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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Germany & Nigeria

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.
  • 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 Germany Nigeria HISTORY
Goods transported > Million ton-km 91,178
Ranked 10th. 1184 times more than Nigeria
77
Ranked 75th.

Narrow gauge None None
Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 76,997
Ranked 6th. 443 times more than Nigeria
174
Ranked 63th.

Rail lines > Total route-km 33,708
Ranked 7th. 10 times more than Nigeria
3,528
Ranked 42nd.

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 412.09
Ranked 35th. 17 times more than Nigeria
23.97
Ranked 80th.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 111,980
Ranked 10th. 1454 times more than Nigeria
77
Ranked 80th.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 1.37
Ranked 20th. 2617 times more than Nigeria
0.000523
Ranked 82nd.

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 79,228
Ranked 6th. 455 times more than Nigeria
174
Ranked 65th.

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 968.59
Ranked 12th. 819 times more than Nigeria
1.18
Ranked 74th.

Standard gauge 41,722 km
Ranked 1st. 802 times more than Nigeria
52 km
Ranked 59th.

Standard gauge per million 507.14 km
Ranked 10th. 1326 times more than Nigeria
0.382 km
Ranked 60th.

Total 41,981 km
Ranked 6th. 12 times more than Nigeria
3,505 km
Ranked 50th.

Total > Per $ GDP 16.59 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 98th.
30.56 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 82nd. 84% more than Germany

Total > Per capita 0.509 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th. 21 times more than Nigeria
0.024 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 99th.

Total per million 510.24 km
Ranked 24th. 22 times more than Nigeria
23.18 km
Ranked 99th.

A note since privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the track it owns; <a href=/kp/in+addition>in addition</a> to the DBAG system there are 102 privately owned railway companies which own approximately 3,000 to 4,000 km of track (2001 est.) years of neglect of both the rolling stock and the right-of-way have seriously reduced the capacity and utility of the system; a project to restore Nigeria's <a href=/graph-T/tra_rai>railways</a> is now underway (2001)
Standard gauge > Per $ GDP 16.5 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 29th. 23 times more than Nigeria
0.72 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 56th.

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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