Countries with the most railways


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, standard, narrow, and dual. Other gauges are listed under note.
Rank country (km) Date of Information
1 United States 226,427 2007
2 Russia 87,157 2006
3 China 77,834 2008
4 India 63,327 2007
5 Canada 46,688 2008
6 Germany 41,896 2008
7 Australia 37,855 2008
8 Argentina 31,409 2008
9 France 29,213 2008
10 Brazil 28,857 2008
11 Japan 23,506 2008
12 Poland 22,314 2007
13 Ukraine 21,655 2008
14 South Africa 20,872 2008
15 Italy 19,729 2008
16 Mexico 17,516 2008
17 United Kingdom 16,454 2008
18 Spain 15,288 2008
19 Kazakhstan 13,700 2008
20 Sweden 11,633 2008
21 Romania 10,788 2008
22 Czech Republic 9,620 2008
23 Turkey 8,697 2008
24 Cuba 8,598 2006
25 Indonesia 8,529 2008
26 Iran 8,442 2008
27 Hungary 8,057 2008
28 Pakistan 7,791 2007
29 Austria 6,399 2008
30 Sudan 5,978 2008
31 Finland 5,794 2008
32 Belarus 5,538 2008
33 Chile 5,481 2008
34 Korea, North 5,235 2006
35 Egypt 5,063 2008
36 Switzerland 4,888 2008
37 Mozambique 4,787 2008
38 Bulgaria 4,294 2008
39 New Zealand 4,128 2008
40 Norway 4,114 2009
41 Thailand 4,071 2008
42 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4,007 2008
43 Algeria 3,973 2008
44 Burma 3,955 2008
45 Colombia 3,802 2008
46 Tanzania 3,689 2008
47 Uzbekistan 3,645 2008
48 Slovakia 3,622 2008
49 Nigeria 3,505 2008
50 Bolivia 3,504 2008
51 Korea, South 3,381 2008
52 Serbia 3,379 2006
53 Ireland 3,237 2008
54 Belgium 3,233 2008
55 Zimbabwe 3,077 2008
56 Turkmenistan 2,980 2008
57 Netherlands 2,811 2008
58 Portugal 2,786 2008
59 Kenya 2,778 2008
60 Bangladesh 2,768 2008
61 Angola 2,764 2008
62 Croatia 2,722 2008
63 Denmark 2,667 2008
64 Namibia 2,629 2008
65 Greece 2,548 2008
66 Vietnam 2,347 2008
67 Latvia 2,298 2008
68 Iraq 2,272 2008
69 Tunisia 2,159 2008
70 Zambia 2,157 2008
71 Azerbaijan 2,122 2008
72 Syria 2,052 2008
73 Peru 1,989 2008
74 Morocco 1,907 2008
75 Malaysia 1,849 2008
76 Mongolia 1,810 2008
77 Dominican Republic 1,784 2008
78 Lithuania 1,765 2008
79 Uruguay 1,641 2008
80 Georgia 1,612 2008
81 Taiwan 1,588 2007
82 Sri Lanka 1,449 2007
83 Saudi Arabia 1,392 2008
84 Uganda 1,244 2008
85 Slovenia 1,228 2007
86 Guinea 1,185 2008
87 Moldova 1,138 2008
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,000 2008
89 Cameroon 987 2008
90 Ecuador 965 2008
91 Ghana 947 2008
92 Estonia 919 2008
93 Israel 913 2008
94 Senegal 906 2008
95 Philippines 897 2008
96 Albania 896 2008
97 Botswana 888 2008
98 Madagascar 854 2008
99 Armenia 845 2008
100 Gabon 814 2008
101 Venezuela 806 2008
102 Malawi 797 2008
103 Congo, Republic of the 795 2008
104 Honduras 699 2008
105 Macedonia 699 2008
106 Ethiopia 681 2008
107 Tajikistan 680 2008
108 Cote d'Ivoire 660 2008
109 Burkina Faso 622 2008
110 Cambodia 602 2008
111 Fiji 597 2008
112 Mali 593 2008
113 Benin 578 2008
114 Togo 532 2008
115 Jordan 507 2008
116 Kyrgyzstan 470 2008
117 Kosovo 430 2007
118 Liberia 429 2008
119 Lebanon 401 2008
120 Guatemala 332 2008
121 Eritrea 306 2008
122 Swaziland 301 2008
123 El Salvador 283 2008
124 Costa Rica 278 2008
125 Luxembourg 275 2008
126 Montenegro 250 2007
127 Djibouti 100 2008
128 Panama 76 2008
129 Isle of Man 63 2008
130 Nepal 59 2008
131 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2008
132 Paraguay 36 2008



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    Cocoa | Coffee, Arabica | Coffee, robusta | Tea, auctions (3), average | Tea, Colombo auctions | Tea, Kolkata auctions | Tea, Mombasa auctions
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    Coconut oil | Copra | Groundnut oil | Palm oil | Palmkernel oil | Soybeans | Soybean meal | Soybean oil
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    Barley | Maize | Rice, Thailand, 5% | Rice, Thailand, 25% | Rice, Thailand, 35% | Rice,Thai, A1.Special | Sorghum | Wheat, Canada | Wheat, US, HRW | Wheat US SRW
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    Bananas EU | Bananas US | Beef | Chicken meat | Fishmeal | Lamb | Oranges | Shrimp, Mexico | Sugar EU domestic | Sugar US domestic | Sugar, world
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    Cotton Memphis | Cotton A Index | Rubber, Singapore | Rubber, US
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