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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Canada & Eritrea

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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.
  • 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 Canada Eritrea HISTORY
A note <a href=/country/ca><a href=/country/ca>Canada</a></a> has two major transcontinental freight railway systems: <a href=/encyclopedia/Canada><a href=/country/ca>Canadian</a></a> National (<a href=/encyclopedia/privatization>privatized</a> November 1995) and <a href=/encyclopedia/Canada><a href=/country/ca>Canadian</a></a> Pacific Railway; passenger service is provided by the government-operated firm VIA, which has no trackage of its own (2000 est.) links Ak'ordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa; nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way (2001 est.)
Total 46,552 km
Ranked 5th. 152 times more than Eritrea
306 km
Ranked 119th.

Total > Per $ GDP 38.41 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 75th.
282.03 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 11th. 7 times more than Canada

Total > Per capita 1.41 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 25 times more than Eritrea
0.056 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 84th.

Total per million 1,401.3 km
Ranked 2nd. 25 times more than Eritrea
56.85 km
Ranked 84th.

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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