List of countries by rail transport network size

List

Rank	Country	Length	Electrified length	Historical peak length	Area per km track	Population per km track	Nationalised or Private	Data year	Notes
—	European Union	225,625	132,576	189,297	'	'	Both	2017	'
1	United States	202,500	2,025	414,000			Both	2017
2	China	139,000	100,000	176,400	75.6	10,945	Nationalised	2019
3	Russia	144,000	49,000	150,000			Nationalised	2017
4	India	138,525	64,000				Both	2019
5	Canada	64,000	129				Private	2017
6	Brazil	49,000	9,025		299.6	7,225	Private	2014
7	Germany	40,625	22,500	64,000			Both	2017
8	Argentina	36,917	190	47,000	77.45	1,117	Nationalised	2014
9	Australia	33,168	3,393				Both	2017
10	France	29,273	15,687	42,500			Both	2017
11	Japan	27,311	20,534		16.10	5,451	Private	2015
12	South Africa	26,000	4,225				Nationalised	2017
13	Ukraine	20,952	9,801				Nationalised	2016
14	Poland	19,209	11,874	27,000			Nationalised	2017
15	Mexico	19,166	22				Private	2008
16	Iran	16,998	2,200		148.41	6,816	Nationalised	2014
17	Italy	16,788	13,106				Both	2016
18	United Kingdom	16,320	5,357	34,000			Both	2017
19	Spain	15,949	9,699				Nationalised	2017
20	Kazakhstan	15,530	4,200				Nationalised	2016
21		11,025			171.07	12,127		2006
22	Sweden	14,180	11,939	16,900			Both	2020
23	Romania	10,774	3,292				Both	2017
24		12,740	5,467				Nationalised	2018
25		9,567	3,237				Nationalised	2017
32		6,000	471		223.31	27853	Nationalised	2008
27		8,100	286	8,122	102.18	22759	Nationalised	2015
28		7,945	2,889				Nationalised	2017
29		7,024	62				Nationalised	2017
30		6,634			128.2	2,931		2006
31		6,084			339.81	5,640		2006
32		5,926	3,270				Nationalised	2017
33		5,735			23.03	4,595	Nationalised	2006
34		5,527	3,826				Both	2017
35		5,476			21.84	2,215		2007
36		5,459	874					2016
37		5,196	5,196	5,632			Mainly privately operated but thoroughly subsidised by taxes and by federal, cantonal, and municipal subsidies.	2015
38		5,080			153.44	1,585		2014
39		4,900			1,522.44	19,219		2007
39		4,900	107		126.04	16,084		2017
41		4,580			105.77	6,488		2011
42		4,440	283					2016
43		4,165	2,522		19.08	9348	Nationalised	2009
44		4,128	506	5,689	64.64	1,070		2018
45		4,096			585.19	16,463		2008
46		4,030	2,880					2017
47		3,848	2,622				Both	2017
48		3,764	1,279				Nationalised	2017
49		3,626	1,587					2017
50		3,602	2,960	5,000			Nationalised	2016
51		3,600			261.84	44,904		2006
52		3,364			141.12	27,765		2007
53		3,249			256.54	6,604		2008
54		3,136	313		130.25	4,190	Nationalised	2010
55		3,055	2,314				Semi privatised	2017
56		2,993			58.88	1,121		2006
57		2,866			383.32	3,638		2007
58		2,835			50.79	53,392		2008
59		2,761		2,764	451.54	6,911		2006
60		2,722			348.02	15,866		2006
61		2,604	985					2017
62		2,546	1,633				Nationalised	2017
63		2,541						2013
64		2,382			346.05	877		2006
65		2,240	764					2017
66		2,165						2018
67		2,139			86.57	11,078		2008
68		2,109	1,022					2017
69		2,068	1,278					2015
70		2,032			215.71	15,587		2006
71		2,020			636.25	14,585		2008
72		1,987	640				Nationalised	2017
73		1,931	53	5,600			Nationalised	2017
74		1,911	122					2017
75		1,860						2017
76		1,849	207		178.40	15,324		2010
77		1,810			864.15	1,560		2008
78	Taiwan	1,782	1,300	5,000	21.25	13638	Both	2018
79		1,663			648.85	27,770		2007
