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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Brazil & Paraguay

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  • A note: 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 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 Brazil Paraguay HISTORY
A note <a href=/kp/in+addition>in addition</a> to the interurban routes itemized above, <a href=/country/br><a href=/country/br>Brazil</a></a> has 247.8 km of suburban railway consisting of 170.8 km of 1.600-m gauge (75 km <a href=/encyclopedia/electricity>electrified</a>) and 77 km of 1.000-m gauge (1999 est.) there are 470 km of various gauges that are privately owned
Standard gauge 194 km
Ranked 27th. 5 times more than Paraguay
36 km
Ranked 52nd.

Standard gauge per million 1.01 km
Ranked 49th.
5.77 km
Ranked 43th. 6 times more than Brazil

Total 28,538 km
Ranked 10th. 793 times more than Paraguay
36 km
Ranked 132nd.

Total > Per $ GDP 27.43 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 84th. 7 times more than Paraguay
3.95 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 115th.

Total > Per capita 0.147 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th. 29 times more than Paraguay
0.005 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 103th.

Total per million 150.48 km
Ranked 53th. 26 times more than Paraguay
5.77 km
Ranked 103th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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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