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

Definitions

  • Goods transported > Million ton-km: Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled."
  • 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.
  • Passengers carried > Million passenger-km: Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
  • Rail lines > Total route-km: Rail lines (total route-km). Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
  • Rail lines > Total route-km per million: Rail lines (total route-km). Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
  • Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000: Railways, goods transported (million ton-km). Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled.
  • Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million: Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km). Passengers carried by railway are the number of passengers transported by rail times kilometers traveled. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
STAT Brazil Syria HISTORY
Goods transported > Million ton-km 267,700
Ranked 6th. 113 times more than Syria
2,370
Ranked 55th.

Narrow gauge None None
Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 1,138.34
Ranked 46th. 2% more than Syria
1,120.2
Ranked 51st.

Rail lines > Total route-km 29,817
Ranked 10th. 14 times more than Syria
2,139
Ranked 53th.

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 151.41
Ranked 55th. 55% more than Syria
97.4
Ranked 63th.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 267,700
Ranked 5th. 121 times more than Syria
2,206.3
Ranked 50th.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 1.36
Ranked 21st. 14 times more than Syria
0.1
Ranked 56th.

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 1,138.34
Ranked 49th.
1,857
Ranked 43th. 63% more than Brazil

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 7.14
Ranked 73th.
84.56
Ranked 50th. 12 times more than Brazil

Standard gauge 194 km
Ranked 27th.
1,801 km
Ranked 17th. 9 times more than Brazil

Standard gauge per million 1.01 km
Ranked 49th.
88.52 km
Ranked 27th. 87 times more than Brazil

Total 28,538 km
Ranked 10th. 14 times more than Syria
2,052 km
Ranked 72nd.

Total > Per $ GDP 27.43 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 84th.
77.67 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 50th. 3 times more than Brazil

Total > Per capita 0.147 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th. 41% more than Syria
0.104 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 62nd.

Total per million 150.48 km
Ranked 53th. 49% more than Syria
100.85 km
Ranked 62nd.

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.) rail link between <a href=/country/sy><a href=/country/sy>Syria</a></a> and <a href=/country/iz>Iraq</a> replaced in 2000 (2001)

SOURCES: World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division.; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Information and Communications Technologies Department, Transport Division. 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.; 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.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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