Railways of the World - statistics and charts as map, diagram and table

Rank (total)	Country	Railways (km)	per Capita (m)	per Square km (m)	Date
1	United States of America	226,612	0.766	24.7	2005
2	Russia	87,157	0.610	5.1	2006
3	China	75,438	0.058	8.1	2005
4	India	63,221	0.058	21.3	2006
5	Germany	48,215	0.585	138.1	2006
6	Canada	48,068	1.452	5.3	2006
7	Australia	38,550	1.902	5.1	2006
8	Argentina	31,902	0.799	11.7	2006
9	France	29,370	0.482	53.8	2006
10	Brazil	29,295	0.156	3.5	2006
11	Japan	23,474	0.184	62.6	2006
12	Poland	23,072	0.599	75.8	2006
13	Ukraine	22,473	0.481	37.2	2006
14	South Africa	20,872	0.472	17.1	2006
15	Italy	19,460	0.335	66.2	2006
16	Mexico	17,665	0.164	9.2	2006
17	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	16,567	0.273	68.6	2006
18	Spain	14,974	0.371	30.0	2006
19	Kazakhstan	13,700	0.899	5.1	2006
20	Sweden	11,528	1.279	28.1	2006
21	Romania	11,385	0.510	49.4	2006
22	Czech Republic	9,597	0.938	124.2	2006
23	Turkey	8,697	0.124	11.3	2006
24	Iran	8,367	0.122	5.1	2006
25	Pakistan	8,163	0.049	10.5	2006
26	Hungary	8,057	0.807	87.3	2006
27	Chile	6,585	0.408	8.8	2006
28	Indonesia	6,458	0.026	3.5	2006
29	Austria	6,383	0.779	77.4	2006
30	Sudan	5,978	0.145	2.5	2006
31	Finland	5,741	1.097	18.9	2006
32	Belarus	5,512	0.536	26.6	2006
33	Korea (North)	5,235	0.226	43.5	2006
34	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	5,138	0.082	2.3	2006
35	Egypt	5,063	0.064	5.1	2006
36	Switzerland	4,839	0.643	121.7	2006
37	Bulgaria	4,294	0.581	38.8	2006
38	Cuba	4,226	0.371	38.1	2006
39	New Zealand	4,128	1.013	15.4	2006
40	Norway	4,114	0.886	13.4	2008
41	Thailand	4,071	0.063	8.0	2006
42	Algeria	3,973	0.121	1.7	2006
43	Myanmar	3,955	0.083	6.0	2006
44	Uzbekistan	3,950	0.145	9.3	2006
45	Tanzania	3,690	0.099	4.2	2006
46	Slovakia	3,662	0.673	75.0	2006
47	Belgium	3,536	0.341	116.8	2006
48	Nigeria	3,505	0.027	3.8	2006
49	Bolivia	3,504	0.390	3.2	2006
50	Korea (South)	3,472	0.071	35.4	2006
51	Serbia	3,379	0.360	43.6	2006
52	Colombia	3,304	0.076	3.2	2006
53	Ireland	3,237	0.797	47.0	2006
54	Mozambique	3,123	0.159	4.0	2006
55	Zimbabwe	3,077	0.251	8.0	2006
56	Netherlands	2,797	0.170	82.5	2006
57	Portugal	2,786	0.263	30.3	2006
58	Kenya	2,778	0.080	4.9	2006
59	Bangladesh	2,768	0.019	20.7	2006
60	Angola	2,761	0.228	2.2	2006
61	Croatia	2,726	0.606	48.3	2006
62	Syria	2,711	0.144	14.7	2006
63	Denmark	2,644	0.484	62.4	2007
64	Vietnam	2,600	0.031	8.0	2006
65	Greece	2,571	0.241	19.7	2006
66	Turkmenistan	2,440	0.484	5.0	2006
67	Namibia	2,382	1.165	2.9	2006
68	Latvia	2,303	1.012	36.2	2006
69	Iraq	2,272	0.085	5.3	2006
70	Zambia	2,157	0.188	2.9	2006
71	Tunisia	2,153	0.212	13.9	2006
72	Azerbaijan	2,122	0.267	24.6	2006
73	Uruguay	2,073	0.604	11.9	2006
74	Peru	1,989	0.070	1.6	2006
75	Morocco	1,907	0.057	4.3	2006
76	Malaysia	1,890	0.078	5.8	2006
77	Mongolia	1,810	0.639	1.2	2006
78	Lithuania	1,771	0.494	27.1	2006
79	Georgia	1,612	0.346	23.1	2006
80	Taiwan (Rep. of China)	1,588	0.069	49.2	2007
81	Sri Lanka	1,449	0.072	22.4	2006
82	Saudi Arabia	1,392	0.052	0.6	2006
83	Uganda	1,244	0.044	6.2	2006
84	Slovenia	1,229	0.611	61.0	2006
85	Moldova	1,138	0.255	34.1	2006
86	Cameroon	987	0.057	2.1	2006
87	Estonia	968	0.731	22.4	2006
88	Ecuador	966	0.071	3.5	2006
89	Ghana	953	0.043	4.1	2006
90	Senegal	906	0.076	4.7	2006
91	Philippines	897	0.010	3.0	2006
92	Congo (Republic)	894	0.241	2.6	2006
93	Botswana	888	0.542	1.5	2006
94	Guatemala	886	0.072	8.2	2006
95	Madagascar	854	0.046	1.5	2006
96	Israel	853	0.134	42.0	2006
97	Armenia	839	0.282	29.5	2006
98	Guinea	837	0.086	3.4	2006
99	Gabon	814	0.571	3.2	2006
100	Malawi	797	0.061	8.5	2006
101	Benin	758	0.096	6.9	2006
102	Mali	729	0.062	0.6	2006
103	Ethiopia	699	0.009	0.6	2006
103	Honduras	699	0.095	6.2	2006
103	Macedonia	699	0.341	28.1	2006
106	Venezuela	682	0.027	0.8	2006
107	Cote d'Ivoire	660	0.037	2.1	2006
108	Burkina Faso	622	0.045	2.3	2006
109	Bosnia & Herzegovina	608	0.135	11.9	2006
110	Cambodia	602	0.043	3.4	2006
111	Fiji Islands	597	0.659	32.7	2006
112	Togo	568	0.102	10.4	2006
113	El Salvador	562	0.081	27.1	2007
114	Dominican Republic	517	0.056	10.7	2006
115	Jordan	505	0.085	5.5	2006
116	Liberia	490	0.147	5.1	2008
117	Tajikistan	482	0.066	3.4	2006
118	Kyrgyzstan	470	0.090	2.5	2006
119	Albania	447	0.125	16.3	2006
120	Kosovo	430	...	39.5	2005
121	Lebanon	401	0.104	39.2	2006
122	Panama	355	0.111	4.7	2006
123	Eritrea	306	0.064	2.5	2006
124	Swaziland	301	0.265	17.5	2006
125	Costa Rica	278	0.067	5.5	2007
126	Luxembourg	275	0.580	106.3	2006
127	Montenegro	250	0.396	18.1	2006
128	Djibouti	100	0.206	4.4	2006
129	Puerto Rico	96	0.024	10.8	2006
130	Man, Isle of	65	0.862	113.6	2006
131	Nepal	59	0.002	0.4	2006
132	Saint Kitts & Nevis	50	1.278	191.6	2006
133	Paraguay	36	0.006	0.1	2006
134	Nicaragua	6	0.001	0.0	2006
	World	1,370,782	0.210	9.2	2006

For non-listed countries is no information available.

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 (2008-07-24)

(c) Thomas Brinkhoff, 2008-07-27

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