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Transport > Rail lines > Total route-km: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.".

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United States 227,058 2008
2 European Union 211,289 2008
3 Russia 84,158 2008
4 India 63,327 2008
5 China 60,809 2008
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 57,324 2008
6 Canada 57,216 2008
7 Germany 33,862 2008
8 France 29,901 2008
9 Brazil 29,817 2008
10 Mexico 26,677 2008
11 South Africa 24,487 2008
12 Ukraine 21,676 2008
13 Japan 20,048 2008
14 Poland 19,627 2008
High income OECD countries average (profile) 18,316.96 2008
Non-religious countries average (profile) 18,295.67 2008
15 Italy 16,862 2008
Emerging markets average (profile) 16,444.04 2008
16 United Kingdom 16,321 2008
17 Spain 15,046 2008
18 Kazakhstan 14,205 2008
19 Romania 10,784 2008
Eastern Europe average (profile) 10,465.76 2008
NATO countries average (profile) 10,040 2008
20 Sweden 9,830 2008
21 Australia 9,661 2008
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 9,628.73 2008
22 Czech Republic 9,487 2008
23 Turkey 8,699 2008
European Union average (profile) 8,231.19 2008
Eurozone average (profile) 8,077.56 2008
24 Hungary 7,942 2008
25 Pakistan 7,791 2008
26 Finland 5,919 2008
27 Chile 5,898 2008
28 Austria 5,755 2008
29 Belarus 5,491 2008
30 Cuba 5,076 2008
31 Sudan 4,578 2008
32 Thailand 4,429 2008
33 Uzbekistan 4,230 2008
34 Bulgaria 4,159 2008
35 Norway 4,114 2008
36 Serbia and Montenegro 4,058 2008
37 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,007 2008
38 New Zealand 3,913 1999
39 Slovakia 3,592 2008
40 Algeria 3,572 2008
41 Nigeria 3,528 2007
42 Belgium 3,513 2008
43 Switzerland 3,499 2008
44 Indonesia 3,370 2008
45 Burma 3,335.94 1991
46 Turkmenistan 3,181 2008
47 Vietnam 3,147 2008
48 Mozambique 3,116 2008
49 Uruguay 2,993 2008
50 Netherlands 2,896 2008
51 Bolivia 2,866 2008
52 Portugal 2,842 2008
53 Bangladesh 2,835 2008
54 Saudi Arabia 2,758 2008
55 Croatia 2,722 2008
56 Tanzania 2,600 2006
57 Zimbabwe 2,583 2008
58 Greece 2,552 2008
59 Namibia 2,382 1995
60 Latvia 2,263 2008
61 Tunisia 2,218 2008
62 Syria 2,139 2008
63 Denmark 2,133 2008
64 Azerbaijan 2,099 2008
65 Iraq 2,032 2008
66 Peru 2,020 2008
67 Morocco 1,989 2008
68 Ireland 1,919 2008
69 Kenya 1,917 2006
70 Mongolia 1,810 2008
71 Lithuania 1,765 2008
72 Malaysia 1,665 2008
73 Colombia 1,663 2008
74 Georgia 1,513 2008
75 Sri Lanka 1,463 2008
76 Zambia 1,273 2004
77 Slovenia 1,228 2008
78 Moldova 1,156 2008
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,016 2008
80 Israel 1,005 2008
81 Cameroon 977 2008
82 Ghana 953 2008
83 Senegal 906 2000
84 Botswana 888 2008
85 Madagascar 854 2008
86 Armenia 845 2008
87 Estonia 816 2008
88 Gabon 810 2008
89 Malawi 797 2008
90 Congo, Republic of the 795 2008
=91 Djibouti 781 2005
=91 Ethiopia 781 1991
93 Benin 758 2008
94 Mali 733 2002
95 Mauritania 728 2008
96 Cambodia 650 2005
97 Cote d'Ivoire 639 2008
98 Burkina Faso 622 2008
99 Tajikistan 616 2008
100 Philippines 479 2008
101 Costa Rica 424 1996
102 Albania 423 2008
103 Kyrgyzstan 417 2008
104 Venezuela 336 2008
105 Swaziland 300 2008
106 Luxembourg 275 2008
107 Uganda 259 2004
108 Jordan 251 2008

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Interesting observations about Transport > Rail lines > Total route-km

  • United States ranked first for rail lines > total route-km amongst High income OECD countries in 2008.
  • Russia ranked first for rail lines > total route-km amongst Europe in 2008.
  • Germany ranked first for rail lines > total route-km amongst European Union in 2008.
  • Canada ranked first for rail lines > total route-km amongst NATO countries in 2008.
  • India ranked second for rail lines > total route-km amongst Emerging markets in 2008.
  • China ranked first for rail lines > total route-km amongst Non-religious countries in 2008.
  • United Kingdom ranked last for rail lines > total route-km amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2008.
  • France ranked second for rail lines > total route-km amongst Eurozone in 2008.
  • Ukraine ranked second for rail lines > total route-km amongst Former Soviet republics in 2008.
  • European Union has ranked in the top 2 for rail lines > total route-km since 1980.
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