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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Australia & North Korea

Definitions

  • Narrow gauge: 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: 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
  • Standard gauge > Per $ GDP: 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 Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Standard gauge per million: 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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Total: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
  • Total > Per $ GDP: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Total > Per capita: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total per million: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT Australia North Korea HISTORY
Narrow gauge None 665 km 0.762-m gauge
Standard gauge 21,674 km
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than North Korea
5,242 km
Ranked 3rd.

Standard gauge > Per $ GDP 26.71 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 23th.
176.27 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 7th. 7 times more than Australia

Standard gauge per million 1,141.44 km
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than North Korea
215.08 km
Ranked 4th.

Total 38,445 km
Ranked 7th. 7 times more than North Korea
5,242 km
Ranked 33th.

Total > Per $ GDP 50.18 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 68th.
176.27 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 38th. 4 times more than Australia

Total > Per capita 1.8 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than North Korea
0.232 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 55th.

Total per million 1,770.22 km
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than North Korea
215.08 km
Ranked 7th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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