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Transport > Railways Stats: compare key data on Republic of the Congo & United States

Definitions

  • 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.
STAT Republic of the Congo United States HISTORY
Rail lines > Total route-km 795
Ranked 86th.
228,513
Ranked 2nd. 287 times more than Republic of the Congo

Rail lines > Total route-km per million 205.08
Ranked 57th.
733.38
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Republic of the Congo

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km 257
Ranked 74th.
2.52 million
Ranked 2nd. 9823 times more than Republic of the Congo

Railways, goods transported > Million ton-km per 1000 0.0608
Ranked 60th.
8.1
Ranked 4th. 133 times more than Republic of the Congo

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km 207
Ranked 67th.
9,518
Ranked 23th. 46 times more than Republic of the Congo

Railways, passengers carried > Million passenger-km per million 48.99
Ranked 58th. 60% more than United States
30.55
Ranked 63th.

SOURCES: 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.

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