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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
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
Date
|
| #1 |
United States: |
228,999 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #2 |
Russia: |
85,542 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #3 |
India: |
63,465 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #4 |
China: |
62,200 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #5 |
Canada: |
57,671 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #6 |
Argentina: |
35,753 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #7 |
Germany: |
34,228 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #8 |
Brazil: |
29,314 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #9 |
France: |
29,286 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #10 |
Mexico: |
26,662 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #11 |
Ukraine: |
22,001 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #12 |
Japan: |
20,052 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #13 |
South Africa: |
20,047 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #14 |
Poland: |
19,599 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #15 |
Italy: |
16,751 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #16 |
United Kingdom: |
16,208 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #17 |
Spain: |
14,484 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #18 |
Kazakhstan: |
14,204 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #19 |
Romania: |
10,781 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #20 |
Sweden: |
9,867 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #21 |
Australia: |
9,528 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #22 |
Czech Republic: |
9,513 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #23 |
Turkey: |
8,697 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #24 |
Hungary: |
7,950 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #25 |
Pakistan: |
7,791 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #26 |
Iran: |
7,131 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #27 |
Austria: |
5,781 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #28 |
Finland: |
5,732 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #29 |
Belarus: |
5,498 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #30 |
Sudan: |
5,478 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #31 |
Indonesia: |
5,324 km
|
1998 ... |
|
| #32 |
Korea, North: |
5,214 km
|
2002 ... |
|
| #33 |
Egypt: |
5,150 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #34 |
Cuba: |
4,382 km
|
2002 ... |
|
| #35 |
Bulgaria: |
4,163 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #36 |
Norway: |
4,087 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #37 |
Thailand: |
4,044 km
|
2000 ... |
|
| #38 |
Uzbekistan: |
4,014 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #39 |
New Zealand: |
3,898 km
|
2003 ... |
|
| #40 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
3,809 km
|
2002 ... |
|
| #41 |
Bolivia: |
3,698 km
|
2002 ... |
|
| #42 |
Slovakia: |
3,659 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #43 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
3,641 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #44 |
Algeria: |
3,572 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #45 |
Belgium: |
3,542 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #46 |
Nigeria: |
3,528 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #47 |
Korea, South: |
3,392 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #48 |
Burma: |
3,335.94 km
|
1991 ... |
|
| #49 |
Switzerland: |
3,252 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #50 |
Mozambique: |
3,070 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #51 |
Uruguay: |
2,993 km
|
2002 ... |
|
| #52 |
Bangladesh: |
2,855 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #53 |
Portugal: |
2,839 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #54 |
Netherlands: |
2,813 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #55 |
Angola: |
2,761 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #56 |
Zimbabwe: |
2,759 km
|
1997 ... |
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| #57 |
Libya: |
2,757 km
|
2003 ... |
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| #58 |
Croatia: |
2,726 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #59 |
Syria: |
2,702 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #60 |
Vietnam: |
2,671 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #61 |
Tanzania: |
2,600 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #62 |
Greece: |
2,576 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #63 |
Turkmenistan: |
2,529 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #64 |
Namibia: |
2,382 km
|
1995 ... |
|
| #65 |
Latvia: |
2,375 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #66 |
Denmark: |
2,212 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #67 |
Peru: |
2,177 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #68 |
Colombia: |
2,137 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #69 |
Azerbaijan: |
2,122 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #70 |
Chile: |
2,030 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #71 |
Iraq: |
1,963 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #72 |
Ireland: |
1,919 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #73 |
Kenya: |
1,917 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #74 |
Tunisia: |
1,909 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #75 |
Morocco: |
1,907 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #76 |
Mongolia: |
1,810 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #77 |
Lithuania: |
1,772 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #78 |
Dominican Republic: |
1,743 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #79 |
Malaysia: |
1,667 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #80 |
Sri Lanka: |
1,447 km
|
1999 ... |
|
| #81 |
Georgia: |
1,336 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #82 |
Zambia: |
1,273 km
|
2003 ... |
|
| #83 |
Slovenia: |
1,228 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #84 |
Guinea: |
1,115 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #85 |
Moldova: |
1,075 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #86 |
Saudi Arabia: |
1,020 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #87 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
1,000 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #88 |
Ghana: |
977 km
|
2003 ... |
|
| #89 |
Cameroon: |
974 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #90 |
Ecuador: |
966 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #91 |
Estonia: |
959 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #92 |
Costa Rica: |
950 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #93 |
Senegal: |
906 km
|
2004 ... |
|
| #94 |
Israel: |
899 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #95 |
Botswana: |
888 km
|
2005 ... |
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| #96 |
Guatemala: |
886 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #97 |
Gabon: |
810 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #98 |
Congo, Republic of the: |
795 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #99 |
Djibouti: |
781 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #100 |
Ethiopia: |
781 km
|
1991 ... |
|
| #101 |
Mali: |
733 km
|
2004 ... |
|
| #102 |
Armenia: |
732 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #103 |
Madagascar: |
732 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #104 |
Mauritania: |
717 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #105 |
Malawi: |
710 km
|
2000 ... |
|
| #106 |
Honduras: |
699 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #107 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
699 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #108 |
Venezuela: |
682 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #109 |
Cambodia: |
650 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #110 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
639 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #111 |
Burkina Faso: |
622 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #112 |
Tajikistan: |
616 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #113 |
Fiji: |
597 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #114 |
Benin: |
578 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #115 |
Togo: |
568 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #116 |
Philippines: |
491 km
|
1999 ... |
|
| #117 |
Liberia: |
490 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #118 |
Albania: |
447 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #119 |
Paraguay: |
441 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #120 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
424 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #121 |
Lebanon: |
401 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #122 |
Panama: |
355 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #123 |
Eritrea: |
306 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #124 |
Swaziland: |
301 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #125 |
Jordan: |
293 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #126 |
El Salvador: |
283 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #127 |
Luxembourg: |
275 km
|
2005 ... |
|
| #128 |
Jamaica: |
272 km
|
2003 ... |
|
| #129 |
Uganda: |
259 km
|
2004 ... |
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