Rank Order - Railways

Rank Order - Railways

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Rank	Country	Railways (km)	Date of Information
1	World	1,370,782	2006
2	European Union	236,656	2006
3	United States	226,612	2005
4	Russia	87,157	2006
5	China	75,438	2005
6	India	63,221	2006
7	Germany	48,215	2006
8	Canada	48,068	2006
9	Australia	38,550	2006
10	Argentina	31,902	2006
11	France	29,370	2006
12	Brazil	29,295	2006
13	Japan	23,474	2006
14	Poland	23,072	2006
15	Ukraine	22,473	2006
16	South Africa	20,872	2006
17	Italy	19,460	2006
18	Mexico	17,665	2006
19	United Kingdom	16,567	2006
20	Spain	14,974	2006
21	Kazakhstan	13,700	2006
22	Sweden	11,528	2006
23	Romania	11,385	2006
24	Czech Republic	9,597	2006
25	Turkey	8,697	2006
26	Iran	8,367	2006
27	Pakistan	8,163	2006
28	Hungary	8,057	2006
29	Chile	6,585	2006
30	Indonesia	6,458	2006
31	Austria	6,383	2006
32	Sudan	5,978	2006
33	Finland	5,741	2006
34	Belarus	5,512	2006
35	Korea, North	5,214	2006
36	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5,138	2006
37	Egypt	5,063	2006
38	Switzerland	4,839	2006
39	Bulgaria	4,294	2006
40	Cuba	4,226	2006
41	New Zealand	4,128	2006
42	Thailand	4,071	2006
43	Norway	4,043	2006
44	Algeria	3,973	2006
45	Burma	3,955	2006
46	Uzbekistan	3,950	2006
47	Serbia	3,800	2006
48	Tanzania	3,690	2006
49	Slovakia	3,662	2006
50	Belgium	3,536	2006
51	Nigeria	3,505	2006
52	Bolivia	3,504	2006
53	Korea, South	3,472	2006
54	Colombia	3,304	2006
55	Ireland	3,237	2006
56	Mozambique	3,123	2006
57	Zimbabwe	3,077	2006
58	Netherlands	2,811	2006
59	Portugal	2,786	2006
60	Kenya	2,778	2006
61	Bangladesh	2,768	2006
62	Angola	2,761	2006
63	Croatia	2,726	2006
64	Syria	2,711	2006
65	Denmark	2,644	2007
66	Vietnam	2,600	2006
67	Greece	2,571	2006
68	Taiwan	2,502	2006
69	Turkmenistan	2,440	2006
70	Namibia	2,382	2006
71	Latvia	2,303	2006
72	Iraq	2,272	2006
73	Zambia	2,157	2006
74	Tunisia	2,153	2006
75	Azerbaijan	2,122	2006
76	Uruguay	2,073	2006
77	Peru	1,989	2006
78	Morocco	1,907	2006
79	Malaysia	1,890	2006
80	Mongolia	1,810	2006
81	Lithuania	1,771	2006
82	Georgia	1,612	2006
83	Sri Lanka	1,449	2006
84	Saudi Arabia	1,392	2006
85	Uganda	1,244	2006
86	Slovenia	1,229	2006
87	Moldova	1,138	2006
88	Cameroon	987	2006
89	Estonia	968	2006
90	Ecuador	966	2006
91	Ghana	953	2006
92	Senegal	906	2006
93	Philippines	897	2006
94	Congo, Republic of the	894	2006
95	Botswana	888	2006
96	Guatemala	886	2006
97	Madagascar	854	2006
98	Israel	853	2006
99	Armenia	839	2006
100	Guinea	837	2006
101	Gabon	814	2006
102	Malawi	797	2006
103	Benin	758	2006
104	Mali	729	2006
105	Ethiopia	699	2006
106	Macedonia	699	2006
107	Honduras	699	2006
108	Venezuela	682	2006
109	Cote d'Ivoire	660	2006
110	Burkina Faso	622	2006
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	608	2006
112	Cambodia	602	2006
113	Fiji	597	2006
114	Togo	568	2006
115	El Salvador	562	2007
116	Dominican Republic	517	2006
117	Jordan	505	2006
118	Liberia	490	2006
119	Tajikistan	482	2006
120	Kyrgyzstan	470	2006
121	Albania	447	2006
122	Lebanon	401	2006
123	Panama	355	2006
124	Eritrea	306	2006
125	Swaziland	301	2006
126	Costa Rica	278	2007
127	Luxembourg	275	2006
128	Montenegro	250	2006
129	Djibouti	100	2006
130	Puerto Rico	96	2006
131	Isle of Man	65	2006
132	Nepal	59	2006
133	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50	2006
134	Paraguay	36	2006
135	Nicaragua	6	2006

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