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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
 European Union 235,199 2005
3
 United States 226,605 2004
4
 Russia 87,157 2005
5
 China 74,408 2004
6
 India 63,230 2005
7
 Canada 48,467 2005
8
 Australia 47,738 2005
9
 Germany 47,201 2005
10
 Argentina 31,902 2005
11
 Brazil 29,252 2005
12
 France 29,085 2005
13
 Japan 23,556 2005
14
 Poland 23,072 2005
15
 Ukraine 22,473 2005
16
 South Africa 20,872 2005
17
 Italy 19,459 2005
18
 Mexico 17,562 2005
19
 United Kingdom 17,156 2005
20
 Spain 14,873 2005
21
 Kazakhstan 13,700 2005
22
 Sweden 11,481 2005
23
 Romania 11,385 2005
24
 Czech Republic 9,572 2005
25
 Turkey 8,697 2005
26
 Pakistan 8,163 2004
27
 Hungary 7,937 2005
28
 Iran 7,256 2005
29
 Chile 6,585 2005
30
 Indonesia 6,458 2005
31
 Austria 6,011 2005
32
 Sudan 5,978 2005
33
 Finland 5,741 2005
34
 Belarus 5,512 2005
35
 Korea, North 5,214 2005
36
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5,138 2005
37
 Egypt 5,063 2005
38
 Switzerland 4,583 2005
39
 Bulgaria 4,294 2005
40
 Cuba 4,226 2005
41
 Serbia 4,135 2005
42
 New Zealand 4,128 2005
43
 Norway 4,077 2005
44
 Thailand 4,071 2005
45
 Algeria 3,973 2005
46
 Burma 3,955 2005
47
 Uzbekistan 3,950 2005
48
 Tanzania 3,690 2005
49
 Slovakia 3,662 2005
50
 Belgium 3,521 2005
51
 Bolivia 3,519 2005
52
 Nigeria 3,505 2005
53
 Korea, South 3,472 2005
54
 Peru 3,462 2005
55
 Ireland 3,312 2005
56
 Colombia 3,304 2005
57
 Mozambique 3,123 2005
58
 Zimbabwe 3,077 2005
59
 Azerbaijan 2,957 2005
60
 Portugal 2,850 2005
61
 Netherlands 2,808 2005
62
 Kenya 2,778 2005
63
 Bangladesh 2,768 2005
64
 Angola 2,761 2005
65
 Croatia 2,726 2005
66
 Syria 2,711 2005
67
 Denmark 2,673 2005
68
 Vietnam 2,600 2005
69
 Greece 2,571 2005
70
 Taiwan 2,497 2005
71
 Turkmenistan 2,440 2005
72
 Namibia 2,382 2005
73
 Latvia 2,303 2005
74
 Iraq 2,200 2005
75
 Zambia 2,173 2005
76
 Tunisia 2,153 2005
77
 Uruguay 2,073 2005
78
 Morocco 1,907 2005
79
 Malaysia 1,890 2005
80
 Mongolia 1,810 2005
81
 Lithuania 1,771 2005
82
 Georgia 1,612 2005
83
 Sri Lanka 1,449 2005
84
 Saudi Arabia 1,392 2005
85
 Uganda 1,244 2005
86
 Slovenia 1,229 2005
87
 Moldova 1,138 2005
88
 Cameroon 987 2005
89
 Ecuador 966 2005
90
 Estonia 958 2005
91
 Ghana 953 2005
92
 Senegal 906 2005
93
 Philippines 897 2005
94
 Congo, Republic of the 894 2005
95
 Botswana 888 2005
96
 Guatemala 886 2005
97
 Madagascar 854 2005
98
 Israel 853 2005
99
 Armenia 845 2005
100
 Guinea 837 2005
101
 Gabon 814 2005
102
 Malawi 797 2005
103
 Mali 729 2005
104
 Honduras 699 2005
105
 Macedonia 699 2005
106
 Venezuela 682 2005
107
 Ethiopia 681 2005
108
 Cote d'Ivoire 660 2005
109
 Burkina Faso 622 2005
110
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 608 2005
111
 Cambodia 602 2005
112
 Fiji 597 2005
113
 Benin 578 2005
114
 Togo 568 2005
115
 Dominican Republic 517 2005
116
 Jordan 505 2005
117
 Liberia 490 2005
118
 Tajikistan 482 2005
119
 Kyrgyzstan 470 2005
120
 Albania 447 2005
121
 Lebanon 401 2006
122
 Panama 355 2005
123
 Eritrea 306 2005
124
 Swaziland 301 2005
125
 El Salvador 283 2005
126
 Costa Rica 278 2005
127
 Luxembourg 274 2005
128
 Jamaica 272 2003
129
 Montenegro 250 2005
130
 Guyana 187 2001 est.
131
 Djibouti 100 2005
132
 Puerto Rico 96 2005
133
 Isle of Man 65 2006
134
 Nepal 59 2005
135
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2005
136
 Paraguay 36 2005
137
 Nicaragua 6 2005

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