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  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 1,122,650 NA
2
United States 194,731 2002
3
Russia 87,157 2002
4
China 71,600 2002
5
Canada 64,994 2002
6
India 63,518 2002
7
Germany 45,514 2002
8
Australia 41,588 2002
9
Argentina 34,463 2002
10
France 32,682 2002
11
Brazil 31,543 2002
12
Poland 23,420 2002
13
Japan 23,168 2002
14
Ukraine 22,473 2002
15
South Africa 22,298 2002
16
Mexico 19,510 2002
17
Italy 19,493 2002
18
United Kingdom 16,893 2002
19
Spain 14,189 2002
20
Kazakhstan 13,601 2002
21
Sweden 11,481 2002
22
Romania 11,385 2002
23
Czech Republic 9,462 2002
24
Turkey 8,607 2002
25
Pakistan 8,163 2002
26
Hungary 7,875 2002
27
Iran 7,201 2002
28
Chile 6,585 2002
29
Indonesia 6,458 2002
30
Austria 6,024 2002
31
Sudan 5,978 2002
32
Finland 5,850 2002
33
Belarus 5,523 2002
34
Korea, North 5,214 2002
35
Egypt 5,105 2002
36
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4,772 2002
37
Switzerland 4,511 2002
38
Bulgaria 4,294 2002
39
Norway 4,178 2002
40
Thailand 4,071 2002
41
Serbia and Montenegro 4,059 2002
42
Algeria 3,973 2002
43
Burma 3,955 2002
44
Uzbekistan 3,950 2002
45
New Zealand 3,898 2002
46
Tanzania 3,690 2002
47
Slovakia 3,668 2002
48
Nigeria 3,557 2002
49
Bolivia 3,519 2002
50
Belgium 3,471 2002
51
Cuba 3,442 2002
52
Ireland 3,312 2002
53
Colombia 3,304 2002
54
Denmark 3,164 2002
55
Vietnam 3,142 2002
56
Korea, South 3,125 2002
57
Mozambique 3,123 2002
58
Zimbabwe 3,077 2002
59
Portugal 2,850 2002
60
Netherlands 2,808 2002
61
Kenya 2,778 2002
62
Angola 2,761 2002
63
Syria 2,743 2002
64
Bangladesh 2,706 2002
65
Greece 2,571 2002
66
Turkmenistan 2,440 2002
67
Malaysia 2,418 2002
68
Namibia 2,382 2002
69
Latvia 2,347 2002
70
Croatia 2,296 2002
71
Zambia 2,173 2002
72
Tunisia 2,152 2002
73
Azerbaijan 2,122 2002
74
Uruguay 2,073 2002
75
Lithuania 1,998 2002
76
Morocco 1,907 2002
77
Peru 1,829 2002
78
Georgia 1,612 2002
79
Sri Lanka 1,508 2002
80
Dominican Republic 1,503 2002
81
Saudi Arabia 1,392 2002
82
Moldova 1,300 2002
83
Uganda 1,241 2002
84
Slovenia 1,201 2002
85
Guinea 1,115 2002
86
Taiwan 1,108 2002
87
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,021 2002
88
Estonia 968 2002
89
Ecuador 966 2002
90
Ghana 953 2002
91
Costa Rica 950 2002
92
Senegal 906 2002
93
Philippines 897 2002
94
Congo, Republic of the 894 2002
95
Botswana 888 2002
96
Guatemala 886 2002
97
Armenia 852 2002
98
Gabon 814 2002
99
Malawi 797 2002
100
Madagascar 732 2002
101
Mali 729 2002
102
Honduras 699 2002
103
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 699 2002
104
Venezuela 682 2002
105
Ethiopia 681 2002
106
Cote d'Ivoire 660 2002
107
Israel 640 2002
108
Burkina Faso 622 2002
109
Cambodia 602 2002
110
Fiji 597 2002
111
Benin 578 2002
112
Togo 525 2002
113
Jordan 505 2002
114
Liberia 490 2002
115
Tajikistan 482 2002
116
Albania 447 2002
117
Paraguay 441 2002
118
Kyrgyzstan 420 2002
119
Lebanon 401 2002
120
Panama 355 2002
121
Eritrea 306 2002
122
Swaziland 301 2002
123
El Salvador 283 2002
124
Luxembourg 274 2002
125
Jamaica 272 2002
126
Guyana 187 2001 est.
127
Suriname 166 2001
128
Djibouti 100 2002
129
Puerto Rico 96 2002
130
Sierra Leone 84 2001
131
Antigua and Barbuda 77 2001 est.
132
Man, Isle of 60 2002
133
Nepal 59 2002
134
Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2002
135
Haiti 40 2001 est.
136
Singapore 39 NA
137
Hong Kong 34 2001
138
Liechtenstein 19 2002
139
Brunei 13 2001 est.
140
Nicaragua 6 2002
141
Nauru 5 2001
142
Lesotho 3 1995
143
Monaco 2 2002
144
Holy See (Vatican City) 1 2001 est.

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