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DEFINITION:
Rail lines (total route-km). Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada | 1,691.95 | 2011 | ||
2 | Namibia | 1,439.96 | 1995 | ||
3 | Finland | 1,098.5 | 2011 | ||
4 | Sweden | 1,053.74 | 2011 | ||
5 | New Zealand | 1,020.31 | 1999 | ||
6 | Djibouti | 1,005.69 | 2005 | ||
7 | Latvia | 921.69 | 2011 | ||
8 | Czech Republic | 911.67 | 2011 | ||
9 | Uruguay | 893.73 | 2008 | ||
10 | Kazakhstan | 857.68 | 2011 | ||
11 | Norway | 830.59 | 2011 | ||
12 | Hungary | 791.54 | 2011 | ||
13 | United States | 733.38 | 2011 | ||
14 | Slovakia | 664.46 | 2011 | ||
15 | Mongolia | 658.63 | 2011 | ||
16 | Romania | 636.9 | 2011 | ||
17 | Croatia | 635.89 | 2011 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 615.2 | 2011 | |||
18 | Argentina | 614.38 | 2011 | ||
19 | Turkmenistan | 609.99 | 2011 | ||
20 | Austria | 601.4 | 2011 | ||
21 | Slovenia | 598.19 | 2011 | ||
22 | Russia | 596.61 | 2011 | ||
23 | Estonia | 587.34 | 2011 | ||
24 | Lithuania | 583.14 | 2011 | ||
25 | Belarus | 580.91 | 2011 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 559.29 | 2011 | |||
26 | Serbia | 559.05 | 2011 | ||
27 | Bulgaria | 557.68 | 2011 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 544.48 | 2011 | |||
28 | Luxembourg | 530.53 | 2011 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 523.15 | 2011 | |||
29 | France | 514.11 | 2011 | ||
30 | Poland | 511.29 | 2011 | ||
31 | Gabon | 508.14 | 2011 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 505.55 | 2011 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 501.89 | 2011 | |||
32 | United Kingdom | 501.51 | 2011 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 498.48 | 2011 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 494.18 | 2011 | |||
33 | Ukraine | 474.88 | 2011 | ||
34 | European Union | 465.25 | 2011 | ||
35 | Cuba | 449.65 | 2009 | ||
36 | Switzerland | 447.78 | 2011 | ||
37 | Botswana | 446.97 | 2011 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 446.06 | 2011 | |||
38 | South Africa | 435.9 | 2011 | ||
39 | Ireland | 419.29 | 2011 | ||
40 | Germany | 412.09 | 2011 | ||
41 | Australia | 385.91 | 2011 | ||
42 | Denmark | 382.55 | 2011 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 374.55 | 2011 | |||
43 | Georgia | 349.29 | 2011 | ||
44 | Republic of Macedonia | 332.24 | 2011 | ||
45 | Spain | 331.72 | 2011 | ||
46 | Moldova | 324.93 | 2011 | ||
47 | Belgium | 323.87 | 2011 | ||
48 | Chile | 309.21 | 2011 | ||
49 | Italy | 296.61 | 2011 | ||
50 | Bolivia | 286.79 | 2009 | ||
51 | Armenia | 278.67 | 2011 | ||
52 | Portugal | 269.3 | 2011 | ||
53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 267.23 | 2011 | ||
54 | Swaziland | 247.49 | 2011 | ||
55 | Azerbaijan | 226.64 | 2011 | ||
56 | Greece | 225.84 | 2011 | ||
57 | Mexico | 223.72 | 2011 | ||
58 | Republic of the Congo | 205.08 | 2008 | ||
59 | Zimbabwe | 202.05 | 2008 | ||
60 | Mauritania | 196.61 | 2011 | ||
61 | Netherlands | 180.67 | 2011 | ||
62 | Japan | 156.75 | 2011 | ||
63 | Brazil | 151.41 | 2011 | ||
64 | Uzbekistan | 144.06 | 2011 | ||
65 | Albania | 134.12 | 2011 | ||
66 | Israel | 133.15 | 2011 | ||
67 | Turkey | 131.32 | 2011 | ||
68 | Mozambique | 126.76 | 2011 | ||
69 | Sudan | 123.74 | 2011 | ||
70 | Costa Rica | 118.88 | 1996 | ||
71 | Zambia | 113.92 | 2004 | ||
72 | Tunisia | 104.84 | 2011 | ||
73 | Syria | 97.4 | 2011 | ||
74 | Algeria | 93 | 2011 | ||
75 | Senegal | 91.87 | 2000 | ||
76 | Benin | 84.47 | 2008 | ||
77 | Iran | 80.52 | 2011 | ||
78 | Tajikistan | 79.46 | 2011 | ||
79 | Burma | 77.97 | 1991 | ||
80 | Kyrgyzstan | 75.62 | 2011 | ||
81 | Sri Lanka | 72.36 | 2008 | ||
82 | Peru | 68.21 | 2011 | ||
83 | South Korea | 67.88 | 2011 | ||
84 | Mali | 67.35 | 2002 | ||
85 | Thailand | 66.53 | 2011 | ||
86 | Morocco | 65.78 | 2011 | ||
87 | Egypt | 65.43 | 2011 | ||
88 | Tanzania | 65.09 | 2006 | ||
89 | Iraq | 63.76 | 2011 | ||
90 | Malaysia | 57.89 | 2011 | ||
91 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.95 | 2011 | ||
92 | Malawi | 56.37 | 2008 | ||
93 | India | 52.39 | 2011 | ||
94 | Kenya | 52.15 | 2006 | ||
95 | China | 49.28 | 2011 | ||
96 | Cambodia | 48.67 | 2005 | ||
97 | Jordan | 47.57 | 2011 | ||
98 | Cameroon | 46.18 | 2011 | ||
99 | Pakistan | 44.23 | 2011 | ||
100 | Madagascar | 42.86 | 2008 | ||
101 | Ghana | 41.24 | 2008 | ||
102 | Burkina Faso | 38.89 | 2011 | ||
103 | Saudi Arabia | 36.74 | 2011 | ||
104 | Colombia | 36.5 | 2009 | ||
105 | Cote d'Ivoire | 32.96 | 2011 | ||
106 | Vietnam | 26.72 | 2011 | ||
107 | Nigeria | 23.97 | 2007 | ||
108 | Bangladesh | 18.55 | 2011 | ||
109 | Ethiopia | 15.7 | 1991 | ||
110 | Indonesia | 14.39 | 2008 | ||
111 | Venezuela | 11.95 | 2008 | ||
112 | Uganda | 9.33 | 2004 | ||
113 | Philippines | 5.3 | 2008 |