Railways of the World

Rank (total)	Country	Railways (km)	per Capita (m)	per Square km (m)	Date
1	United States of America	226,427	0.752	24.7	2007
2	Russia	87,157	0.610	5.3	2006
3	China	77,834	0.059	8.1	2008
4	India	63,327	0.056	21.3	2007
5	Canada	46,688	1.406	5.1	2008
6	Germany	41,896	0.509	120.2	2008
7	Australia	37,855	1.838	4.9	2008
8	Argentina	31,409	0.772	11.5	2008
9	France	29,213	0.470	53.1	2008
10	Brazil	28,857	0.150	3.4	2008
11	Japan	23,506	0.185	64.5	2008
12	Poland	22,314	0.579	73.3	2007
13	Ukraine	21,655	0.471	37.4	2008
14	South Africa	20,872	0.477	17.2	2008
15	Italy	19,729	0.339	67.1	2008
16	Mexico	17,516	0.159	9.0	2008
17	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	16,454	0.270	68.0	2008
18	Spain	15,288	0.378	30.6	2008
19	Kazakhstan	13,700	0.893	5.1	2008
20	Sweden	11,633	1.286	28.4	2008
21	Romania	10,788	0.485	46.9	2008
22	Czech Republic	9,620	0.941	124.5	2008
23	Turkey	8,697	0.121	11.3	2008
24	Cuba	8,598	0.755	78.3	2006
25	Indonesia	8,529	0.036	4.7	2008
26	Iran	8,442	0.128	5.5	2008
27	Hungary	8,057	0.811	89.9	2008
28	Pakistan	7,791	0.047	10.1	2007
29	Austria	6,399	0.780	77.6	2008
30	Sudan	5,978	0.149	2.5	2008
31	Finland	5,794	1.105	19.1	2008
32	Belarus	5,538	0.572	27.3	2008
33	Chile	5,481	0.333	7.4	2008
34	Korea (North)	5,235	0.226	43.5	2006
35	Egypt	5,063	0.062	5.1	2008
36	Switzerland	4,888	0.645	122.2	2008
37	Mozambique	4,787	0.225	6.1	2008
38	Bulgaria	4,294	0.591	39.6	2008
39	New Zealand	4,128	0.989	15.4	2008
40	Norway	4,114	0.883	13.5	2009
41	Thailand	4,071	0.062	8.0	2008
42	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	4,007	0.060	1.8	2008
43	Algeria	3,973	0.118	1.7	2008
44	Myanmar	3,955	0.083	6.1	2008
45	Colombia	3,802	0.084	3.4	2008
46	Tanzania	3,689	0.092	4.2	2008
47	Uzbekistan	3,645	0.129	8.6	2008
48	Slovakia	3,622	0.664	75.3	2008
49	Nigeria	3,505	0.025	3.8	2008
50	Bolivia	3,504	0.379	3.2	2008
51	Korea (South)	3,381	0.069	34.9	2008
52	Serbia	3,379	0.360	43.6	2006
53	Ireland	3,237	0.779	47.0	2008
54	Belgium	3,233	0.311	106.8	2008
55	Zimbabwe	3,077	0.248	8.0	2008
56	Turkmenistan	2,980	0.575	6.3	2008
57	Netherlands	2,811	0.169	82.9	2008
58	Portugal	2,786	0.261	30.5	2008
59	Kenya	2,778	0.073	4.9	2008
60	Bangladesh	2,768	0.018	21.3	2008
61	Angola	2,764	0.221	2.2	2008
62	Croatia	2,722	0.606	48.6	2008
63	Denmark	2,667	0.486	62.9	2008
64	Namibia	2,629	1.259	3.2	2008
65	Greece	2,548	0.238	19.5	2008
66	Vietnam	2,347	0.027	7.6	2008
67	Latvia	2,298	1.023	36.9	2008
68	Iraq	2,272	0.081	5.2	2008
69	Tunisia	2,159	0.208	13.9	2008
70	Zambia	2,157	0.185	2.9	2008
71	Azerbaijan	2,122	0.259	25.7	2008
72	Syria	2,052	0.104	11.2	2008
73	Peru	1,989	0.068	1.6	2008
74	Morocco	1,907	0.056	4.3	2008
75	Malaysia	1,849	0.073	5.6	2008
76	Mongolia	1,810	0.604	1.2	2008
77	Dominican Republic	1,784	0.188	36.9	2008
78	Lithuania	1,765	0.495	28.2	2008
79	Uruguay	1,641	0.472	9.4	2008
80	Georgia	1,612	0.348	23.1	2008
81	Taiwan (Rep. of China)	1,588	0.069	49.2	2007
82	Sri Lanka	1,449	0.069	22.4	2007
83	Saudi Arabia	1,392	0.049	0.6	2008
84	Uganda	1,244	0.040	6.3	2008
85	Slovenia	1,228	0.611	60.9	2007
86	Guinea	1,185	0.116	4.8	2008
87	Moldova	1,138	0.263	34.6	2008
88	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1,000	0.218	19.5	2008
89	Cameroon	987	0.053	2.1	2008
90	Ecuador	965	0.069	3.5	2008
91	Ghana	947	0.040	4.2	2008
92	Estonia	919	0.703	21.7	2008
93	Israel	913	0.128	42.2	2008
94	Senegal	906	0.070	4.7	2008
95	Philippines	897	0.010	3.0	2008
96	Albania	896	0.248	32.7	2008
97	Botswana	888	0.482	1.6	2008
98	Madagascar	854	0.043	1.5	2008
99	Armenia	845	0.285	30.0	2008
100	Gabon	814	0.548	3.2	2008
101	Venezuela	806	0.031	0.9	2008
102	Malawi	797	0.057	8.5	2008
103	Congo (Republic)	795	0.204	2.3	2008
104	Honduras	699	0.092	6.2	2008
104	Macedonia	699	0.339	27.5	2008
106	Ethiopia	681	0.009	0.7	2008
107	Tajikistan	680	0.094	4.8	2008
108	Cote d'Ivoire	660	0.036	2.1	2008
109	Burkina Faso	622	0.041	2.3	2008
110	Cambodia	602	0.042	3.4	2008
111	Fiji Islands	597	0.641	32.7	2008
112	Mali	593	0.048	0.5	2008
113	Benin	578	0.070	5.2	2008
114	Togo	532	0.091	9.8	2008
115	Jordan	507	0.082	5.7	2008
116	Kyrgyzstan	470	0.088	2.5	2008
117	Kosovo	430	...	39.5	2007
118	Liberia	429	0.129	4.5	2008
119	Lebanon	401	0.101	39.2	2008
120	Guatemala	332	0.026	3.1	2008
121	Eritrea	306	0.061	3.0	2008
122	Swaziland	301	0.267	17.5	2008
123	El Salvador	283	0.040	13.7	2008
124	Costa Rica	278	0.066	5.4	2008
125	Luxembourg	275	0.566	106.3	2008
126	Montenegro	250	0.365	18.6	2007
127	Djibouti	100	0.198	4.3	2008
128	Panama	76	0.023	1.0	2008
129	Man, Isle of	63	0.827	110.1	2008
130	Nepal	59	0.002	0.4	2008
131	Saint Kitts & Nevis	50	1.262	191.6	2008
132	Paraguay	36	0.005	0.1	2008
	World	1,134,429	0.170	7.6	2008

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 (2009-10-02)

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