Waterways of the World

Rank (total)	Country	Waterways (km)	per Capita (m)	per Square km (m)	Date
1	China	110,000	0.083	11.5	2008
2	Russia	102,000	0.721	6.2	2007
3	Brazil	50,000	0.261	5.9	2008
4	United States of America	41,009	0.135	4.5	2008
5	Indonesia	21,579	0.091	11.9	2008
6	Colombia	18,000	0.400	16.2	2008
7	Vietnam	17,702	0.206	57.1	2008
8	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	15,000	0.226	6.6	2008
9	India	14,500	0.013	4.9	2008
10	Myanmar	12,800	0.268	19.6	2008
11	Argentina	11,000	0.273	4.0	2007
11	Papua New Guinea	11,000	1.940	24.3	2006
13	Bolivia	10,000	1.097	9.2	2007
14	Peru	8,808	0.302	6.9	2008
15	Nigeria	8,600	0.062	9.4	2008
16	France	8,501	0.137	15.5	2008
17	Bangladesh	8,370	0.056	64.3	2007
18	Finland	7,842	1.495	25.8	2008
19	Germany	7,467	0.091	21.4	2008
20	Malaysia	7,200	0.285	21.9	2008
21	Venezuela	7,100	0.269	8.0	2008
22	Netherlands	6,215	0.375	183.4	2007
23	Iraq	5,279	0.187	12.1	2008
24	Laos	4,600	0.689	19.9	2008
25	Sudan	4,068	0.101	1.7	2008
26	Kazakhstan	4,000	0.261	1.5	2008
26	Thailand	4,000	0.061	7.8	2008
28	Poland	3,997	0.104	13.1	2007
29	France	3,760	0.061	6.8	2008
30	Egypt	3,500	0.044	3.5	2007
31	Philippines	3,219	0.035	10.8	2008
32	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	3,200	0.053	13.2	2008
33	Paraguay	3,100	0.454	7.8	2008
34	Mexico	2,900	0.026	1.5	2008
35	Central African Republic	2,800	0.641	4.5	2007
36	Belarus	2,500	0.242	12.3	2003
37	Cambodia	2,400	0.169	13.6	2008
37	Italy	2,400	0.041	8.2	2008
39	Korea (North)	2,250	0.096	18.7	2008
39	Zambia	2,250	0.193	3.0	2008
41	Nicaragua	2,220	0.384	18.5	2008
42	Ukraine	2,176	0.047	3.8	2007
43	Sweden	2,052	0.227	5.0	2007
44	Belgium	2,043	0.196	67.5	2008
45	Australia	2,000	0.099	0.3	2006
46	Mali	1,800	0.146	1.5	2008
47	Japan	1,770	0.014	4.9	2007
48	Romania	1,731	0.078	7.5	2006
49	Hungary	1,622	0.163	18.1	2008
50	Korea (South)	1,608	0.033	16.6	2008
51	Gabon	1,600	1.077	6.2	2008
51	Uruguay	1,600	0.460	9.1	2008
53	Norway	1,577	0.340	5.2	2008
54	Ecuador	1,500	0.108	5.4	2008
55	Angola	1,300	0.104	1.0	2008
55	Guinea	1,300	0.127	5.3	2008
55	Turkmenistan	1,300	0.251	2.8	2008
58	Ghana	1,293	0.055	5.7	2008
59	Afghanistan	1,200	0.037	1.8	2008
59	Suriname	1,200	2.521	7.7	2008
59	Turkey	1,200	0.017	1.6	2008
62	Congo (Republic)	1,120	0.287	3.3	2008
63	Uzbekistan	1,100	0.039	2.6	2008
64	Senegal	1,000	0.078	5.2	2008
64	Spain	1,000	0.025	2.0	2008
66	Guatemala	990	0.078	9.2	2007
67	Cote d'Ivoire	980	0.053	3.1	2008
68	Ireland	956	0.230	13.9	2008
69	Syria	900	0.046	4.9	2008
70	Iran	850	0.013	0.6	2008
71	Belize	825	2.738	36.2	2008
72	Panama	800	0.243	10.8	2008
72	Sierra Leone	800	0.130	11.2	2007
74	Croatia	785	0.175	14.0	2008
75	Costa Rica	730	0.174	14.3	2008
76	Malawi	700	0.050	7.4	2008
77	Czech Republic	664	0.065	8.6	2008
78	Canada	636	0.019	0.1	2008
79	Kyrgyzstan	600	0.112	3.1	2008
79	Madagascar	600	0.030	1.0	2008
81	Serbia	587	0.058	7.6	2008
82	Mongolia	580	0.196	0.4	2007
83	Bulgaria	470	0.065	4.3	2008
84	Honduras	465	0.061	4.2	2008
85	Mozambique	460	0.022	0.6	2008
86	Lithuania	441	0.123	7.0	2007
87	Moldova	424	0.098	12.9	2008
88	Denmark	400	0.073	9.4	2008
89	Gambia	390	0.225	39.0	2008
90	Austria	358	0.044	4.3	2007
91	Guyana	330	0.428	1.7	2008
92	Estonia	320	0.245	7.5	2008
93	Latvia	300	0.133	4.8	2007
93	Niger	300	0.023	0.2	2008
95	Cuba	240	0.021	2.2	2008
96	Portugal	210	0.020	2.3	2008
97	Brunei	209	0.548	39.7	2008
98	Fiji Islands	203	0.218	11.1	2008
99	Tajikistan	200	0.028	1.4	2008
100	Slovakia	172	0.032	3.6	2008
101	Sri Lanka	160	0.008	2.5	2008
102	Benin	150	0.019	1.4	2007
103	Switzerland	65	0.009	1.6	2008
104	Togo	50	0.009	0.9	2008
105	Albania	43	0.012	1.6	2008
106	Luxembourg	37	0.076	14.3	2008
107	Liechtenstein	28	0.812	175.0	2008
108	Greece	6	0.001	0.0	2008
109	Kiribati	5	0.046	6.2	2007
	World	671,886	0.105	4.5	2004

For non-listed countries is no information available.

The total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water 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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