Country ranking for field: railways total 2001
| | World | 1,201,337 includes about 190,000 to 195,000 of electrified routes of which 147,760 are in Europe 24,509 in the Far East 11,050 in Africa 4,223 in South America and 4,160 in North America; note - fastest speed in daily service is 300/hr attained by France's Societe Nationale des Chemins-de-Fer Francais | | km | |
1 | | United States | 225,750 | | km | |
2 | | Russia | 149,000 | | km | |
3 | | China | 67,524 | | km | |
4 | | India | 62,915 | | km | |
5 | | Germany | 40,826 including at least 14,253 electrified and 14,768 double- or multiple-tracked | | km | |
6 | | Canada | 36,114; note - there are two major transcontinental freight railway systems: Canadian National | | km | |
7 | | Australia | 33,819 | | km | |
8 | | Argentina | 33,744 | | km | |
9 | | France | 31,939 | | km | |
10 | | Mexico | 31,048 | | km | |
11 | | Brazil | 30,539 | | km | |
12 | | Japan | 23,670 | .7 | km | |
13 | | Poland | 23,420 | | km | |
14 | | Ukraine | 23,350 | | km | |
15 | | South Africa | 21,431 | | km | |
16 | | Italy | 19,394 | | km | |
17 | | United Kingdom | 16,878 | | km | |
18 | | Kazakhstan | 14,400 in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines | | km | |
19 | | Spain | 13,950 | | km | |
20 | | Sweden | 12,821 | | km | |
21 | | Cuba | 11,969 | | km | |
22 | | Romania | 11,385 | | km | |
23 | | Czech Republic | 9,444 | | km | |
24 | | Turkey | 8,607 | | km | |
25 | | Pakistan | 8,163 | | km | |
26 | | Hungary | 7,606 | | km | |
27 | | Chile | 6,701 | | km | |
28 | | Indonesia | 6,458 | | km | |
29 | | South Korea | 6,240 | | km | |
30 | | Austria | 6,095 | .2 | km | |
31 | | Finland | 5,865 | | km | |
32 | | Iran | 5,600 | | km | |
33 | | Belarus | 5,523 | | km | |
34 | | Sudan | 5,311 | | km | |
35 | | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5,138 | | km | |
36 | | North Korea | 5,000 | | km | |
37 | | Egypt | 4,955 | | km | |
38 | | Algeria | 4,820 | | km | |
39 | | Taiwan | 4,600 | | km | |
40 | | Switzerland | 4,492 | | km | |
41 | | Bulgaria | 4,294 | | km | |
42 | | Norway | 4,012 | | km | |
43 | | Myanmar | 3,991 | | km | |
44 | | Thailand | 3,940 | | km | |
45 | | New Zealand | 3,913 | | km | |
46 | | Bolivia | 3,691 | | km | |
47 | | Slovakia | 3,660 | | km | |
48 | | Tanzania | 3,569 | | km | |
49 | | Nigeria | 3,557 | | km | |
50 | | Belgium | 3,437 | | km | |
51 | | Uzbekistan | 3,380 in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines | | km | |
52 | | Colombia | 3,304 | | km | |
53 | | Mozambique | 3,131 | | km | |
54 | | Denmark | 2,859 | | km | |
55 | | Portugal | 2,850 | | km | |
56 | | Kenya | 2,778 | | km | |
57 | | Angola | 2,771 | | km | |
58 | | Zimbabwe | 2,759 | | km | |
59 | | Syria | 2,750 | | km | |
60 | | Bangladesh | 2,745 | | km | |
61 | | The Netherlands | 2,739 | | km | |
62 | | Vietnam | 2,652 | | km | |
63 | | Greece | 2,548 | | km | |
64 | | Latvia | 2,412 | | km | |
65 | | Namibia | 2,382 | | km | |
66 | | Croatia | 2,296 | | km | |
67 | | Turkmenistan | 2,187 | | km | |
68 | | Tunisia | 2,168 | | km | |
69 | | Zambia | 2,164 | | km | |
70 | | Azerbaijan | 2,125 in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines | | km | |
71 | | Uruguay | 2,073 | | km | |
72 | | Iraq | 2,032 | | km | |
73 | | Lithuania | 2,002 | | km | |
74 | | Peru | 1,988 | | km | |
75 | | Ireland | 1,947 | | km | |
76 | | Morocco | 1,907 | | km | |
77 | | Malaysia | 1,801 | | km | |
78 | | Georgia | 1,583 in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines | | km | |
79 | | Sri Lanka | 1,463 | | km | |
80 | | Saudi Arabia | 1,390 | | km | |
