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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Liberia & 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.
  • 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 Liberia Nigeria HISTORY
A note in 1989, <a href=/country/li><a href=/country/li>Liberia</a></a> had three rail systems owned and operated by foreign <a href=/kp/steel>steel</a> and financial interests in conjunction with the <a href=/country/li>Liberian</a> <a href=/kp/Government>Government</a>; one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989 after <a href=/kp/iron+ore>iron ore</a> production ceased; the other two were shut down by the civil war; large <a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged><a href=/encyclopedia/Structure-of-Atlas-Shrugged>sections</a></a> of the rail lines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad track was exported for scrap (2001) 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)
Narrow gauge None None
Standard gauge 345 km
Ranked 23th. 7 times more than Nigeria
52 km
Ranked 59th.

Standard gauge > Per $ GDP 546.75 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 1st. 759 times more than Nigeria
0.72 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 56th.

Standard gauge per million 93.94 km
Ranked 26th. 246 times more than Nigeria
0.382 km
Ranked 60th.

Total 429 km
Ranked 115th.
3,505 km
Ranked 50th. 8 times more than Liberia

Total > Per $ GDP 776.54 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 1st. 25 times more than Nigeria
30.56 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 82nd.

Total > Per capita 0.129 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 57th. 5 times more than Nigeria
0.024 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 99th.

Total per million 116.81 km
Ranked 58th. 5 times more than Nigeria
23.18 km
Ranked 99th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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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