Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
|
Rank
|
Country
|
Railways
(km) |
Date of Information
|
|
1
|
World | 1,370,782 | 2006 |
|
2
|
European Union | 236,656 | 2006 |
|
3
|
United States | 226,612 | 2005 |
|
4
|
Russia | 87,157 | 2006 |
|
5
|
China | 75,438 | 2005 |
|
6
|
India | 63,221 | 2006 |
|
7
|
Germany | 48,215 | 2006 |
|
8
|
Canada | 48,068 | 2006 |
|
9
|
Australia | 38,550 | 2006 |
|
10
|
Argentina | 31,902 | 2006 |
|
11
|
France | 29,370 | 2006 |
|
12
|
Brazil | 29,295 | 2006 |
|
13
|
Japan | 23,474 | 2006 |
|
14
|
Poland | 23,072 | 2006 |
|
15
|
Ukraine | 22,473 | 2006 |
|
16
|
South Africa | 20,872 | 2006 |
|
17
|
Italy | 19,460 | 2006 |
|
18
|
Mexico | 17,665 | 2006 |
|
19
|
United Kingdom | 16,567 | 2006 |
|
20
|
Spain | 14,974 | 2006 |
|
21
|
Kazakhstan | 13,700 | 2006 |
|
22
|
Sweden | 11,528 | 2006 |
|
23
|
Romania | 11,385 | 2006 |
|
24
|
Czech Republic | 9,597 | 2006 |
|
25
|
Turkey | 8,697 | 2006 |
|
26
|
Iran | 8,367 | 2006 |
|
27
|
Pakistan | 8,163 | 2006 |
|
28
|
Hungary | 8,057 | 2006 |
|
29
|
Chile | 6,585 | 2006 |
|
30
|
Indonesia | 6,458 | 2006 |
|
31
|
Austria | 6,383 | 2006 |
|
32
|
Sudan | 5,978 | 2006 |
|
33
|
Finland | 5,741 | 2006 |
|
34
|
Belarus | 5,512 | 2006 |
|
35
|
Korea, North | 5,214 | 2006 |
|
36
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5,138 | 2006 |
|
37
|
Egypt | 5,063 | 2006 |
|
38
|
Switzerland | 4,839 | 2006 |
|
39
|
Bulgaria | 4,294 | 2006 |
|
40
|
Cuba | 4,226 | 2006 |
|
41
|
New Zealand | 4,128 | 2006 |
|
42
|
Thailand | 4,071 | 2006 |
|
43
|
Norway | 4,043 | 2006 |
|
44
|
Algeria | 3,973 | 2006 |
|
45
|
Burma | 3,955 | 2006 |
|
46
|
Uzbekistan | 3,950 | 2006 |
|
47
|
Serbia | 3,800 | 2006 |
|
48
|
Tanzania | 3,690 | 2006 |
|
49
|
Slovakia | 3,662 | 2006 |
|
50
|
Belgium | 3,536 | 2006 |
|
51
|
Nigeria | 3,505 | 2006 |
|
52
|
Bolivia | 3,504 | 2006 |
|
53
|
Korea, South | 3,472 | 2006 |
|
54
|
Colombia | 3,304 | 2006 |
|
55
|
Ireland | 3,237 | 2006 |
|
56
|
Mozambique | 3,123 | 2006 |
|
57
|
Zimbabwe | 3,077 | 2006 |
|
58
|
Netherlands | 2,811 | 2006 |
|
59
|
Portugal | 2,786 | 2006 |
|
60
|
Kenya | 2,778 | 2006 |
|
61
|
Bangladesh | 2,768 | 2006 |
|
62
|
Angola | 2,761 | 2006 |
|
63
|
Croatia | 2,726 | 2006 |
|
64
|
Syria | 2,711 | 2006 |
|
65
|
Denmark | 2,644 | 2007 |
|
66
|
Vietnam | 2,600 | 2006 |
|
67
|
