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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Cuba & Jamaica

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  • Note: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, standard, narrow, and dual. Other gauges are listed under note.
  • 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 Cuba Jamaica HISTORY
Note an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and used by ALCAN to transport bauxite
Standard gauge 8,134 km
Ranked 8th. 30 times more than Jamaica
272 km
Ranked 54th.

Standard gauge > Per $ GDP 131.53 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 11th. 4 times more than Jamaica
32.82 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 33th.

Standard gauge per million 373.95 km
Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Jamaica
103.59 km
Ranked 39th.

Total 8,203 km
Ranked 25th. 30 times more than Jamaica
272 km
Ranked 127th.

Total > Per $ GDP 131.53 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 52nd. 4 times more than Jamaica
32.82 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 99th.

Total > Per capita 0.374 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 42nd. 4 times more than Jamaica
0.103 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 83th.

Total per million 373.95 km
Ranked 40th. 4 times more than Jamaica
103.59 km
Ranked 83th.

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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