81 | | Moldova | 1,328 | | km | |
82 | | Uganda | 1,241 | | km | |
83 | | Slovenia | 1,201 | | km | |
84 | | Cameroon | 1,104 | | km | |
85 | | Guinea | 1,086 | | km | |
86 | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,021 | | km | |
87 | | Estonia | 1,018 common carrier lines only; does not include dedicated industrial lines | | km | |
88 | | Paraguay | 971 | | km | |
89 | | Ecuador | 965 | | km | |
90 | | Ghana | 953 | | km | |
91 | | Costa Rica | 950 | | km | |
92 | | Senegal | 906 | | km | |
93 | | Congo | 894 | | km | |
94 | | Botswana | 888 | | km | |
95 | | Guatemala | 884 | | km | |
96 | | Madagascar | 883 | | km | |
97 | | Holy See | 862 m; note - a spur of the Italian Railways system serving Rome's Saint Peter's station | | km | |
98 | | Armenia | 852 in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines | | km | |
99 | | Malawi | 789 | | km | |
100 | | Dominican Republic | 757 | | km | |
101 | | Mauritania | 750 | | km | |
102 | | Mali | 729 | | km | |
103 | | Macedonia | 699 | | km | |
104 | | Ethiopia | 681 | | km | |
105 | | Jordan | 677 | | km | |
106 | | Côte d'Ivoire | 660 | | km | |
107 | | Gabon | 649 | | km | |
108 | | Burkina Faso | 622 | | km | |
109 | | Israel | 610 | | km | |
110 | | Cambodia | 603 | | km | |
111 | | Fiji | 597; note - belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation | | km | |
112 | | Honduras | 595 | | km | |
113 | | Venezuela | 584 | | km | |
114 | | Benin | 578 | | km | |
115 | | El Salvador | 562 | | km | |
116 | | Togo | 525 | | km | |
117 | | Philippines | 492 | | km | |
118 | | Liberia | 490 | | km | |
119 | | Tajikistan | 480 in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines | | km | |
120 | | Albania | 447 | | km | |
121 | | Lebanon | 399 | | km | |
122 | | Jamaica | 370 | | km | |
123 | | Kyrgyzstan | 370 in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines | | km | |
124 | | Panama | 355 | | km | |
125 | | Eritrea | 317 | | km | |
126 | | Swaziland | 297; note - includes 71 which are not in use | | km | |
127 | | Luxembourg | 274 | | km | |
128 | | Guyana | 187 | | km | |
129 | | Suriname | 166 | | km | |
130 | | Djibouti | 100 | | km | |
131 | | Puerto Rico | 96 | | km | |
132 | | Sierra Leone | 84 used on a limited basis because the mine at Marampa is closed | | km | |
133 | | Antigua and Barbuda | 77 | | km | |
134 | | Isle of Man | 68 | .5 | km | |
135 | | Nepal | 59; note - all in Kosi close to Indian border | | km | |
136 | | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 58 | | km | |
137 | | Haiti | 40 | | km | |
138 | | Singapore | 38 | .6 | km | |
139 | | Hong Kong | 34 | | km | |
140 | | Afghanistan | 24 | .6 | km | |
141 | | Liechtenstein | 18 | .5; note - owned operated and included in statistics of Austrian Federal Railways | km | |
142 | | Brunei | 13 | | km | |
143 | | Nauru | 5; note - used to haul phosphates from the center of the island to processing facilities on the southwest coast | | km | |
144 | | Lesotho | 2 | .6; note - owned by operated by and included in the statistics of South Africa | km | |
145 | | Monaco | 1 | .7 | km | |
146 | | Gaza Strip | NA; note - one line abandoned and in disrepair little trackage remains | | km | |
147 | | Juan de Nova Island | NA; short line going to a jetty | | km | |
148 | | Gibraltar | NA; 1 | .0-m gauge system in dockyard area only | km | |
149 | | Guadeloupe | NA; privately owned narrow-gauge plantation lines | | km | |
150 | | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | | km | |
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