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   United States  19.9%
   Russia  7.7%
   China  6.6%
   India  5.6%
   Germany  4.2%
   Canada  4.2%
   Australia  3.4%
   Argentina  2.8%
   France  2.6%
   Brazil  2.6%
   Japan  2.1%
   Poland  2%
   Ukraine  2%
   South Africa  1.8%
   Italy  1.7%
   Mexico  1.6%
   United Kingdom  1.5%
   Spain  1.3%
   Kazakhstan  1.2%
   Sweden  1%


Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 2   United States: 226,612 km  2005 Time series
# 3   Russia: 87,157 km  2006 Time series
# 4   China: 75,438 km  2005 Time series
# 5   India: 63,221 km  2006 Time series
# 6   Germany: 48,215 km  2006 Time series
# 7   Canada: 48,068 km  2006 Time series
# 8   Australia: 38,550 km  2006 Time series
# 9   Argentina: 31,902 km  2006 Time series
# 10   France: 29,370 km  2006 Time series
# 11   Brazil: 29,295 km  2006 Time series
# 12   Japan: 23,474 km  2006 Time series
# 13   Poland: 23,072 km  2006 Time series
# 14   Ukraine: 22,473 km  2006 Time series
# 15   South Africa: 20,872 km  2006 Time series
# 16   Italy: 19,460 km  2006 Time series
# 17   Mexico: 17,665 km  2006 Time series
# 18   United Kingdom: 16,567 km  2006 Time series
# 19   Spain: 14,974 km  2006 Time series
# 20   Kazakhstan: 13,700 km  2006 Time series
# 21   Sweden: 11,528 km  2006 Time series
# 22   Romania: 11,385 km  2006 Time series
# 23   Czech Republic: 9,597 km  2006 Time series
# 24   Turkey: 8,697 km  2006 Time series
# 25   Iran: 8,367 km  2006 Time series
# 26   Pakistan: 8,163 km  2006 Time series
# 27   Hungary: 8,057 km  2006 Time series
# 28   Chile: 6,585 km  2006 Time series
# 29   Indonesia: 6,458 km  2006 Time series
# 30   Austria: 6,383 km  2006 Time series
# 31   Sudan: 5,978 km  2006 Time series
# 32   Finland: 5,741 km  2006 Time series
# 33   Belarus: 5,512 km  2006 Time series
# 34   Korea, North: 5,235 km  2006 Time series
# 35   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 5,138 km  2006 Time series
# 36   Egypt: 5,063 km  2006 Time series
# 37   Switzerland: 4,839 km  2006 Time series
# 38   Bulgaria: 4,294 km  2006 Time series
# 39   Cuba: 4,226 km  2006 Time series
# 40   New Zealand: 4,128 km  2006 Time series
# 41   Thailand: 4,071 km  2006 Time series
# 42   Norway: 4,043 km  2006 Time series
# 43   Algeria: 3,973 km  2006 Time series
# 44   Burma: 3,955 km  2006 Time series
# 45   Uzbekistan: 3,950 km  2006 Time series
# 46   Tanzania: 3,690 km  2006 Time series
# 47   Slovakia: 3,662 km  2006 Time series
# 48   Belgium: 3,536 km  2006 Time series
# 49   Nigeria: 3,505 km  2006 Time series
# 50   Bolivia: 3,504 km  2006 Time series
# 51   Korea, South: 3,472 km  2006 Time series
# 52   Serbia and Montenegro: 3,379 km  2006 Time series
# 53   Colombia: 3,304 km  2006 Time series
# 54   Ireland: 3,237 km  2006 Time series
# 55   Mozambique: 3,123 km  2006 Time series
# 56   Zimbabwe: 3,077 km  2006 Time series
# 57   Netherlands: 2,797 km  2006 Time series
# 58   Portugal: 2,786 km  2006 Time series
# 59   Kenya: 2,778 km  2006 Time series
# 60   Bangladesh: 2,768 km  2006 Time series
# 61   Angola: 2,761 km  2006 Time series
# 62   Croatia: 2,726 km  2006 Time series
# 63   Syria: 2,711 km  2006 Time series
# 64   Denmark: 2,644 km  2007 Time series
# 65   Vietnam: 2,600 km  2006 Time series
# 66   Greece: 2,571 km  2006 Time series
# 67   Turkmenistan: 2,440 km  2006 Time series
# 68   Namibia: 2,382 km  2006 Time series
# 69   Latvia: 2,303 km  2006 Time series
# 70   Iraq: 2,272 km  2006 Time series
# 71   Zambia: 2,157 km  2006 Time series
# 72   Tunisia: 2,153 km  2006 Time series
# 73   Azerbaijan: 2,122 km  2006 Time series
# 74   Uruguay: 2,073 km  2006 Time series
# 75   Peru: 1,989 km  2006 Time series
# 76   Morocco: 1,907 km  2006 Time series
# 77   Malaysia: 1,890 km  2006 Time series
# 78   Mongolia: 1,810 km  2006 Time series
# 79   Lithuania: 1,771 km  2006 Time series
# 80   Georgia: 1,612 km  2006 Time series
# 81   Taiwan: 1,588 km  2007 Time series
# 82   Sri Lanka: 1,449 km  2006 Time series
# 83   Saudi Arabia: 1,392 km  2006 Time series
# 84   Uganda: 1,244 km  2006 Time series
# 85   Slovenia: 1,229 km  2006 Time series
# 86   Moldova: 1,138 km  2006 Time series
# 87   Cameroon: 987 km  2006 Time series
# 88   Estonia: 968 km  2006 Time series
# 89   Ecuador: 966 km  2006 Time series
# 90   Ghana: 953 km  2006 Time series
# 91   Senegal: 906 km  2006 Time series
# 92   Philippines: 897 km  2006 Time series
# 93   Congo, Republic of the: 894 km  2006 Time series
# 94   Botswana: 888 km  2006 Time series
# 95   Guatemala: 886 km  2006 Time series
# 96   Madagascar: 854 km  2006 Time series
# 97   Israel: 853 km  2006 Time series
# 98   Armenia: 839 km  2006 Time series
# 99   Guinea: 837 km  2006 Time series
# 100   Gabon: 814 km  2006 Time series
# 101   Malawi: 797 km  2006 Time series
# 102   Benin: 758 km  2006 Time series
# 103   Mali: 729 km  2006 Time series
# 104   Mauritania: 717 km  2006 Time series
= 105   Macedonia, Republic of: 699 km  2006 Time series
= 105   Honduras: 699 km  2006 Time series
= 105   Ethiopia: 699 km  2006 Time series
# 108   Venezuela: 682 km  2006 Time series
# 109   Côte d'Ivoire: 660 km  2006 Time series
# 110   Burkina Faso: 622 km  2006 Time series
# 111   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 608 km  2006 Time series
# 112   Cambodia: 602 km  2006 Time series
# 113   Fiji: 597 km  2006 Time series
# 114   Togo: 568 km  2006 Time series
# 115   El Salvador: 562 km  2007 Time series
# 116   Dominican Republic: 517 km  2006 Time series
# 117   Jordan: 505 km  2006 Time series
# 118   Liberia: 490 km  2006 Time series
# 119   Tajikistan: 482 km  2006 Time series
# 120   Kyrgyzstan: 470 km  2006 Time series
# 121   Albania: 447 km  2006 Time series
# 122   Lebanon: 401 km  2006 Time series
# 123   Panama: 355 km  2006 Time series
# 124   Eritrea: 306 km  2006 Time series
# 125   Swaziland: 301 km  2006 Time series
# 126   Costa Rica: 278 km  2007 Time series
# 127   Luxembourg: 275 km  2006 Time series
# 128   Jamaica: 272 km  2003 Time series
# 129   Montenegro: 250 km  2006 Time series
# 130   Guyana: 187 km  2001 Time series
# 131   Suriname: 166 km  2003 Time series
# 132   Djibouti: 100 km  2006 Time series
# 133   Puerto Rico: 96 km  2006 Time series
# 134   Sierra Leone: 84 km  2001 Time series
# 135   Antigua and Barbuda: 77 km  2001 Time series
# 136   Man, Isle of: 65 km  2006 Time series
# 137   Nepal: 59 km  2006 Time series
# 138   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 50 km  2006 Time series
# 139   Haiti: 40 km  2001 Time series
# 140   Singapore: 38.6 km  2003 Time series
# 141   Paraguay: 36 km  2006 Time series
# 142   Hong Kong: 34 km  2001 Time series
# 143   Afghanistan: 24.6 km  2001 Time series
# 144   Christmas Island: 24 km  2003 Time series
# 145   Brunei: 13 km  2001 Time series
# 146   Liechtenstein: 9 km  2006 Time series
# 147   Nicaragua: 6 km  2006 Time series
= 148   Nauru: 5 km  2001 Time series