Greece | 2,571 | 2006 |
|
68
|
Taiwan | 2,502 | 2006 |
|
69
|
Turkmenistan | 2,440 | 2006 |
|
70
|
Namibia | 2,382 | 2006 |
|
71
|
Latvia | 2,303 | 2006 |
|
72
|
Iraq | 2,272 | 2006 |
|
73
|
Zambia | 2,157 | 2006 |
|
74
|
Tunisia | 2,153 | 2006 |
|
75
|
Azerbaijan | 2,122 | 2006 |
|
76
|
Uruguay | 2,073 | 2006 |
|
77
|
Peru | 1,989 | 2006 |
|
78
|
Morocco | 1,907 | 2006 |
|
79
|
Malaysia | 1,890 | 2006 |
|
80
|
Mongolia | 1,810 | 2006 |
|
81
|
Lithuania | 1,771 | 2006 |
|
82
|
Georgia | 1,612 | 2006 |
|
83
|
Sri Lanka | 1,449 | 2006 |
|
84
|
Saudi Arabia | 1,392 | 2006 |
|
85
|
Uganda | 1,244 | 2006 |
|
86
|
Slovenia | 1,229 | 2006 |
|
87
|
Moldova | 1,138 | 2006 |
|
88
|
Cameroon | 987 | 2006 |
|
89
|
Estonia | 968 | 2006 |
|
90
|
Ecuador | 966 | 2006 |
|
91
|
Ghana | 953 | 2006 |
|
92
|
Senegal | 906 | 2006 |
|
93
|
Philippines | 897 | 2006 |
|
94
|
Congo, Republic of the | 894 | 2006 |
|
95
|
Botswana | 888 | 2006 |
|
96
|
Guatemala | 886 | 2006 |
|
97
|
Madagascar | 854 | 2006 |
|
98
|
Israel | 853 | 2006 |
|
99
|
Armenia | 839 | 2006 |
|
100
|
Guinea | 837 | 2006 |
|
101
|
Gabon | 814 | 2006 |
|
102
|
Malawi | 797 | 2006 |
|
103
|
Benin | 758 | 2006 |
|
104
|
Mali | 729 | 2006 |
|
105
|
Ethiopia | 699 | 2006 |
|
106
|
Macedonia | 699 | 2006 |
|
107
|
Honduras | 699 | 2006 |
|
108
|
Venezuela | 682 | 2006 |
|
109
|
Cote d'Ivoire | 660 | 2006 |
|
110
|
Burkina Faso | 622 | 2006 |
|
111
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 608 | 2006 |
|
112
|
Cambodia | 602 | 2006 |
|
113
|
Fiji | 597 | 2006 |
|
114
|
Togo | 568 | 2006 |
|
115
|
El Salvador | 562 | 2007 |
|
116
|
Dominican Republic | 517 | 2006 |
|
117
|
Jordan | 505 | 2006 |
|
118
|
Liberia | 490 | 2006 |
|
119
|
Tajikistan | 482 | 2006 |
|
120
|
Kyrgyzstan | 470 | 2006 |
|
121
|
Albania | 447 | 2006 |
|
122
|
Lebanon | 401 | 2006 |
|
123
|
Panama | 355 | 2006 |
|
124
|
Eritrea | 306 | 2006 |
|
125
|
Swaziland | 301 | 2006 |
|
126
|
Costa Rica | 278 | 2007 |
|
127
|
Luxembourg | 275 | 2006 |
|
128
|
Montenegro | 250 | 2006 |
|
129
|
Djibouti | 100 | 2006 |
|
130
|
Puerto Rico | 96 | 2006 |
|
131
|
Isle of Man | 65 | 2006 |
|
132
|
Nepal | 59 | 2006 |
|
133
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50 | 2006 |
|
134
|
Paraguay | 36 | 2006 |
|
135
|
Nicaragua | 6 | 2006 |
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