|
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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