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Length of the railway networks in the countries of the world
Rank (total) | Country | Total (km) | per Capita (m) | per km² (m) | Date |
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1 | United States of America | 293,564 | 0.921 | 32.1 | 2014 |
2 | China | 191,270 | 0.141 | 20.5 | 2014 |
3 | Russia | 87,157 | 0.612 | 5.3 | 2014 |
4 | Canada | 77,932 | 2.237 | 8.6 | 2014 |
5 | India | 68,525 | 0.055 | 23.0 | 2014 |
6 | Germany | 43,468 | 0.537 | 124.7 | 2014 |
7 | Australia | 36,968 | 1.642 | 4.8 | 2014 |
8 | Argentina | 36,917 | 0.858 | 13.5 | 2014 |
9 | France | 29,640 | 0.463 | 53.9 | 2014 |
10 | Brazil | 28,538 | 0.141 | 3.4 | 2014 |
11 | Japan | 27,311 | 0.215 | 74.9 | 2015 |
12 | Ukraine | 21,733 | 0.491 | 37.5 | 2014 |
13 | South Africa | 20,986 | 0.434 | 17.3 | 2014 |
14 | Italy | 20,182 | 0.327 | 68.6 | 2014 |
15 | Poland | 19,837 | 0.517 | 65.2 | 2014 |
16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16,837 | 0.259 | 69.6 | 2015 |
17 | Spain | 16,102 | 0.337 | 32.3 | 2014 |
18 | Mexico | 15,389 | 0.128 | 7.9 | 2014 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 14,184 | 0.790 | 5.3 | 2014 |
20 | Turkey | 12,008 | 0.147 | 15.6 | 2014 |
21 | Sweden | 11,915 | 1.225 | 29.0 | 2014 |
22 | Pakistan | 11,881 | 0.060 | 15.4 | 2015 |
23 | Romania | 11,268 | 0.519 | 49.0 | 2014 |
24 | Czech Republic | 9,622 | 0.905 | 124.6 | 2014 |
25 | Iran | 8,484 | 0.105 | 5.5 | 2014 |
26 | Cuba | 8,285 | 0.750 | 75.4 | 2014 |
27 | Indonesia | 8,159 | 0.032 | 4.5 | 2014 |
28 | Hungary | 8,049 | 0.811 | 89.8 | 2014 |
29 | Korea (North) | 7,435 | 0.299 | 61.7 | 2014 |
30 | Chile | 7,282 | 0.419 | 9.8 | 2014 |
31 | Sudan | 7,251 | 0.204 | 3.9 | 2014 |
32 | Finland | 5,919 | 1.123 | 19.5 | 2014 |
33 | Switzerland | 5,652 | 0.701 | 141.3 | 2014 |
34 | Belarus | 5,528 | 0.575 | 27.2 | 2014 |
35 | Austria | 5,268 | 0.641 | 63.9 | 2014 |
36 | Bulgaria | 5,114 | 0.739 | 47.1 | 2014 |
37 | Egypt | 5,085 | 0.059 | 5.1 | 2014 |
38 | Myanmar (Burma) | 5,031 | 0.105 | 7.7 | 2008 |
39 | Mozambique | 4,787 | 0.194 | 6.1 | 2014 |
40 | Tanzania | 4,567 | 0.092 | 5.2 | 2014 |
41 | Norway | 4,250 | 0.827 | 14.0 | 2014 |
42 | New Zealand | 4,128 | 0.938 | 15.6 | 2014 |
43 | Thailand | 4,071 | 0.060 | 8.0 | 2014 |
44 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 4,007 | 0.052 | 1.8 | 2014 |
45 | Algeria | 3,973 | 0.102 | 1.7 | 2014 |
46 | Serbia | 3,808 | 0.528 | 49.2 | 2014 |
47 | Nigeria | 3,798 | 0.021 | 4.2 | 2014 |
48 | Uzbekistan | 3,645 | 0.126 | 8.6 | 2014 |
49 | Slovakia | 3,624 | 0.666 | 75.3 | 2014 |
50 | Belgium | 3,592 | 0.344 | 118.6 | 2014 |
51 | Bolivia | 3,504 | 0.330 | 3.2 | 2014 |
52 | Korea (South) | 3,460 | 0.071 | 35.7 | 2014 |
53 | Zimbabwe | 3,427 | 0.249 | 8.9 | 2014 |
54 | Kenya | 3,334 | 0.074 | 5.9 | 2014 |
55 | Ireland | 3,237 | 0.670 | 47.0 | 2014 |
56 | Netherlands | 3,223 | 0.191 | 95.1 | 2014 |
57 | Zambia | 3,126 | 0.214 | 4.2 | 2014 |
58 | Portugal | 3,075 | 0.284 | 33.6 | 2014 |
59 | Turkmenistan | 2,980 | 0.576 | 6.3 | 2014 |
60 | Angola | 2,852 | 0.149 | 2.3 | 2014 |
61 | Croatia | 2,722 | 0.609 | 48.6 | 2014 |
62 | Denmark | 2,633 | 0.463 | 62.0 | 2015 |
63 | Namibia | 2,628 | 1.195 | 3.2 | 2014 |
64 | Vietnam | 2,600 | 0.028 | 8.4 | 2014 |
65 | Greece | 2,548 | 0.236 | 19.5 | 2014 |
66 | Bangladesh | 2,460 | 0.015 | 18.9 | 2014 |
67 | Iraq | 2,272 | 0.070 | 5.2 | 2014 |
68 | Latvia | 2,239 | 0.997 | 36.0 | 2008 |
