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Countries by Rail Network Size

Name: Countries by Rail Network Size
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Countries ranked by total railway network length.

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Country/Territory↕	Length (km)↕	% of the totalelectrified↕	(per route km)↕	Historical peaklength (km)↕	Nationalized or private↕	Data year↕	References↕	ISO 3166-1↕
Total	Electrified	Area (km)	Population	—	—	—	—	—
United States	220,044	1,906	0.87	44.69	1,522	428,180 (1917)	Track ownership and freight mostly private, passenger mostly public	2,019
China	165,000	122,000	74.4	60.61	8,865	165,000 (2025)	Nationalized, with a number of industrial lines owned by private companies	2,025
Russia	105,118	54,073	51.48	162.84	1,367	118,000 (1991)	Nationalized	2,023
India	70,117	69,712	99.4	47.93	21,038	70,117 (2025)	Nationalized, with some private freight operators.	2,025
Canada	49,422	129	0.2	214.48	674	69,636 (1940)	Freight - private Passenger - public	2,017
Germany	33,351	20,851	62.52	10.72	2,482	61,498 (1910)	Nationalized with private operators	2,023
Australia	32,924	3,448	10.47	231.91	742	41,843 (1962)	Both	2,022
Brazil	29,817	432	1.6	299.6	7,225	38,000 (1957)	Both	2,014
France	27,483	16,067	58.46	22.78	2,374	63,000 (1923)	Nationalized	2,019
Japan	27,311	20,534	75.19	13.84	4,647		Both	2,015
Italy	24,567	12,205	49.68	15.03	3,026		Infrastructure nationalized with private operators.	2,023
Mexico	23,389	802.7	3.43	114.43	6,697	26,914	Majority of infrastructure nationalized. Private and public operators	2,020
South Africa	20,953	7,413	35.38	58.28	2,577		Nationalized	2,017
Romania	20,077	6,600	32.87	22.13	1,823	23,955	Nationalized with private operators	2,023
Ukraine	19,787	9,319	47.1	28.81	2,140		Nationalized	2,019
Poland	19,576	12,236	62.51	16.28	2,001	27,000 (1954)	Nationalized with private operators	2,023
Argentina	17,866	190	0.51	77.45	1,117	47,500 (1957)	Both	2,019
Iran	16,998	2,200	12.94	148.41	6,816		Nationalized	2,014
Spain	16,355	11,127	68.03	31.73	2,920	18,000+ (in 1950s)	Nationalized with private operators	2,017
United Kingdom	16,179	6,065	37.49	15.1	4,178	34,075 (1929)	State-owned infrastructure with passenger operations mainly now publicly run with a handful of open access and contracted operators in Great Britain and publicly run in Northern Ireland.	2,023
Kazakhstan	15,530	4,200	27.04	175	1,146		Nationalized	2,016
Turkey	13,919	7,142	51.3	76	7,821		Nationalized	2,023
Myanmar	11,025	0	0	171.07	12,127		Nationalized	2,006
Sweden	10,912	8,186	75.02	41	958	16,900 (around 1938)	Nationalized with private operatorsMost services subject to franchising.	2,021
Czech Republic	9,567	3,237	33.84	8.24	1,106		Nationalized with private operators	2,017
Indonesia	8,260	621	7.51	219.31	32,712	8,260	Nationalized	2,023
Hungary	7,945	2,889	36.36	11.71	1,233		Nationalized with private operators	2,017
Pakistan	7,791	27.1	0.34	117.74	32,433	8,122 (in 1947)	Nationalized	2,015
Egypt	7,024	62	0.88	153.43	13,888		Nationalized	2,017
Chile	6,634	700	10.55	128.2	2,931	8,930 (1930)	Nationalized	2,018
Sudan	6,084	0	0	339.81	5,640		Nationalized	2,006
Finland	5,926	3,270	55.18	57.06	929		Nationalized	2,017
North Korea	5,735	3,894	67.9	23.03	4,595		Nationalized	2,006
