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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on China & Colombia

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.
  • 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.
STAT China Colombia HISTORY
Goods transported > Million ton-km 2.51 million
Ranked 2nd. 278 times more than Colombia
9,049
Ranked 34th.

Narrow gauge None None
Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 772,834
Ranked 1st. 50086 times more than Colombia
15.43
Ranked 71st.

Rail lines > Total route-km 66,239
Ranked 4th. 40 times more than Colombia
1,672
Ranked 65th.

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 49.28
Ranked 77th. 35% more than Colombia
36.5
Ranked 84th.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 2.56 million
Ranked 1st. 213553 times more than Colombia
12
Ranked 73th.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 1.91
Ranked 16th. 7277 times more than Colombia
0.000262
Ranked 73th.

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 815,699
Ranked 2nd. 5785 times more than Colombia
141
Ranked 77th.

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 606.86
Ranked 20th. 143 times more than Colombia
4.23
Ranked 80th.

Standard gauge 77,084 km
Ranked 2nd. 514 times more than Colombia
150 km
Ranked 28th.

Standard gauge per million 58.19 km
Ranked 35th. 18 times more than Colombia
3.32 km
Ranked 45th.

Total 86,000 km
Ranked 3rd. 98 times more than Colombia
874 km
Ranked 95th.

Total > Per $ GDP 33.62 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 83th. 38% more than Colombia
24.32 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 87th.

Total > Per capita 0.059 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 82nd.
0.084 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 68th. 42% more than China

Total per million 58.76 km
Ranked 83th.
84.2 km
Ranked 69th. 43% more than China

Standard gauge > Per $ GDP 33.62 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 24th. 30 times more than Colombia
1.1 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 48th.

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.

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