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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 1,115,205 2003
2
United States 228,464 2003
3
European Union 222,293 2003
4
Russia 87,157 2003
5
China 70,058 2001
6
India 63,140 2003
7
Canada 48,909 2003
8
Germany 46,039 2003
9
Australia 43,802 2003
10
Argentina 34,091 2003
11
France 32,175 2003
12
Brazil 29,412 2003
13
Poland 23,852 2003
14
Japan 23,705 2003
15
Ukraine 22,473 2003
16
South Africa 22,298 2003
17
Mexico 19,510 2003
18
Italy 19,507 2003
19
United Kingdom 17,186 2003
20
Spain 14,268 2003
21
Kazakhstan 13,601 2003
22
Sweden 11,481 2003
23
Romania 11,385 2003
24
Czech Republic 9,520 2003
25
Turkey 8,671 2003
26
Pakistan 8,163 2003
27
Hungary 7,937 2003
28
Iran 7,203 2003
29
Chile 6,585 2003
30
Indonesia 6,458 2003
31
Austria 6,021 2003
32
Sudan 5,995 2003
33
Finland 5,851 2003
34
Belarus 5,523 2003
35
Korea, North 5,214 2003
36
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5,138 2003
37
Egypt 5,063 2003
38
Switzerland 4,533 2003
39
Serbia and Montenegro 4,380 2003
40
Bulgaria 4,294 2003
41
Cuba 4,226 2003
42
Norway 4,077 2003
43
Thailand 4,071 2003
44
Algeria 3,973 2003
45
Burma 3,955 2003
46
Uzbekistan 3,950 2003
47
New Zealand 3,898 2003
48
Tanzania 3,690 2003
49
Slovakia 3,661 2003
50
Nigeria 3,557 2003
51
Bolivia 3,519 2003
52
Belgium 3,518 2003
53
Peru 3,462 2003
54
Ireland 3,312 2003
55
Colombia 3,304 2003
56
Korea, South 3,125 2003
57
Mozambique 3,123 2003
58
Zimbabwe 3,077 2003
59
Denmark 3,002 2003
60
Azerbaijan 2,957 2003
61
Portugal 2,850 2003
62
Netherlands 2,808 2003
63
Kenya 2,778 2003
64
Angola 2,761 2003
65
Croatia 2,726 2003
66
Syria 2,711 2003
67
Bangladesh 2,706 2003
68
Vietnam 2,600 2003
69
Greece 2,571 2003
70
Taiwan 2,508 2003
71
Turkmenistan 2,440 2003
72
Malaysia 2,418 2003
73
Namibia 2,382 2003
74
Latvia 2,303 2003
75
Zambia 2,173 2003
76
Tunisia 2,152 2003
77
Uruguay 2,073 2003
78
Lithuania 1,998 2003
79
Iraq 1,963 2003
80
Morocco 1,907 2003
81
Dominican Republic 1,743 2003
82
Georgia 1,612 2003
83
Sri Lanka 1,449 2003
84
Saudi Arabia 1,392 2003
85
Uganda 1,241 2003
86
Slovenia 1,201 2003
87
Moldova 1,138 2003
88
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,021 2003
89
Cameroon 1,008 2003
90
Ecuador 966 2003
91
Estonia 958 2003
92
Ghana 953 2003
93
Costa Rica 950 2003
94
Senegal 906 2003
95
Philippines 897 2003
96
Congo, Republic of the 894 2003
97
Botswana 888 2003
98
Guatemala 886 2003
99
Armenia 845 2003
100
Guinea 837 2003
101
Gabon 814 2003
102
Malawi 797 2003
103
Madagascar 732 2003
104
Mali 729 2003
105
Honduras 699 2003
106
Macedonia 699 2003
107
Venezuela 682 2003
108
Ethiopia 681 2003
109
Cote d'Ivoire 660 2003
110
Israel 640 2003
111
Burkina Faso 622 2003
112
Cambodia 602 2003
113
Fiji 597 2003
114
Benin 578 2003
115
Togo 568 2003
116
Jordan 505 2003
117
Liberia 490 2003
118
Tajikistan 482 2003
119
Kyrgyzstan 470 2003
120
Albania 447 2003
121
Paraguay 441 2003
122
Lebanon 401 2003
123
Panama 355 2003
124
Eritrea 306 2003
125
Swaziland 301 2003
126
El Salvador 283 2003
127
Luxembourg 274 2003
128
Jamaica 272 2003
129
Guyana 187 2001 est.
130
Djibouti 100 2003
131
Puerto Rico 96 2003
132
Man, Isle of 61 2003
133
Nepal 59 2003
134
Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2003
135
Nicaragua 6 2003

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