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Country Comparison :: Waterways
This entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
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Rank
 country (km) Date of Information
1 China
110,000
2008
2 Russia
102,000
2007
3 Brazil
50,000
2008
4 United States
41,009
2008
5 Indonesia
21,579
2008
6 Colombia
18,000
2008
7 Vietnam
17,702
2008
8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
15,000
2008
9 India
14,500
2008
10 Burma
12,800
2008
11 Argentina
11,000
2007
12 Papua New Guinea
11,000
2006
13 Bolivia
10,000
2007
14 Peru
8,808
2008
15 Nigeria
8,600
2008
16 France
8,501
2008
17 Bangladesh
8,370
2007
18 Finland
7,842
2008
19 Germany
7,467
2008
20 Malaysia
7,200
2008
21 Venezuela
7,100
2008
22 Netherlands
6,215
2007
23 Iraq
5,279
2008
24 Laos
4,600
2008
25 Sudan
4,068
2008
26 Kazakhstan
4,000
2008
27 Thailand
4,000
2008
28 Poland
3,997
2007
29 France
3,760
2008
30 Egypt
3,500
2007
31 Philippines
3,219
2008
32 United Kingdom
3,200
2008
33 Paraguay
3,100
2008
34 Mexico
2,900
2008
35 Central African Republic
2,800
2007
36 Belarus
2,500
2003
37 Cambodia
2,400
2008
38 Italy
2,400
2008
39 Korea, North
2,250
2008
40 Zambia
2,250
2008
41 Nicaragua
2,220
2008
42 Ukraine
2,176
2007
43 Sweden
2,052
2007
44 Belgium
2,043
2008
45 Australia
2,000
2006
46 Mali
1,800
2008
47 Japan
1,770
2007
48 Romania
1,731
2006
49 Hungary
1,622
2008
50 Korea, South
1,608
2008
51 Gabon
1,600
2008
52 Uruguay
1,600
2008
53 Norway
1,577
2008
54 Ecuador
1,500
2008
55 Angola
1,300
2008
56 Turkmenistan
1,300
2008
57 Guinea
1,300
2008
58 Ghana
1,293
2008
59 Afghanistan
1,200
2008
60 Turkey
1,200
2008
61 Suriname
1,200
2008
62 Congo, Republic of the
1,120
2008
63 Uzbekistan
1,100
2008
64 Senegal
1,000
2008
65 Spain
1,000
2008
66 Guatemala
990
2007
67 Cote d'Ivoire
980
2008
68 Ireland
956
2008
69 Syria
900
2008
70 Iran
850
2008
71 Belize
825
2008
72 Panama
800
2008
73 Sierra Leone
800
2007
74 Croatia
785
2008
75 Costa Rica
730
2008
76 Malawi
700
2008
77 Czech Republic
664
2008
78 Canada
636
2008
79 Kyrgyzstan
600
2008
80 Madagascar
600
2008
81 Serbia
587
2008
82 Mongolia
580
2007
83 Bulgaria
470
2008
84 Honduras
465
2008
85 Mozambique
460
2008
86 Lithuania
441
2007
87 Moldova
424
2008
88 Denmark
400
2008
89 Gambia, The
390
2008
90 Austria
358
2007
91 Guyana
330
2008
92 Estonia
320
2008
93 Latvia
300
2007
94 Niger
300
2008
95 Cuba
240
2008
96 Portugal
210
2008
97 Brunei
209
2008
98 Fiji
203
2008
99 Tajikistan
200
2008
100 Slovakia
172
2008
101 Sri Lanka
160
2008
102 Benin
150
2007
103 Switzerland
65
2008
104 Togo
50
2008
105 Albania
43
2008
106 Luxembourg
37
2008
107 Liechtenstein
28
2008
108 Greece
6
2008
109 Kiribati
5
2007
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