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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Japan & Liberia

Definitions

  • 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.
  • 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 Japan Liberia HISTORY
Narrow gauge 96 None
Standard gauge 4,251 km
Ranked 11th. 12 times more than Liberia
345 km
Ranked 23th.

Standard gauge > Per $ GDP 0.738 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 51st.
546.75 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 1st. 741 times more than Japan

Standard gauge per million 31.19 km
Ranked 7th.
93.94 km
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Japan

Total 27,182 km
Ranked 11th. 63 times more than Liberia
429 km
Ranked 115th.

Total > Per $ GDP 5.41 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 113th.
776.54 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 1st. 144 times more than Japan

Total > Per capita 0.184 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 60th. 43% more than Liberia
0.129 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 57th.

Total per million 207.24 km
Ranked 8th. 77% more than Liberia
116.81 km
Ranked 58th.

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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