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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   United States: 226,612 km  2005 Time series
# 2   China: 75,438 km  2005 Time series
# 3   Canada: 48,068 km  2006 Time series
# 4   Germany: 47,962 km  2006 Time series
# 5   France: 29,203 km  2006 Time series
# 6   Poland: 22,443 km  2006 Time series
# 7   Australia: 20,519 km  2006 Time series
# 8   Italy: 18,038 km  2006 Time series
# 9   Mexico: 17,665 km  2006 Time series
# 10   United Kingdom: 16,264 km  2006 Time series
# 11   Sweden: 11,528 km  2006 Time series
# 12   Romania: 10,898 km  2006 Time series
# 13   Czech Republic: 9,597 km  2006 Time series
# 14   Turkey: 8,697 km  2006 Time series
# 15   Iran: 8,273 km  2006 Time series
# 16   Hungary: 7,802 km  2006 Time series
# 17   Austria: 5,924 km  2006 Time series
# 18   Korea, North: 5,235 km  2006 Time series
# 19   Egypt: 5,063 km  2006 Time series
# 20   Cuba: 4,226 km  2006 Time series
# 21   Bulgaria: 4,049 km  2006 Time series
# 22   Norway: 4,043 km  2006 Time series
# 23   Switzerland: 3,561 km  2006 Time series
# 24   Belgium: 3,536 km  2006 Time series
# 25   Slovakia: 3,512 km  2006 Time series
# 26   Korea, South: 3,472 km  2006 Time series
# 27   Serbia and Montenegro: 3,379 km  2006 Time series
# 28   Japan: 3,204 km  2006 Time series
# 29   Algeria: 2,888 km  2006 Time series
# 30   Argentina: 2,885 km  2006 Time series
# 31   Netherlands: 2,797 km  2006 Time series
# 32   Croatia: 2,726 km  2006 Time series
# 33   Denmark: 2,673 km  2005 Time series
# 34   Syria: 2,460 km  2006 Time series
# 35   Iraq: 2,272 km  2006 Time series
# 36   Uruguay: 2,073 km  2006 Time series
# 37   Morocco: 1,907 km  2006 Time series
# 38   Peru: 1,726 km  2006 Time series
# 39   Greece: 1,565 km  2006 Time series
# 40   Saudi Arabia: 1,392 km  2006 Time series
# 41   Slovenia: 1,229 km  2006 Time series
# 42   Spain: 1,099 km  2006 Time series
# 43   Israel: 853 km  2006 Time series
# 44   Gabon: 814 km  2006 Time series
# 45   Mauritania: 717 km  2006 Time series
# 46   Macedonia, Republic of: 699 km  2006 Time series
# 47   Venezuela: 682 km  2006 Time series
# 48   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 608 km  2006 Time series
# 49   Tunisia: 471 km  2006 Time series
# 50   Albania: 447 km  2006 Time series
# 51   Dominican Republic: 375 km  2006 Time series
# 52   Liberia: 345 km  2006 Time series
# 53   Luxembourg: 275 km  2006 Time series
# 54   Jamaica: 272 km  2003 Time series
# 55   Montenegro: 250 km  2006 Time series
# 56   Vietnam: 178 km  2006 Time series
# 57   Guinea: 175 km  2006 Time series
# 58   Colombia: 150 km  2006 Time series
# 59   Suriname: 80 km  2003 Time series
# 60   Panama: 77 km  2006 Time series
# 61   Malaysia: 57 km  2006 Time series
# 62   Nigeria: 52 km  2004 Time series
# 63   Paraguay: 36 km  2006 Time series
# 64   Lithuania: 22 km  2006 Time series
# 65   Liechtenstein: 18.5 km  2002 Time series
# 66   Moldova: 14 km  2006 Time series
# 67   Monaco: 1.7 km  2002 Time series
Total: 665,572.2 km  
Weighted average: 9,933.9 km  



DEFINITION: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
Standard gauge=1.435-m gauge

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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