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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & South Africa

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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 Nigeria South Africa HISTORY
A note 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) <a href=/kp/in+addition>in addition</a>, <a href=/country/sf><a href=/country/sf>South Africa</a></a> has an <a href=/encyclopedia/electricity><a href=/encyclopedia/electricity>electrified</a></a> 1.065-m gauge commuter rail system, with a total length of 1,254 km, which serves Johannesburg-Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, East London, and Port Elizabeth (2001)
Goods transported > Million ton-km 77
Ranked 75th.
106,014
Ranked 9th. 1377 times more than Nigeria

Narrow gauge None None
Passengers carried > Million passenger-km 174
Ranked 63th.
13,865
Ranked 17th. 80 times more than Nigeria

Rail lines > Total route-km 3,528
Ranked 42nd.
22,051
Ranked 13th. 6 times more than Nigeria

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 23.97
Ranked 80th.
435.9
Ranked 33th. 18 times more than Nigeria

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 77
Ranked 80th.
113,342
Ranked 9th. 1472 times more than Nigeria

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 0.000523
Ranked 82nd.
2.24
Ranked 13th. 4283 times more than Nigeria

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 174
Ranked 65th.
18,865
Ranked 14th. 108 times more than Nigeria

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 1.18
Ranked 74th.
377.37
Ranked 31st. 319 times more than Nigeria

Total 3,505 km
Ranked 50th.
20,192 km
Ranked 14th. 6 times more than Nigeria

Total > Per $ GDP 30.56 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 82nd.
81.85 km per $1 billion of GD
Ranked 49th. 3 times more than Nigeria

Total > Per capita 0.024 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 99th.
0.428 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 29th. 18 times more than Nigeria

Total per million 23.18 km
Ranked 99th.
427.77 km
Ranked 30th. 18 times more than Nigeria

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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