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Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.".
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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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.