69 | Tunisia | 2,173 | 0.199 | 14.0 | 2014 |
70 | Colombia | 2,141 | 0.044 | 2.1 | 2015 |
71 | Azerbaijan | 2,068 | 0.213 | 25.0 | 2014 |
72 | Morocco | 2,067 | 0.063 | 4.6 | 2014 |
73 | Syria | 2,052 | 0.114 | 11.2 | 2014 |
74 | Peru | 1,854 | 0.061 | 1.4 | 2014 |
75 | Malaysia | 1,849 | 0.061 | 5.6 | 2014 |
76 | Mongolia | 1,815 | 0.586 | 1.2 | 2016 |
77 | Lithuania | 1,768 | 0.504 | 28.2 | 2014 |
78 | Uruguay | 1,641 | 0.492 | 9.4 | 2014 |
79 | Taiwan | 1,597 | 0.068 | 49.5 | 2014 |
80 | Sri Lanka | 1,447 | 0.066 | 22.4 | 2014 |
81 | Saudi Arabia | 1,378 | 0.050 | 0.6 | 2014 |
82 | Georgia | 1,363 | 0.276 | 19.6 | 2014 |
83 | Israel | 1,250 | 0.160 | 61.5 | 2014 |
84 | Uganda | 1,244 | 0.035 | 6.3 | 2014 |
85 | Slovenia | 1,229 | 0.618 | 61.0 | 2014 |
86 | Estonia | 1,196 | 0.951 | 28.2 | 2014 |
87 | Moldova | 1,171 | 0.327 | 35.6 | 2014 |
88 | Philippines | 995 | 0.010 | 3.3 | 2015 |
89 | Cameroon | 987 | 0.043 | 2.1 | 2014 |
90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 965 | 0.249 | 18.9 | 2014 |
90 | Ecuador | 965 | 0.062 | 3.5 | 2014 |
92 | Ghana | 947 | 0.037 | 4.2 | 2014 |
93 | Senegal | 906 | 0.066 | 4.7 | 2014 |
94 | Botswana | 888 | 0.412 | 1.6 | 2014 |
95 | Madagascar | 836 | 0.036 | 1.4 | 2014 |
96 | Guatemala | 800 | 0.055 | 7.5 | 2014 |
97 | Armenia | 780 | 0.255 | 27.7 | 2014 |
98 | Malawi | 767 | 0.044 | 8.2 | 2014 |
99 | Mauritania | 728 | 0.207 | 0.7 | 2014 |
100 | Honduras | 699 | 0.081 | 6.2 | 2014 |
100 | Macedonia | 699 | 0.334 | 27.5 | 2014 |
102 | Ethiopia | 681 | 0.008 | 0.7 | 2015 |
103 | Tajikistan | 680 | 0.084 | 4.8 | 2014 |
104 | Albania | 677 | 0.224 | 24.7 | 2014 |
105 | Guinea | 662 | 0.058 | 2.7 | 2014 |
106 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 660 | 0.036 | 2.1 | 2008 |
107 | Gabon | 649 | 0.388 | 2.5 | 2014 |
108 | Cambodia | 642 | 0.042 | 3.6 | 2014 |
109 | Burkina Faso | 622 | 0.034 | 2.3 | 2014 |
110 | Fiji | 597 | 0.641 | 32.7 | 2008 |
111 | Mali | 593 | 0.036 | 0.5 | 2014 |
112 | Togo | 568 | 0.077 | 10.4 | 2014 |
113 | Congo (Republic) | 510 | 0.109 | 1.5 | 2014 |
114 | Jordan | 507 | 0.082 | 5.7 | 2008 |
115 | Dominican Republic | 496 | 0.048 | 10.3 | 2014 |
116 | Kyrgyzstan | 470 | 0.084 | 2.5 | 2014 |
117 | Venezuela | 447 | 0.015 | 0.5 | 2014 |
118 | Benin | 438 | 0.043 | 4.0 | 2014 |
119 | Liberia | 429 | 0.129 | 4.5 | 2008 |
120 | Lebanon | 401 | 0.101 | 39.2 | 2008 |
121 | Kosovo | 333 | 0.179 | 30.6 | 2014 |
122 | Eritrea | 306 | 0.048 | 3.0 | 2014 |
123 | Swaziland | 301 | 0.212 | 17.5 | 2014 |
124 | Costa Rica | 278 | 0.058 | 5.4 | 2014 |
125 | Luxembourg | 275 | 0.528 | 106.3 | 2014 |
126 | Montenegro | 250 | 0.385 | 18.6 | 2014 |
127 | South Sudan | 248 | 0.021 | 0.4 | 2014 |
128 | Djibouti | 100 | 0.198 | 4.3 | 2008 |
129 | Panama | 77 | 0.021 | 1.0 | 2014 |
130 | Isle of Man | 63 | 0.827 | 110.1 | 2008 |
131 | Nepal | 53 | 0.002 | 0.4 | 2014 |
132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50 | 1.262 | 191.6 | 2008 |
133 | Paraguay | 30 | 0.004 | 0.1 | 2014 |
134 | Christmas Island | 18 | 9.231 | 133.3 | 2010 |
135 | El Salvador | 13 | 0.002 | 0.6 | 2014 |
136 | Liechtenstein | 9 | 0.261 | 56.3 | 2008 |
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No information is available for non-listed countries.
The total route length of the railway network is given. 1 km corresponds to 0.6214 miles. 1 m corresponds to 1.094 yards.
Source: CIA World Factbook (2017-01-17)