80		1,576	1,288					2016
81		1,508			43.51	13,696		2010
82		1,384	56		15.01	6,355	Nationalised	2017
83		1,244			930.65	122,780		2002
84		1,237			608.42	10,547		2006
85		1,209	503					2017
86		1,161	132	3,000			Both	2017
87		1,151						2017
88		1,018	565					2017
89		977		1,104				2015
90		966			293.54	14,810		2006
91		953			250.30	25,429		2006
92		906						2015
93		888						2014
94		885			123.04	16,228	Private	2004	Operations Halted since 2006
95		848						2015
96		837			293.74	11,926		2006
97		810			330.45	1,858		2007
98		797			148.66	18,696		2007
99		795			430.19	5086		2006
100		758			148.58	11,581		2006
101		729						2013
102		728			1,415.80	4,753		2008
103		703	703					2016
104		699			160.36	11,753		2006
105		683	313					2017
106		659	659	784	1,675.72	150,935		2016
107		650						2018
108		639			504.64	30,889		2007
109		622			440.84	25,291		2006
109		622						2017
111		616			232.31	11,167		2007
112		597			30.61	1,442		2006
113		568			99.97	10,613		2006
114		562			37.44	10,221		2007
115		517			94.14	18,141		2006
116		490			227.28	8,151		2006
117		417						2012
118		355			212.45	9,594		2006
119		336			2,714.43	87,458		2006
120		334						2016
121		306			384.31	17,170		2006
122		301			57.69	3,940		2008
123		278			183.81	16,416		2007
124		275	275				Nationalised	2017
125		264			316	21,893	Private	2019
126		250						2017
127		218					Private	2014
128		166			986.87	3,163		2001
129		161			3.94	28,682		2012
130		127			1,149.57	4,197		2001 est.
131		92		80	252.17	9,203		2016
132		84			854.05	69,857		2001
133		76	47	1,100	626.30	196,270	Both	2019
134		75			8,696.40	418,827		2011
135		65			40.41	9,948		2003
136		58			5.22	1,040		2006
137		57						2017
138		38			11,298.67	173,056		2006
139		17		370	143.65	38,810		2006
140		13			443.46	30,692		2001 est.
141		9.5			17.78	4,017		2017
142		5			53,200.00	106,200		2008	see Mauritania Railway
143		3.9			4.20	2,000		2001
144		3.5			59,200.00	1,557,550		2005	see Friendship Bridge
145		1.7	1.7		1.18	20,588		2019
146		1.6			10,118.33	723,667		1995
147		0.3	0	0.3	1.47	3,333		2019
	World	1,370,782'''			372.12	4,814		2006

Territories currently without a rail network

• – under construction as part of Gulf Railway
• – Bermuda Railway operated 1931 to 1948
• – see Rail transport in Chad for proposals
• – Cyprus Government Railway operated 1905 to 1951
• – rails still in Port-au-Prince from railway from factories to port, left out of service since 1970's.
• – see Rail transport in Iceland for former and proposed future railways
• – under construction as part of Gulf Railway
• - Lebanese Railway from 1890 until 1970
• – 1912 to 1965;
• – operated 1883 to 1931
• – see Rail transport in Niger for proposals. A railway apparently was under construction in 2014.
• – under construction as part of Gulf Railway
• – Isaka–Kigali Standard Gauge Railway planned to open in 2022
• – an electric railway linked Rimini and San Marino City until 1944
• – Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway existed from 1914 to 1941
• – plans exist to reopen the Lawa Railway
• – Trinidad Government Railway from 1876 until 1968; Trinidad Rapid Railway was planned but scrapped
• – formerly on Efate

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