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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 1,201,337 NA
2
 United States 194,731 2000
3
 Russia 87,157 2002
4
 Canada 73,301 2001
5
 China 70,058 2003
6
 India 63,518 2002
7
 Germany 45,514 2002
8
 Australia 44,015 2003
9
 Argentina 34,091 2003
10
 France 32,682 2002
11
 Brazil 29,412 2003
12
 Poland 23,420 2002
13
 Japan 23,167 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 2003
29
 Indonesia 6,458 2002
30
 Austria 6,021 2003
31
 Sudan 5,978 2002
32
 Finland 5,850 2002
33
 Belarus 5,523 2003
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 2003
39
 Norway 4,178 2002
40
 Thailand 4,071 2002
41
 Serbia and Montenegro 4,059 2002
42
 Algeria 3,973 2003
43
 Burma 3,955 2003
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 2003
50
 Belgium 3,518 2003
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
 Azerbaijan 2,957 2003
60
 Portugal 2,850 2002
61
 Netherlands 2,808 2002
62
 Kenya 2,778 2002
63
 Angola 2,761 2003
64
 Syria 2,743 2002
65
 Bangladesh 2,706 2003
66
 Greece 2,571 2002
67
 Turkmenistan 2,440 2002
68
 Malaysia 2,418 2002
69
 Namibia 2,382 2002
70
 Latvia 2,347 2002
71
 Croatia 2,296 2002
72
 Zambia 2,173 2002
73
 Tunisia 2,152 2002
74
 Uruguay 2,073 2002
75
 Lithuania 1,998 2002
76
 Iraq 1,963 2003
77
 Morocco 1,907 2002
78
 Peru 1,829 2002
79
 Georgia 1,612 2002
80
 Sri Lanka 1,508 2002
81
 Dominican Republic 1,503 2002
82
 Saudi Arabia 1,392 2002
83
 Moldova 1,300 2002
84
 Uganda 1,241 2002
85
 Slovenia 1,201 2002
86
 Guinea 1,115 2002
87
 Taiwan 1,108 2002
88
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,021 2003
89
 Cameroon 1,008 2003
90
 Estonia 968 2002
91
 Ecuador 966 2002
92
 Ghana 953 2002
93
 Costa Rica 950 2002
94
 Senegal 906 2002
95
 Philippines 897 2002
96
 Congo, Republic of the 894 2002
97
 Botswana 888 2003
98
 Guatemala 886 2002
99
 Armenia 845 2003
100
 Gabon 814 2002
101
 Malawi 797 2002
102
 Madagascar 732 2002
103
 Mali 729 2002
104
 Honduras 699 2002
105
 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 699 2002
106
 Venezuela 682 2002
107
 Ethiopia 681 2002
108
 Cote d'Ivoire 660 2002
109
 Israel 640 2002
110
 Burkina Faso 622 2003
111
 Cambodia 602 2003
112
 Fiji 597 2002
113
 Benin 578 2003
114
 Togo 525 2002
115
 Jordan 505 2002
116
 Liberia 490 2002
117
 Tajikistan 482 2002
118
 Albania 447 2003
119
 Paraguay 441 2002
120
 Kyrgyzstan 420 2002
121
 Lebanon 401 2002
122
 Panama 355 2002
123
 Eritrea 306 2002
124
 Swaziland 301 2002
125
 El Salvador 283 2002
126
 Luxembourg 274 2002
127
 Jamaica 272 2002
128
 Guyana 187 2001 est.
129
 Suriname 166 2001
130
 Djibouti 100 2002
131
 Puerto Rico 96 2002
132
 Sierra Leone 84 2001
133
 Antigua and Barbuda 77 2001 est.
134
 Man, Isle of 60 2002
135
 Nepal 59 2002
136
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2002
137
 Haiti 40 2001 est.
138
 Singapore 39 NA
139
 Hong Kong 34 2001
140
 Afghanistan 25 2001
141
 Liechtenstein 19 2002
142
 Nicaragua 6 2002
143
 Nauru 5 2001
144
 Lesotho 3 1995
145
 Monaco 2 2002
146
 Holy See (Vatican City) 1 2001 est.
147
 Equatorial Guinea 0 NA

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