Rail lines (total route-km)
Compare rail lines (total route-km) across 65 countries or territories using one fixed 2021 World Bank reference slice.
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Key Insights
- •65 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite total route-km observation in the fixed 2021 slice.
- •United States of America has the highest published value (148553 total route-km).
- •Hong Kong has the lowest published value (230.1 total route-km).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 12,094.3total route-km)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
The total length of rail line in the country operated for passenger transport, goods transport, or both.
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2021 World Bank slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
The total length of rail line in the country operated for passenger transport, goods transport, or both.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 148,553.3total route-km |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 109,767.0total route-km |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 85,544.0total route-km |
| 4 | India | 68,102.7total route-km |
| 5 | Canada | 48,149.9total route-km |
| 6 | Germany | 33,401.0total route-km |
| 7 | France | 27,716.0total route-km |
| 8 | South Africa | 20,953.0total route-km |
| 9 | Poland | 18,620.0total route-km |
| 10 | Italy | 17,305.2total route-km |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 16,178.6total route-km |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 16,005.6total route-km |
| 13 | Spain | 15,963.0total route-km |
| 14 | Romania | 10,769.0total route-km |
| 15 | Türkiye | 10,546.0total route-km |
| 16 | Sweden | 9,714.0total route-km |
| 17 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 9,455.0total route-km |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 9,357.0total route-km |
| 19 | Hungary | 8,037.0total route-km |
| 20 | Finland | 5,918.0total route-km |
| 21 | Belarus | 5,474.0total route-km |
| 22 | Austria | 4,962.0total route-km |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 4,732.0total route-km |
| 24 | South Korea | 4,308.5total route-km |
| 25 | Switzerland | 4,122.3total route-km |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 4,031.0total route-km |
| 27 | Algeria | 4,000.5total route-km |
| 28 | Norway | 3,885.0total route-km |
| 29 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,641.0total route-km |
| 30 | Slovakia | 3,626.5total route-km |
| 31 | Belgium | 3,612.0total route-km |
| 32 | Serbia | 3,348.1total route-km |
| 33 | Vietnam | 3,159.0total route-km |
| 34 | Netherlands | 3,041.0total route-km |
| 35 | Croatia | 2,617.0total route-km |
| 36 | Portugal | 2,527.1total route-km |
| 37 | Chile | 2,396.0total route-km |
| 38 | Greece | 2,339.0total route-km |
| 39 | Morocco | 2,295.0total route-km |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 2,138.9total route-km |
| 41 | Lithuania | 1,919.0total route-km |
| 42 | Latvia | 1,859.1total route-km |
| 43 | Mongolia | 1,821.0total route-km |
| 44 | Tunisia | 1,777.0total route-km |
| 45 | Israel | 1,720.0total route-km |
| 46 | Malaysia | 1,655.0total route-km |
| 47 | Ireland | 1,650.0total route-km |
| 48 | Uruguay | 1,498.0total route-km |
| 49 | Georgia | 1,387.0total route-km |
| 50 | Slovenia | 1,209.0total route-km |
| 51 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,149.0total route-km |
| 52 | Botswana | 886.0total route-km |
| 53 | Cameroon | 884.0total route-km |
| 54 | Mauritania | 728.0total route-km |
| 55 | Armenia | 698.4total route-km |
| 56 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 683.0total route-km |
| 57 | Madagascar | 673.0total route-km |
| 58 | Gabon | 648.0total route-km |
| 59 | Cote d'Ivoire | 639.0total route-km |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 620.0total route-km |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 518.0total route-km |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 417.0total route-km |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 279.0total route-km |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 271.0total route-km |
| 65 | Hong Kong | 230.1total route-km |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2021).
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