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Railway network, 133 countries & territories. Length of railway route available for train service (World Bank, from UIC and national sources). Reporting is patchy; each country shows its latest year since 2010.

lowest≥ 438 km≥ 791 km≥ 1,653 km≥ 2,721 km≥ 4,101 km≥ 11,511 km no data
Source: Railisa Database, International Union of… via World Bank; CIA World Factbook for 42 countries· 2010 / 2023

The ranking

  1. 1 United States 148,553 km 2021
  2. 2 China 109,767 km 2021
  3. 3 Russia 85,544 km 2021
  4. 4 India 68,103 km 2021
  5. 5 Canada 48,150 km 2021
  6. 6 Germany 33,401 km 2021
  7. 7 Australia 32,606 km 2022†
  8. 8 Brazil 29,850 km 2014†
  9. 9 France 27,716 km 2021
  10. 10 Mexico 23,389 km 2017†
  11. 11 Ukraine 21,626 km 2020
  12. 12 South Africa 20,953 km 2021
  13. 13 Japan 20,087 km 2011
  14. 14 Poland 18,620 km 2021
  15. 15 Argentina 17,866 km 2019
  16. 16 Italy 17,305 km 2021
  17. 17 United Kingdom 16,179 km 2021
  18. 18 Kazakhstan 16,006 km 2021
  19. 19 Spain 15,963 km 2021
  20. 20 Romania 10,769 km 2021
  21. 21 Türkiye 10,546 km 2021
  22. 22 Sweden 9,714 km 2021
  23. 23 Iran 9,455 km 2021
  24. 24 Czechia 9,357 km 2021
  25. 25 Cuba 8,367 km 2017†
  26. 26 Hungary 8,037 km 2021
  27. 27 Pakistan 7,791 km 2019
  28. 28 Turkmenistan 7,680 km 2018
  29. 29 North Korea 7,435 km 2014†
  30. 30 Finland 5,918 km 2021
  31. 31 Indonesia 5,483 km 2019
  32. 32 Belarus 5,474 km 2021
  33. 33 Egypt 5,153 km 2016
  34. 34 Austria 4,962 km 2021
  35. 35 Uzbekistan 4,732 km 2021
  36. 36 South Korea 4,309 km 2021
  37. 37 New Zealand 4,128 km 2018†
  38. 38 Switzerland 4,122 km 2021
  39. 39 Thailand 4,092 km 2017
  40. 40 Bulgaria 4,031 km 2021
  41. 41 Algeria 4,001 km 2021
  42. 42 Bolivia 3,960 km 2019†
  43. 43 Norway 3,885 km 2021
  44. 44 Kenya 3,819 km 2018†
  45. 45 DR Congo 3,641 km 2021
  46. 46 Slovakia 3,626 km 2021
  47. 47 Belgium 3,612 km 2021
  48. 48 Nigeria 3,528 km 2015
  49. 49 Serbia 3,348 km 2021
  50. 50 Vietnam 3,159 km 2021

† From CIA World Factbook, for countries the main source misses. Countries without a World Bank figure use the CIA World Factbook’s total railway length (final 2026 edition; each country has its own reference year). Where both report a country (89), 55 agree within 10% and 71 within 25%; some differ widely, as the Factbook counts more freight and industrial lines in a few countries (United States: 293,564 km in the Factbook vs 148,553 km at the World Bank).

Reference years differ by country (2010–2023); each row shows its own year.

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