SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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.
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
United States: |
226,605 km
|
|
| #2 |
Russia: |
87,157 km
|
|
| #3 |
China: |
74,408 km
|
|
| #4 |
India: |
63,230 km
|
|
| #5 |
Canada: |
48,467 km
|
|
| #6 |
Australia: |
47,738 km
|
|
| #7 |
Germany: |
47,201 km
|
|
| #8 |
Argentina: |
31,902 km
|
|
| #9 |
Brazil: |
29,252 km
|
|
| #10 |
France: |
29,085 km
|
|
| #11 |
Japan: |
23,556 km
|
|
| #12 |
Poland: |
23,072 km
|
|
| #13 |
Ukraine: |
22,473 km
|
|
| #14 |
South Africa: |
20,872 km
|
|
| #15 |
Italy: |
19,459 km
|
|
| #16 |
Mexico: |
17,562 km
|
|
| #17 |
United Kingdom: |
17,156 km
|
|
| #18 |
Spain: |
14,873 km
|
|
| #19 |
Kazakhstan: |
13,700 km
|
|
| #20 |
Sweden: |
11,481 km
|
|
| #21 |
Romania: |
11,385 km
|
|
| #22 |
Czech Republic: |
9,572 km
|
|
| #23 |
Turkey: |
8,697 km
|
|
| #24 |
Pakistan: |
8,163 km
|
|
| #25 |
Hungary: |
7,937 km
|
|
| #26 |
Iran: |
7,256 km
|
|
| #27 |
Chile: |
6,585 km
|
|
| #28 |
Indonesia: |
6,458 km
|
|
| #29 |
Austria: |
6,011 km
|
|
| #30 |
Sudan: |
5,978 km
|
|
| #31 |
Finland: |
5,741 km
|
|
| #32 |
Belarus: |
5,512 km
|
|
| #33 |
Korea, North: |
5,214 km
|
|
| #34 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
5,138 km
|
|
| #35 |
Egypt: |
5,063 km
|
|
| #36 |
Switzerland: |
4,583 km
|
|
| #37 |
Bulgaria: |
4,294 km
|
|
| #38 |
Cuba: |
4,226 km
|
|
| #39 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
4,135 km
|
|
| #40 |
New Zealand: |
4,128 km
|
|
| #41 |
Norway: |
4,077 km
|
|
| #42 |
Thailand: |
4,071 km
|
|
| #43 |
Algeria: |
3,973 km
|
|
| #44 |
Burma: |
3,955 km
|
|
| #45 |
Uzbekistan: |
3,950 km
|
|
| #46 |
Tanzania: |
3,690 km
|
|
| #47 |
Slovakia: |
3,662 km
|
|
| #48 |
Belgium: |
3,521 km
|
|
| #49 |
Bolivia: |
3,519 km
|
|
| #50 |
Nigeria: |
3,505 km
|
|
| #51 |
Korea, South: |
3,472 km
|
|
| #52 |
Peru: |
3,462 km
|
|
| #53 |
Ireland: |
3,312 km
|
|
| #54 |
Colombia: |
3,304 km
|
|
| #55 |
Mozambique: |
3,123 km
|
|
| #56 |
Zimbabwe: |
3,077 km
|
|
| #57 |
Azerbaijan: |
2,957 km
|
|
| #58 |
Portugal: |
2,850 km
|
|
| #59 |
Netherlands: |
2,808 km
|
|
| #60 |
Kenya: |
2,778 km
|
|
| #61 |
Bangladesh: |
2,768 km
|
|
| #62 |
Angola: |
2,761 km
|
|
| #63 |
Croatia: |
2,726 km
|
|
| #64 |
Syria: |
2,711 km
|
|
| #65 |
Denmark: |
2,673 km
|
|
| #66 |
Vietnam: |
2,600 km
|
|
| #67 |
Greece: |
2,571 km
|
|
| #68 |
Taiwan: |
2,497 km
|
|
| #69 |
Turkmenistan: |
2,440 km
|
|
| #70 |
Namibia: |
2,382 km
|
|
| #71 |
Latvia: |
2,303 km
|
|
| #72 |
Iraq: |
2,200 km
|
|
| #73 |
Zambia: |
2,173 km
|
|
| #74 |
Tunisia: |
2,153 km
|
|
| #75 |
Uruguay: |
2,073 km
|
|
| #76 |
Morocco: |
1,907 km
|
|
| #77 |
Malaysia: |
1,890 km
|
|
| #78 |
Mongolia: |
1,810 km
|
|
| #79 |
Lithuania: |
1,771 km
|
|
| #80 |
Georgia: |
1,612 km
|
|
| #81 |
Sri Lanka: |
1,449 km
|
|
| #82 |
Saudi Arabia: |
1,392 km
|
|
| #83 |
Uganda: |
1,244 km
|
|
| #84 |
Slovenia: |
1,229 km
|
|
| #85 |
Moldova: |
1,138 km
|
|
| #86 |
Cameroon: |
987 km
|
|
| #87 |
Ecuador: |
966 km
|
|
| #88 |
Estonia: |
958 km
|
|
| #89 |
Ghana: |
953 km
|
|
| #90 |
Senegal: |
906 km
|
|
| #91 |
Philippines: |
897 km
|
|
| #92 |
Congo, Republic of the: |
894 km
|
|
| #93 |
Botswana: |
888 km
|
|
| #94 |
Guatemala: |
886 km
|
|
| #95 |
Madagascar: |
854 km
|
|
| #96 |
Israel: |
853 km
|
|
| #97 |
Armenia: |
839 km
|
|
| #98 |
Guinea: |
837 km
|
|
| #99 |
Gabon: |
814 km
|
|
| #100 |
Malawi: |
797 km
|
|
| #101 |
Mali: |
729 km
|
|
| #102 |
Honduras: |
699 km
|
|
| #103 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
699 km
|
|
| #104 |
Venezuela: |
682 km
|
|
| #105 |
Ethiopia: |
681 km
|
|
| #106 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
660 km
|
|
| #107 |
Burkina Faso: |
622 km
|
|
| #108 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
608 km
|
|
| #109 |
Cambodia: |
602 km
|
|
| #110 |
Fiji: |
597 km
|
|
| #111 |
Benin: |
578 km
|
|
| #112 |
Togo: |
568 km
|
|
| #113 |
El Salvador: |
562 km
|
|
| #114 |
Dominican Republic: |
517 km
|
|
| #115 |
Jordan: |
505 km
|
|
| #116 |
Liberia: |
490 km
|
|
| #117 |
Tajikistan: |
482 km
|
|
| #118 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
470 km
|
|
| #119 |
Albania: |
447 km
|
|
| #120 |
Lebanon: |
401 km
|
|
| #121 |
Panama: |
355 km
|
|
| #122 |
Eritrea: |
306 km
|
|
| #123 |
Swaziland: |
301 km
|
|
| #124 |
Costa Rica: |
278 km
|
|
| #125 |
Luxembourg: |
274 km
|
|
| #126 |
Jamaica: |
272 km
|
|
| #127 |
Guyana: |
187 km
|
|
| #128 |
Djibouti: |
100 km
|
|
| #129 |
Puerto Rico: |
96 km
|
|
| #130 |
Man, Isle of: |
65 km
|
|
| #131 |
Nepal: |
59 km
|
|
| #132 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
50 km
|
|
| #133 |
Paraguay: |
36 km
|
|
| #134 |
Nicaragua: |
6 km
|
|
| |
Total: |
1,144,177 km
|
| |
Weighted average: |
8,538.6 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.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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