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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
United States 227,736 2003
3
European Union 222,293 2003
4
Russia 87,157 2004
5
China 71,898 2002
6
India 63,230 2004
7
Australia 54,439 2004
8
Canada 48,683 2004
9
Germany 46,142 2004
10
Argentina 34,091 2004
11
France 29,519 2004
12
Brazil 29,412 2004
13
Poland 23,852 2004
14
Japan 23,577 2004
15
Ukraine 22,473 2004
16
South Africa 20,872 2004
17
Italy 19,319 2004
18
Mexico 17,634 2004
19
United Kingdom 17,274 2004
20
Spain 14,781 2004
21
Kazakhstan 13,700 2004
22
Sweden 11,481 2004
23
Romania 11,385 2004
24
Czech Republic 9,543 2004
25
Turkey 8,697 2004
26
Pakistan 8,163 2004
27
Hungary 7,937 2004
28
Iran 7,203 2004
29
Chile 6,585 2004
30
Indonesia 6,458 2004
31
Austria 6,021 2004
32
Sudan 5,995 2004
33
Finland 5,851 2004
34
Belarus 5,512 2004
35
Korea, North 5,214 2004
36
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5,138 2004
37
Egypt 5,063 2004
38
Switzerland 4,527 2004
39
Serbia and Montenegro 4,380 2004
40
Bulgaria 4,294 2004
41
Cuba 4,226 2004
42
Norway 4,077 2004
43
Thailand 4,071 2004
44
Algeria 3,973 2004
45
Burma 3,955 2004
46
Uzbekistan 3,950 2004
47
New Zealand 3,898 2004
48
Tanzania 3,690 2004
49
Slovakia 3,662 2004
50
Nigeria 3,557 2004
51
Belgium 3,521 2004
52
Bolivia 3,519 2004
53
Korea, South 3,472 2004
54
Peru 3,462 2004
55
Ireland 3,312 2004
56
Colombia 3,304 2004
57
Mozambique 3,123 2004
58
Zimbabwe 3,077 2004
59
Azerbaijan 2,957 2004
60
Portugal 2,850 2004
61
Netherlands 2,808 2004
62
Kenya 2,778 2004
63
Angola 2,761 2004
64
Croatia 2,726 2004
65
Syria 2,711 2004
66
Bangladesh 2,706 2004
67
Denmark 2,628 2004
68
Vietnam 2,600 2004
69
Greece 2,571 2004
70
Taiwan 2,497 2004
71
Turkmenistan 2,440 2004
72
Namibia 2,382 2004
73
Latvia 2,303 2004
74
Iraq 2,200 2004
75
Zambia 2,173 2004
76
Tunisia 2,152 2004
77
Uruguay 2,073 2004
78
Lithuania 1,998 2004
79
Morocco 1,907 2004
80
Malaysia 1,890 2004
81
Mongolia 1,810 2004
82
Dominican Republic 1,743 2004
83
Georgia 1,612 2004
84
Sri Lanka 1,449 2004
85
Saudi Arabia 1,392 2004
86
Uganda 1,241 2004
87
Slovenia 1,201 2004
88
Moldova 1,138 2004
89
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,021 2004
90
Cameroon 1,008 2004
91
Ecuador 966 2004
92
Estonia 958 2004
93
Ghana 953 2004
94
Senegal 906 2004
95
Philippines 897 2004
96
Congo, Republic of the 894 2004
97
Botswana 888 2004
98
Guatemala 886 2004
99
Armenia 845 2004
100
Guinea 837 2004
101
Gabon 814 2004
102
Malawi 797 2004
103
Madagascar 732 2004
104
Mali 729 2004
105
Honduras 699 2004
106
Macedonia 699 2004
107
Venezuela 682 2004
108
Ethiopia 681 2004
109
Cote d'Ivoire 660 2004
110
Israel 640 2004
111
Burkina Faso 622 2004
112
Cambodia 602 2004
113
Fiji 597 2003
114
Benin 578 2004
115
Togo 568 2004
116
Jordan 505 2004
117
Liberia 490 2004
118
Tajikistan 482 2004
119
Kyrgyzstan 470 2004
120
Albania 447 2004
121
Paraguay 441 2004
122
Lebanon 401 2004
123
Panama 355 2004
124
Eritrea 306 2004
125
Swaziland 301 2004
126
El Salvador 283 2004
127
Costa Rica 278 2004
128
Luxembourg 274 2004
129
Jamaica 272 2003
130
Guyana 187 2001 est.
131
Djibouti 100 2004
132
Puerto Rico 96 2004
133
Man, Isle of 61 2003
134
Nepal 59 2004
135
Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2003
136
Nicaragua 6 2004

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