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DEFINITION: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
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Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda 64 km 0.760-m gauge; 13 km 0.610-m gauge (used almost exclusively for handling sugarcane)
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Benin
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei 13 km 0.610-m gauge
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Cuba
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Eritrea
Ethiopia
European Union 7,861 km
Fiji
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana 48 km 0.914-m gauge
Haiti 40 km 0.760-m gauge; single-track
Honduras 75
Hungary 219
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Japan 96
Jordan
Kenya
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Lithuania 169 km 0.750-m gauge
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua 6 km 1.067-m gauge
Nigeria
North Korea 665 km 0.762-m gauge
Pakistan
Panama 278 km 0.914-m gauge
Peru
Philippines 995
Poland 1,135 km various gauges including 1.000-m, 0.785-m, 0.750-m, and 0.600-m
Portugal
Puerto Rico 96 km 1.000-m gauge
Romania
Russia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Senegal
Sierra Leone 84 km 1.067-m gauge
Singapore 38.6 km 1.000-m gauge
Slovakia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka 59 km 0.762-m gauge
Sudan
Suriname 86 km 1.000-m gauge
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Interesting observations about Transport > Railways > Narrow gauge

  • All of the top 2 countries by railways > narrow gauge are Emerging markets'.
  • All of the top 2 countries by railways > narrow gauge are Christian.
  • Brazil has had the highest railways > narrow gauge since 2008.
  • 7 of the top 9 countries by railways > narrow gauge are Hot countries.
  • South Africa has ranked in the top 2 for railways > narrow gauge since 2008.
  • 5 of the top 10 countries by railways > narrow gauge are Former British Colonies'.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by railways > narrow gauge are Sparsely populated.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by railways > narrow gauge are Catholic.
  • Mozambique ranked first for railways > narrow gauge amongst Former French colonies in 2010.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by railways > narrow gauge are Latin American and Caribbean.

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  • The US's motorways could wrap around the Earth 2.5 times.

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