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

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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."
  • 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.
  • 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 Kenya Nigeria HISTORY
A note the line connecting Nairobi with the port of Mombasa is the most important in the country 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)
Goods transported > Million ton-km 1,399
Ranked 60th. 18 times more than Nigeria
77
Ranked 75th.

Narrow gauge None None
Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 250
Ranked 66th. 44% more than Nigeria
174
Ranked 63th.

Rail lines > Total route-km 1,917
Ranked 62nd.
3,528
Ranked 42nd. 84% more than Kenya

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 52.15
Ranked 77th. 2 times more than Nigeria
23.97
Ranked 80th.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 1,399
Ranked 60th. 18 times more than Nigeria
77
Ranked 80th.

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 0.0381
Ranked 73th. 73 times more than Nigeria
0.000523
Ranked 82nd.

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 226
Ranked 68th. 30% more than Nigeria
174
Ranked 65th.

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 6.15
Ranked 78th. 5 times more than Nigeria
1.18
Ranked 74th.

Total 2,066 km
Ranked 71st.
3,505 km
Ranked 50th. 70% more than Kenya

Total > Per $ GDP 131.12 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 32nd. 4 times more than Nigeria
30.56 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 82nd.

Total > Per capita 0.073 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd. 3 times more than Nigeria
0.024 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 99th.

Total per million 71.65 km
Ranked 73th. 3 times more than Nigeria
23.18 km
Ranked 99th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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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