65
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Latvia: |
2,375 km
|
2005 |
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# 66
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Denmark: |
2,212 km
|
2005 |
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# 67
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Peru: |
2,177 km
|
2005 |
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# 68
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Colombia: |
2,137 km
|
2005 |
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# 69
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Azerbaijan: |
2,122 km
|
2005 |
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# 70
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Chile: |
2,030 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 71
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Iraq: |
1,963 km
|
2005 |
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# 72
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Ireland: |
1,919 km
|
2005 |
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# 73
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Kenya: |
1,917 km
|
2005 |
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# 74
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Tunisia: |
1,909 km
|
2005 |
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# 75
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Morocco: |
1,907 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 76
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Mongolia: |
1,810 km
|
2005 |
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# 77
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Lithuania: |
1,772 km
|
2005 |
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# 78
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Dominican Republic: |
1,743 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 79
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Malaysia: |
1,667 km
|
2005 |
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# 80
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Sri Lanka: |
1,447 km
|
1999 |
|
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# 81
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Georgia: |
1,336 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 82
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Zambia: |
1,273 km
|
2003 |
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# 83
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Slovenia: |
1,228 km
|
2005 |
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# 84
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Guinea: |
1,115 km
|
2005 |
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# 85
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Moldova: |
1,075 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 86
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Saudi Arabia: |
1,020 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 87
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
1,000 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 88
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Ghana: |
977 km
|
2003 |
|
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# 89
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Cameroon: |
974 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 90
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Ecuador: |
966 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 91
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Estonia: |
959 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 92
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Costa Rica: |
950 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 93
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Senegal: |
906 km
|
2004 |
|
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# 94
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Israel: |
899 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 95
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Botswana: |
888 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 96
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Guatemala: |
886 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 97
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Gabon: |
810 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 98
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Congo, Republic of the: |
795 km
|
2005 |
|
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= 99
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Djibouti: |
781 km
|
2005 |
|
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= 99
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Ethiopia: |
781 km
|
1991 |
|
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# 101
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Mali: |
733 km
|
2004 |
|
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= 102
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Armenia: |
732 km
|
2005 |
|
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= 102
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Madagascar: |
732 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 104
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Mauritania: |
717 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 105
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Malawi: |
710 km
|
2000 |
|
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= 106
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Honduras: |
699 km
|
2005 |
|
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= 106
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Macedonia, Republic of: |
699 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 108
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Venezuela: |
682 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 109
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Cambodia: |
650 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 110
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Côte d'Ivoire: |
639 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 111
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Burkina Faso: |
622 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 112
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Tajikistan: |
616 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 113
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Fiji: |
597 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 114
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Benin: |
578 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 115
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Togo: |
568 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 116
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Philippines: |
491 km
|
1999 |
|
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# 117
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Liberia: |
490 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 118
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Albania: |
447 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 119
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Paraguay: |
441 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 120
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Kyrgyzstan: |
424 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 121
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Lebanon: |
401 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 122
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Panama: |
355 km
|
2005 |
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# 123
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Eritrea: |
306 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 124
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Swaziland: |
301 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 125
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Jordan: |
293 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 126
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El Salvador: |
283 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 127
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Luxembourg: |
275 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 128
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Jamaica: |
272 km
|
2003 |
|
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# 129
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Uganda: |
259 km
|
2004 |
|
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# 130
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Liechtenstein: |
250 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 131
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Guyana: |
187 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 132
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Puerto Rico: |
96 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 133
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Nepal: |
59 km
|
2005 |
|
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# 134
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Nicaragua: |
6 km
|
2003 |
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Total: |
1,073,286.94 km
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Weighted average: |
8,009.6 km
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DEFINITION: Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
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