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Country Comparison :: Railways Download
Railways compares the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts.
Rank Order Listing for the Railways field
Rank Country (km) Date of Information
1 United States 293,564 2014
2 China 131,000 2018
3 Russia 87,157 2014
4 Canada 77,932 2014
5 India 68,525 2014
6 Argentina 36,917 2014
7 Germany 33,590 2017
8 Australia 33,343 2015
9 Brazil 29,850 2014
10 France 29,640 2014
11 Japan 27,311 2015
12 Ukraine 21,733 2014
13 South Africa 20,986 2014
14 Mexico 20,825 2017
15 Italy 20,182 2014
16 Poland 19,231 2016
17 United Kingdom 16,837 2015
18 Kazakhstan 16,614 2017
19 Spain 15,333 2017
20 Sweden 14,127 2016
21 Turkey 12,710 2018
22 Pakistan 11,881 2019
23 Romania 11,268 2014
24 Czechia 9,408 2017
25 Iran 8,484 2014
26 Cuba 8,367 2017
27 Indonesia 8,159 2014
28 Hungary 8,049 2014
29 Korea, North 7,435 2014
30 Chile 7,282 2014
31 Sudan 7,251 2014
32 Finland 5,926 2016
33 Austria 5,800
34 Switzerland 5,690 2015
35 Belarus 5,528 2014
36 Saudi Arabia 5,410 2016
37 Bulgaria 5,114 2014
38 Turkmenistan 5,113 2017
39 Egypt 5,085 2014
40 Burma 5,031 2008
41 Mozambique 4,787 2014
42 Uzbekistan 4,642 2018
43 Tanzania 4,567 2014
44 Ireland 4,301 2018
45 Norway 4,200 2019
46 New Zealand 4,128 2018
47 Thailand 4,127 2017
48 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4,007 2014
49 Korea, South 3,979 2016
50 Algeria 3,973 2014
51 Bolivia 3,960 2019
52 Kenya 3,819 2018
53 Serbia 3,809 2015
54 Nigeria 3,798 2014
55 Belgium 3,592 2014
56 Slovakia 3,580 2016
57 Denmark 3,476 2017
58 Zimbabwe 3,427 2014
59 Zambia 3,126 2014
60 Portugal 3,075 2014
61 Netherlands 3,058 2016
62 Azerbaijan 2,944 2017
63 Angola 2,852 2014
64 Croatia 2,722 2014
65 Namibia 2,628 2014
66 Vietnam 2,600 2014
67 Greece 2,548 2014
68 Bangladesh 2,460 2014
69 Iraq 2,272 2014
70 Tunisia 2,173 2014
71 Estonia 2,146 2016
72 Colombia 2,141 2015
73 Morocco 2,067 2014
74 Syria 2,052 2014
75 Latvia 1,860 2018
76 Peru 1,854 2014
77 Malaysia 1,851 2014
78 Mongolia 1,815 2017
79 Lithuania 1,768 2014
80 Uruguay 1,673 2016
81 Taiwan 1,613 2018
82 Sri Lanka 1,562 2016
83 Israel 1,384 2014
84 Georgia 1,363 2014
85 Uganda 1,244 2014
86 Slovenia 1,229 2014
87 Moldova 1,171 2014
88 Guinea 1,086 2017
89 Cameroon 987 2014
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 965 2014
91 Ecuador 965 2017
92 Ghana 947 2014
93 Macedonia 925 2017
94 Senegal 906 2017
95 Botswana 888 2014
96 Madagascar 836 2018
97 Guatemala 800 2018
98 Armenia 780 2014
99 Malawi 767 2014
100 Mauritania 728 2014
101 Honduras 699 2014
102 Tajikistan 680 2014
103 Albania 677 2015
104 Cote d'Ivoire 660 2008
105 Ethiopia 659 2017
106 Gabon 649 2014
107 Cambodia 642 2014
108 Burkina Faso 622 2014
109 Fiji 597 2008
110 Mali 593 2014
111 Togo 568 2014
112 Congo, Republic of the 510 2014
113 Jordan 509 2014
114 Dominican Republic 496 2014
115 Venezuela 447 2014
116 Benin 438 2014
117 Liberia 429 2008
118 Kyrgyzstan 424 2018
119 Lebanon 401 2017
120 Kosovo 333 2015
121 Eritrea 306 2018
122 Eswatini 301 2014
123 Costa Rica 278 2014
124 Luxembourg 275 2014
125 Montenegro 250 2017
126 South Sudan 248 2018
127 Djibouti 97 2017
128 Panama 77 2014
129 Philippines 77 2017
130 Isle of Man 63 2008
131 Nepal 59 2018
132 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2008
133 Paraguay 30 2014
134 Christmas Island 18 2017
135 El Salvador 13 2014
136 Liechtenstein 9 2018