= 148   Guernsey: 5 km  2003 Time series
# 150   Monaco: 1.7 km  2002 Time series
# 151   Holy See (Vatican City): 0.86 km  2001 Time series
= 152   Greenland: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Samoa: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Martinique: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   East Timor: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Mayotte: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Faroe Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Mauritius: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Laos: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Oman: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Virgin Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   New Caledonia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Norfolk Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Gambia, The: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Vanuatu: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Iceland: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Pitcairn Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Tonga: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Palau: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Qatar: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Wallis and Futuna: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Marshall Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Kiribati: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Micronesia, Federated States of: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Saint Helena: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   French Polynesia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Somalia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Grenada: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Svalbard: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Guam: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Turks and Caicos Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Jersey: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Aruba: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Kuwait: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Andorra: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Libya: 0 km  2006 Time series
= 152   American Samoa: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Macau: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Anguilla: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Montserrat: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Bahrain: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Malta: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Barbados: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Maldives: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Bermuda: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Niue: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Bahamas, The: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Niger: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Belize: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Netherlands Antilles: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Solomon Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Papua New Guinea: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Bhutan: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Guinea-Bissau: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Burundi: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Réunion: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Chad: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Rwanda: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Cayman Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Seychelles: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   San Marino: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Comoros: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Saint Lucia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Northern Mariana Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   United Arab Emirates: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Central African Republic: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Tokelau: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Cape Verde: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   São Tomé and Príncipe: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Cook Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Tuvalu: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Cyprus: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   British Virgin Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Dominica: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   West Bank: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Equatorial Guinea: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Western Sahara: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   French Guiana: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 152   Yemen: 0 km  2003 Time series
Total: 1,136,014.76 km  
Weighted average: 4,875.6 km  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 236,436 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: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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