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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
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)