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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.
  • Goods transported > Million ton-km: Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled."
  • 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.
  • 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 > 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 Cuba United States HISTORY
A note <a href=/kp/in+addition>in addition</a> to the 4,807 km of standard-gauge track in public use, 7,162 km of track is in private use by <a href=/kp/sugar>sugar</a> plantations; about 90% of the private use track is standard gauge and the rest is narrow gauge (2000 est.) represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for <a href=/encyclopedia/Class-(biology)><a href=/encyclopedia/Class-(biology)>Class</a></a> II and III railroads (1998)
Goods transported > Million ton-km 1,351
Ranked 61st.
2.79 million
Ranked 1st. 2064 times more than Cuba

Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 1,285
Ranked 50th.
9,935
Ranked 20th. 8 times more than Cuba

Rail lines > Total route-km 5,076
Ranked 33th.
228,513
Ranked 2nd. 45 times more than Cuba

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 449.65
Ranked 31st.
733.38
Ranked 9th. 63% more than Cuba

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 1,351
Ranked 63th.
2.52 million
Ranked 2nd. 1869 times more than Cuba

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 0.12
Ranked 62nd.
8.1
Ranked 4th. 68 times more than Cuba

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 1,285
Ranked 50th.
9,518
Ranked 23th. 7 times more than Cuba

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 113.83
Ranked 47th. 4 times more than United States
30.55
Ranked 63th.

Standard gauge 8,134 km
Ranked 8th.
224,792 km
Ranked 1st. 28 times more than Cuba

Standard gauge per million 373.95 km
Ranked 20th.
751.67 km
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Cuba

Total 8,203 km
Ranked 25th.
224,792 km
Ranked 1st. 27 times more than Cuba

Total > Per $ GDP 131.53 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 52nd. 7 times more than United States
18.25 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 96th.

Total > Per capita 0.374 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 42nd.
0.752 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Cuba

Total per million 373.95 km
Ranked 40th.
751.67 km
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Cuba

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 represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for class II and III railroads; excludes 135,185 km of yard tracks, sidings, and parallel lines
Standard gauge > Per $ GDP 131.53 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 11th. 7 times more than United States
18.25 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 29th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.; 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; 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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