List of countries by rail transport network size

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List of countries by rail transport network size

These figures include routes which are not used for passenger services. The correlation between network length and passenger numbers is weak.

1 Rank
2 No Data
3 References
4 No railways
5 See also

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	Country	Railway length (km)	Date of information	Notes
1	United States	199,731	(2002)
2	Russia	87,157	(2002)
3	People's Republic of China (excluding Taiwan)	76,000	(2006)<ref name="China">PRC Ministry of Railways statistics for 2006 available in Chinese state 76,000. English language statistics from 2004 state 74,200. Both exclude Taiwan (any ROC controlled areas) and include Hong Kong</ref>
4	Canada	64,994	(2002)
5	India	63,518	(2002)
6	Germany	45,514	(2002)
7	Australia	41,588	(2002)
8	Argentina	34,463	(2002)
9	France	32,682	(2002)
10	Brazil	31,543	(2002)
11	Poland	23,420	(2002)
12	Japan	23,168	(2002)
13	Ukraine	22,473	(2002)
14	South Africa	22,298	(2002)
15	Mexico	19,510	(2002)
16	Italy	19,493	(2002)
17	United Kingdom	16,893	(2002)
18	Spain	14,189	(2002)
19	Kazakhstan	13,601	(2002)
20	Sweden	11,481	(2002)
21	Romania	11,385	(2002)
22	Czech Republic	9,462	(2002)
23	Turkey	8,607	(2002)
24	Pakistan	8,163	(2002)
25	Hungary	7,875	(2002)
26	Iran	7,201	(2002)
27	Chile	6,585	(2002)
28	Indonesia	6,458	(2002)
29	Austria	6,024	(2002)
30	Sudan	5,978	(2002)
31	Finland	5,850	(2002)
32	Belarus	5,523	(2002)
33	North Korea	5,214	(2002)
34	Egypt	5,105	(2002)
35	Switzerland	5,063	(2004)
36	Democratic Republic of Congo	4,772	(2002)
37	Bulgaria	4,294	(2002)
38	Norway	4,178	(2002)
39	Thailand	4,071	(2002)
40	Serbia and Montenegro	4,059	(2002)
41	Algeria	3,973	(2002)
42	Burma	3,955	(2002)
43	Uzbekistan	3,950	(2002)
44	New Zealand	3,898	(2002)
45	Tanzania	3,690	(2002)
46	Slovakia	3,668	(2002)
47	Nigeria	3,557	(2002)
48	Bolivia	3,519	(2002)
49	Belgium	3,471	(2002)
50	Cuba	3,442	(2002)
51	Ireland	3,312	(2002)
52	Colombia	3,304	(2002)
53	Denmark	3,164	(2002)
54	Vietnam	3,142	(2002)
55	South Korea	3,125	(2002)
56	Mozambique	3,123	(2002)
57	Zimbabwe	3,077	(2002)
58	Portugal	2,850	(2002)
59	Netherlands	2,808	(2002)
60	Kenya	2,778	(2002)
61	Angola	2,761	(2002)
62	Syria	2,743	(2002)
63	Bangladesh	2,706	(2002)
64	Greece	2,571	(2002)
65	Turkmenistan	2,440	(2002)
66	Malaysia	2,418	(2002)
67	Namibia	2,382	(2002)
68	Latvia	2,347	(2002)
69	Croatia	2,296	(2002)
70	Zambia	2,173	(2002)
71	Tunisia	2,152	(2002)
72	Azerbaijan	2,122	(2002)
73	Uruguay	2,073	(2002)
74	Lithuania	1,998	(2002)
75	Morocco	1,907	(2002)
76	Peru	1,829	(2002)
77	Georgia	1,612	(2002)
78	Sri Lanka	1,508	(2002)
79	Dominican Republic	1,503	(2002)
80	Saudi Arabia	1,392	(2002)
81	Moldova	1,300	(2002)
82	Uganda	1,241	(2002)
83	Slovenia	1,201	(2002)
84	Guinea	1,115	(2002)
85	Republic of China (Taiwan area only)	1,108	(2002)
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,021	(2002)
87	Estonia	968	(2002)
88	Ecuador	966	(2002)
89	Ghana	953	(2002)
90	Costa Rica	950	(2002)
91	Senegal	906	(2002)
92	Philippines	897	(2002)
93	Republic of Congo	894	(2002)
94	Botswana	888	(2002)
95	Guatemala	886	(2002)
96	Armenia	852	(2002)
97	Gabon	814	(2002)
98	Malawi	797	(2002)
99	Madagascar	732	(2002)
100	Mali	729	(2002)
101	Honduras	699	(2002)
102	Republic of Macedonia	699	(2002)
103	Venezuela	682	(2002)
104	Ethiopia	681	(2002)
105	Côte d'Ivoire	660	(2002)
106	Israel	640	(2002)
107	Burkina Faso	622	(2002)
108	Cambodia	602	(2002)
109	Fiji	597	(2002)
110	Benin	578	(2002)
111	Togo	525	(2002)
112	Jordan	505	(2002)
113	Liberia	490	(2002)
114	Tajikistan	482	(2002)
115	Albania	447	(2002)
116	Paraguay	441	(2002)
117	Kyrgyzstan	420	(2002)
118	Lebanon	401	(2002)
119	Panama	355	(2002)
120	Eritrea	306	(2002)
121	Swaziland	301	(2002)
122	El Salvador	283	(2002)
123	Luxembourg	274	(2002)
124	Jamaica	272	(2002)
125	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China	200	(2006)	includes MTR, KCRC and tram networks
126	Guyana	187	2001 est.
127	Singapore	177	(2006)	includes MRT and LRT networks
128	Suriname	166	2001
129	Djibouti	100	(2002)
130	Puerto Rico	96	(2002)
131	Sierra Leone	84	(2001)
132	Antigua and Barbuda	77	(2001 est.)
133	Isle of Man	60	(2002)
134	Nepal	59	(2002)
135	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50	(2002)
136	Haiti	40	(2001 est.)
137	Afghanistan	24	(2004)
138	Liechtenstein	19	(2002)
139	Brunei	13	(2001 est.)
140	Nicaragua	6	(2002)
141	Nauru	5	(2001)
142	Laos	4	(2005) see Friendship Bridge.
143	Lesotho	3	(1995)
144	Monaco	2	(2002)
145	Holy See (Vatican City)	1	(2001 est.)
	World	1,122,650	(NA)