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Transportation Statistics > Railways > Total (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Australia: 2,336.184 km per 1 million people 
#2   Canada: 1,451.536 km per 1 million people 
#3   Sweden: 1,271.275 km per 1 million people 
#4   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1,270.68 km per 1 million people 
#5   Namibia: 1,159.079 km per 1 million people 
#6   Finland: 1,095.933 km per 1 million people 
#7   Latvia: 1,019.112 km per 1 million people 
#8   New Zealand: 1,002.971 km per 1 million people 
#9   Czech Republic: 935.794 km per 1 million people 
#10   Kazakhstan: 896.308 km per 1 million people 
#11   Norway: 880.956 km per 1 million people 
#12   Man, Isle of: 857.169 km per 1 million people 
#13   Ireland: 806.019 km per 1 million people 
#14   Hungary: 797.199 km per 1 million people 
#15   Argentina: 791.575 km per 1 million people 
#16   United States: 752.491 km per 1 million people 
#17   Austria: 733.068 km per 1 million people 
#18   Estonia: 728.012 km per 1 million people 
#19   Slovakia: 672.235 km per 1 million people 
#20   Fiji: 649.849 km per 1 million people 
#21   Russia: 616.483 km per 1 million people 
#22   Mongolia: 613.188 km per 1 million people 
#23   Slovenia: 611.673 km per 1 million people 
#24   Croatia: 606.679 km per 1 million people 
#25   Switzerland: 606.645 km per 1 million people 
#26   Uruguay: 599.028 km per 1 million people 
#27   Poland: 598.989 km per 1 million people 
#28   Bulgaria: 586.383 km per 1 million people 
#29   Germany: 572.821 km per 1 million people 
#30   Luxembourg: 570.569 km per 1 million people 
#31   Belarus: 566.803 km per 1 million people 
#32   Gabon: 559.501 km per 1 million people 
#33   Romania: 511.087 km per 1 million people 
#34   Lithuania: 495.324 km per 1 million people 
#35   Botswana: 489.119 km per 1 million people 
#36   Denmark: 488.833 km per 1 million people 
#37   Ukraine: 485.379 km per 1 million people 
#38   Turkmenistan: 478.71 km per 1 million people 
#39   South Africa: 474.387 km per 1 million people 
#40   Serbia and Montenegro: 407.379 km per 1 million people 
#41   Chile: 404.366 km per 1 million people 
#42   Bolivia: 385.891 km per 1 million people 
#43   Cuba: 370.896 km per 1 million people 
#44   Spain: 367.705 km per 1 million people 
#45   Azerbaijan: 364.151 km per 1 million people 
#46   Georgia: 346.965 km per 1 million people 
#47   Macedonia, Republic of: 339.995 km per 1 million people 
#48   Belgium: 338.811 km per 1 million people 
#49   Italy: 334.648 km per 1 million people 
#50   Armenia: 282.335 km per 1 million people 
#51   United Kingdom: 282.281 km per 1 million people 
#52   Portugal: 267.786 km per 1 million people 
#53   Swaziland: 265.651 km per 1 million people 
#54   Moldova: 263.396 km per 1 million people 
#55   Zimbabwe: 249.936 km per 1 million people 
#56   Guyana: 243.143 km per 1 million people 
#57   Greece: 240.139 km per 1 million people 
#58   Congo, Republic of the: 235.225 km per 1 million people 
#59   Angola: 225.138 km per 1 million people 
#60   Korea, North: 223.76 km per 1 million people 
#61   Tunisia: 209.514 km per 1 million people 
#62   Djibouti: 201.461 km per 1 million people 
#63   Zambia: 189.328 km per 1 million people 
#64   Japan: 184.849 km per 1 million people 
#65   Netherlands: 169.457 km per 1 million people 
#66   Mexico: 161.563 km per 1 million people 
#67   Brazil: 153.949 km per 1 million people 
#68   Liberia: 153.32 km per 1 million people 
#69   Sudan: 151.805 km per 1 million people 
#70   Mozambique: 149.386 km per 1 million people 
#71   Uzbekistan: 142.188 km per 1 million people 
#72   Syria: 140.359 km per 1 million people 
#73   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 133.562 km per 1 million people 
#74   Israel: 132.728 km per 1 million people 
#75   Albania: 124.149 km per 1 million people 
#76   Turkey: 122.22 km per 1 million people 
#77   Peru: 120.733 km per 1 million people 
#78   Algeria: 119.19 km per 1 million people 
#79   Iran: 110.952 km per 1 million people 
#80   Panama: 109.494 km per 1 million people 
#81   Taiwan: 109.235 km per 1 million people 
#82   Lebanon: 102.153 km per 1 million people 
#83   Togo: 99.622 km per 1 million people 
#84   Jamaica: 97.837 km per 1 million people 
#85   Tanzania: 93.692 km per 1 million people 
#86   Honduras: 93.402 km per 1 million people 
#87   Kyrgyzstan: 88.945 km per 1 million people 
#88   Guinea: 84.139 km per 1 million people 
#89   Burma: 83.485 km per 1 million people 
#90   Jordan: 83.427 km per 1 million people 
#91   El Salvador: 80.886 km per 1 million people 
#92   Iraq: 80.001 km per 1 million people 
#93   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 78.143 km per 1 million people 
#94   Malaysia: 76.144 km per 1 million people 
#95   Kenya: 75.257 km per 1 million people 
#96   Colombia: 74.449 km per 1 million people 
#97   Senegal: 72.354 km per 1 million people 
#98   Benin: 71.55 km per 1 million people 
#99   Korea, South: 70.792 km per 1 million people 
#100   Ecuador: 70.226 km per 1 million people 
#101   Guatemala: 69.61 km per 1 million people 
#102   Sri Lanka: 69.243 km per 1 million people 
#103   Tajikistan: 68.112 km per 1 million people 
#104   Costa Rica: 67.249 km per 1 million people 
#105   Egypt: 63.024 km per 1 million people 
#106   Thailand: 62.565 km per 1 million people 
#107   Eritrea: 62.365 km per 1 million people 
#108   Mali: 60.773 km per 1 million people 
#109   Malawi: 58.589 km per 1 million people 
#110   Morocco: 56.492 km per 1 million people 
#111   China: 56.291 km per 1 million people 
#112   India: 55.962 km per 1 million people 
#113   Dominican Republic: 55.201 km per 1 million people 
#114   Cameroon: 54.65 km per 1 million people 
#115   Saudi Arabia: 50.433 km per 1 million people 
#116   Pakistan: 49.55 km per 1 million people 
#117   Madagascar: 43.91 km per 1 million people 
#118   Burkina Faso: 43.417 km per 1 million people 
#119   Cambodia: 43.013 km per 1 million people 
#120   Ghana: 41.559 km per 1 million people 
#121   Uganda: 41.107 km per 1 million people 
#122   Côte d'Ivoire: 36.639 km per 1 million people 
#123   Vietnam: 30.494 km per 1 million people 
#124   Indonesia: 27.517 km per 1 million people 
#125   Venezuela: 26.207 km per 1 million people 
#126   Nigeria: 25.957 km per 1 million people 
#127   Puerto Rico: 24.339 km per 1 million people 
#128   Bangladesh: 18.398 km per 1 million people 
#129   Philippines: 9.849 km per 1 million people 
#130   Ethiopia: 8.901 km per 1 million people 
#131   Paraguay: 5.398 km per 1 million people 
#132   Nepal: 2.041 km per 1 million people 
#133   Nicaragua: 1.057 km per 1 million people 
Weighted average: 324.3 km per 1 million people  


DEFINITION: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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