Rank Order - Railways

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 236,436 2007
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 5,235 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
Norway 4,114 2008
43
Thailand 4,071 2006
44
Algeria 3,973 2006
45
Burma 3,955 2006
46
Uzbekistan 3,950 2006
47
Tanzania 3,690 2006
48
Slovakia 3,662 2006
49
Belgium 3,536 2006
50
Nigeria 3,505 2006
51
Bolivia 3,504 2006
52
Korea, South 3,472 2006
53
Serbia 3,379 2006
54
Colombia 3,304 2006
55
Ireland 3,237 2006
56
Mozambique 3,123 2006
57
Zimbabwe 3,077 2006
58
Netherlands 2,797 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
Turkmenistan 2,440 2006
69
Namibia 2,382 2006
70
Latvia 2,303 2006
71
Iraq 2,272 2006
72
Zambia 2,157 2006
73
Tunisia 2,153 2006
74
Azerbaijan 2,122 2006
75
Uruguay 2,073 2006
76
Peru 1,989 2006
77
Morocco 1,907 2006
78
Malaysia 1,890 2006
79
Mongolia 1,810 2006
80
Lithuania 1,771 2006
81
Georgia 1,612 2006
82
Taiwan 1,588 2007
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 2008
119
Tajikistan 482 2006
120
Kyrgyzstan 470 2006
121
Albania 447 2006
122
Kosovo 430 2005
123
Lebanon 401 2006
124
Panama 355 2006
125
Eritrea 306 2006
126
Swaziland 301 2006
127
Costa Rica 278 2007
128
Luxembourg 275 2006
129
Montenegro 250 2006
130
Djibouti 100 2006
131
Puerto Rico 96 2006
132
Isle of Man 65 2006
133
Nepal 59 2006
134
Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2006
135
Paraguay 36 2006
136
Nicaragua 2006

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