Monday, 27 January 2014

Countries by rail transport network size



Rank
Country
Railway Length (km)
1
India
65,000
2
Russia
128,000
3
China (PRC)
93,000
4
United States
226,427
5
Canada
46,552
6
Australia
38,445
7
Germany
37,679
8
Argentina
35,897
9
South Africa
31,000
10
France
29,901
11
Brazil
29,817
12
Mexico
26,704
13
Italy
24,179
14
Japan
23,474
15
Ukraine
22,300
16
Romania
22,298
17
Poland
19,627
18
United Kingdom
16,321
19
Kazakhstan
15,079
20
Spain
15,064
21
Sweden
12,821
22
Iran
11,106
23
Turkey
10,991
24
Czech Republic
9,487
25
Indonesia
8,529
26
Hungary
7,942
27
Pakistan
7,791
28
Egypt
6,700
29
Finland
5,919
30
Chile
5,898
31
Austria
5,927
32
Belarus
5,491
33
Sudan
5,478
34
North Korea
5,235
35
Cuba
5,076
36
Switzerland
5,063
37
Algeria
4,316
38
Uzbekistan
4,230
39
Bulgaria
4,159
40
New Zealand
4,128
41
Norway
4,114
42
Thailand
4,071
43
Democratic Republic of the Congo
4,007
44
Myanmar (Burma)
3,955
45
Serbia
3,809
46
Slovakia
3,658
47
Nigeria
3,528
48
Belgium
3,513
49
South Korea
3,381
50
Turkmenistan
3,181
51
Vietnam
3,147
52
Mozambique
3,116
53
Zimbabwe
3,000
54
Uruguay
2,993
55
Netherlands
2,896
56
Bolivia
2,866
57
Portugal
2,842
58
Bangladesh
2,835
59
Kenya
2,778
60
Angola
2,761
61
Tanzania
2,722
62
Croatia
2,974
63
Greece
2,552
64
Namibia
2,382
65
Latvia
2,269
66
Tunisia
2,218
67
Syria
2,139
68
Denmark
2,667
69
Azerbaijan
2,918
70
Iraq
2,032
71
Peru
2,020
72
Morocco
1,989
73
Republic of Ireland
1,919
74
Malaysia
1,849
75
Mongolia
1,810
76
Lithuania
1,766
77
Colombia
1,663
78
Taiwan (Republic of China)
1,661
79
Georgia
1,513
80
Sri Lanka
1,508
81
Saudi Arabia
1,412
82
Zambia
1,237
83
Slovenia
1,228
84
Moldova
1,156
85
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,103
86
Israel
1,001
87
Cameroon
974
88
Ecuador
966
89
Ghana
953
90
Senegal
906
91
Botswana
888
92
Guatemala
885
93
Madagascar
854
94
Armenia
869
95
Guinea
837
96
Estonia
816
97
Gabon
810
98
Malawi
797
99
Republic of the Congo
795
100
Djibouti
781
101
Benin
758
102
Mali
733
103
Mauritania
728
104
Honduras
699
105
Macedonia
699
106
Ethiopia
699
107
Cambodia
650
108
Côte d'Ivoire
639
109
Burkina Faso
622
110
Tajikistan
616
111
Fiji
597
112
Togo
568
113
El Salvador
562
114
Dominican Republic
517
115
Liberia
490
116
Philippines
479
117
Albania
423
118
Kyrgyzstan
417
119
Lebanon
401
120
Panama
355
121
Venezuela
336
122
Eritrea
306
123
Swaziland
301
124
Costa Rica
278
125
Luxembourg
275
126
Jamaica
272
127
Uganda
259
128
Jordan
251
129
Montenegro
249
130
Hong Kong (People's Republic Of China)
210
131
Singapore
199.4
132
Guyana
187
133
Suriname
166
134
Puerto Rico (US)
96
135
Sierra Leone
84
136
Antigua and Barbuda
77
137
Afghanistan
75
138
Nepal
59
139
United Arab Emirates
52
140
Saint Kitts and Nevis
50
141
Haiti
40
142
Paraguay
36
143
Brunei
13
144
Liechtenstein
9
145
Nicaragua
6
146
Nauru
5
147
Western Sahara
5
148
Laos
4
149
Lesotho
3
150
Monaco
1.7
151
Vatican City
0.862

World
1,370,782