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  Rank Order - Waterways


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Waterways
(km)
Date of Information
1
World 671,886 2004
2
China 123,964 2003
3
Russia 96,000 2004
4
European Union 53,512 NA
5
Brazil 50,000 2005
6
United States 41,009 2004
7
Indonesia 21,579 2005
8
Colombia 18,000 2005
9
Vietnam 17,702 2005
10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 2005
11
India 14,500 2005
12
Burma 12,800 2005
13
Argentina 11,000 2005
14
Papua New Guinea 10,940 2003
15
Bolivia 10,000 2005
16
Peru 8,808 2005
17
Nigeria 8,600 2005
18
France 8,500 2000
19
Bangladesh 8,372 2005
20
Finland 7,842 2005
21
Germany 7,467 2005
22
Malaysia 7,200 2005
23
Venezuela 7,100 2005
24
Iraq 5,279 2004
25
Netherlands 5,046 2004
26
Laos 4,600 2005
27
Congo, Republic of the 4,385 2005
28
Sudan 4,068 2005
29
Kazakhstan 4,000 2005
30
Thailand 4,000 2005
31
Poland 3,997 2005
32
French Guiana 3,760 2003
33
Egypt 3,500 2005
34
Philippines 3,219 2005
35
United Kingdom 3,200 2003
36
Paraguay 3,100 2005
37
Mexico 2,900 2005
38
Central African Republic 2,800 2005
39
Belarus 2,500 2003
40
Cambodia 2,400 2005
41
Italy 2,400 2004
42
Korea, North 2,250 2006
43
Zambia 2,250 2005
44
Nicaragua 2,220 2005
45
Sweden 2,052 2005
46
Belgium 2,043 2003
47
Australia 2,000 2002
48
Mali 1,815 2005
49
Japan 1,770 2006
50
Romania 1,731 2005
51
Ukraine 1,672 2006
52
Hungary 1,622 2006
53
Korea, South 1,608 2006
54
Gabon 1,600 2005
55
Uruguay 1,600 2005
56
Norway 1,577 2002
57
Ecuador 1,500 2005
58
Angola 1,300 2005
59
Turkmenistan 1,300 2006
60
Guinea 1,300 2005
61
Ghana 1,293 2005
62
Afghanistan 1,200 2005
63
Turkey 1,200 2005
64
Suriname 1,200 2005
65
Uzbekistan 1,100 2006
66
Senegal 1,000 2005
67
Spain 1,000 2003
68
Guatemala 990 2004
69
Cote d'Ivoire 980 2005
70
Syria 900 2005
71
Iran 850 2006
72
Belize 825 2005
73
Panama 800 2005
74
Sierra Leone 800 2005
75
Croatia 785 2006
76
Ireland 753 2005
77
Costa Rica 730 2005
78
Malawi 700 2006
79
Czech Republic 664 2005
80
Canada 631 2003
81
Kyrgyzstan 600 2006
82
Lithuania 600 2005
83
Madagascar 600 2005
84
Serbia and Montenegro 587 2002
85
Mongolia 580 2004
86
Estonia 500 2005
87
Bulgaria 470 2006
88
Honduras 465 2005
89
Mozambique 460 2002
90
Moldova 424 2005
91
Denmark 400 2001
92
Gambia, The 390 2004
93
Austria 358 2003
94
Latvia 300 2005
95
Niger 300 2005
96
Cuba 240 2005
97
Portugal 210 2003
98
Brunei 209 2005
99
Fiji 203 2004
100
Tajikistan 200 2006
101
Slovakia 172 2005
102
Sri Lanka 160 2005
103
Benin 150 2005
104
Switzerland 65 2003
105
Togo 50 2005
106
Albania 43 2006
107
Luxembourg 37 2003
108
Liechtenstein 28 2005
109
Greece 6 2006
110
Kiribati 5 2003

This page was last updated on 16 May, 2006

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