Saudi Arabia	5,590	453	8.1	384.56	6,254		Nationalized	2,019
Cuba	8,193	0	0	21.84	2,215	14,152	Nationalized	2,010
Belarus	5,459	874	16.01	38.03	1,741		Nationalized	2,016
Switzerland	5,317	5,317	100	7.76	1,631	5,868 (1930)	Both, but majority is nationalized	2,020
Turkmenistan	5,080	0	0	153.44	1,585		Nationalized	2,014
Austria	4,859	3,650	75.12	15.18	1,587	7,166 (1930)	Nationalized with private operators	2,022
South Korea	4,837	3,787	78.29	20.76	10,716		Nationalized	2,020
Uzbekistan	4,669	2,500	53.54	94.8	6,969	6,950	Nationalized	2,020
Algeria	4,560	480	10.53	522.31	9,061	4,815 (1930)	Nationalized	2,022
Norway	4,240	2,895	68.3	76.36	1,291	4,471 (1950)	Nationalized with private operators	2,023
New Zealand	4,128	506	12.26	64.64	1,070	5,681 (1950)	Nationalized	2,018
DR Congo	4,096	852	20.8	585.19	16,463			2,008
Thailand	4,845	107	2.18	126.04	16,084		Nationalized	2,025
Bulgaria	4,029	3,005	74.58	27.55	1,763	6507	Nationalized	2,023
Serbia	3,764	1,279	33.98	23.48	1,866		Nationalized	2,017
Slovakia	3,626	1,587	43.77	13.52	1,499		Nationalized	2,017
Portugal	2,527	1,791	70.87	36.13	4,049	3,622	Nationalized	2,023
Belgium	3,607	2,960	82.06	8.48	3,140	5,081 (1940)	Nationalized	2,018
Bangladesh	4,458	20	0.45	33.3	39,178	4,458	Nationalized	2021, 2022
Nigeria	3,600	0	0	261.84	44,904		Nationalized	2,006
Vietnam	3,315	0	0	141.12	27,765		Nationalized	2,023
Mozambique	3,249	0	0	256.54	6,604			2,008
Zimbabwe	3,136	313	9.98	130.25	4,190		Nationalized	2,010
Netherlands	3,055	2,314	75.74	13.59	5,591	3,407 (1920)	Nationalized with private operatorsRural lines subject to franchising.	2,017
Azerbaijan	2,944	1,278	43.41	41.88	4,666		Nationalized	2,015
Uruguay	1,791	0	0	58.88	1,121	2,961	Nationalized	2,006
Bolivia	1,954	0	0	383.32	3,638	3,692 (1997)	Nationalized	2,011
Angola	2,761	0	0	451.54	6,911	2,764	Nationalized	2,006
Syria	2,750	0	0	86.57	11,078		Nationalized	2,010
Tanzania	2,600	440	15.4	348.02	15,866		Nationalized	2,006
Croatia	2,604	985	37.83	21.71	1,595		Nationalized	2,017
Kenya	2,541	0	0	228.4	17,643		Nationalized	2,013
Namibia	2,382	0	0	346.05	877		Nationalized	2,006
Greece	2,240	764	34.11	58.91	4,808	2,632 (1940)	Semi-Privatized	2,017
Ethiopia	2,185	1,401	64.12	1,675.72	150,935		Nationalized	2,016
Tunisia	2,165	0	0	75.57	5,326	2,173 (1950)	Nationalized	2,018
Morocco	2,109	1,022	48.46	211.74	16,946		Nationalized	2,017
Malaysia	2,041	1,028	50.37	162.06	15,383		Nationalized	2,021
Iraq	2,032	0	0	215.71	15,587	2,029(1985)	Nationalized	2,006
Peru	2,020	0	0	636.25	14,585	4,205 (1930)	Private	2,008
Denmark	2,610	964	36.93	21.69	2,893	5,290 (1931)	Nationalized, rural lines franchised	2,017
Lithuania	1,910	156	8.17	33.8	1,490	2,147 (1950)	Nationalized	2,021
Latvia	1,860	257	13.82	35.11	1,048	2,763 (1920)	Nationalized	2,017
Mongolia	1,810	0	0	864.15	1,560		Nationalized	2,008
Taiwan	1,782	1,300	72.95	21.25	13,638	5,000	Nationalized (Conventional network)Private (High-Speed network)	2,018
Ireland	2,400	53	3.15	41.83	3,065	4,354 (1921 - this included Northern Ireland)	Nationalized	2,025
Colombia	1,663	0	0	648.85	27,770		Private	2,007
Georgia	1,576	1,288	81.73	44.23	2,360		Nationalized	2,016
Sri Lanka	1,561	0	0	43.51	13,696	1,530 (1930–1940)	Nationalized	2,024
Israel	1,511	700	46.32	14.61	6,487		Nationalized	2,024
Uganda	1,244	0	0	930.65	122,780		Nationalized	2,002
Zambia	1,237	0	0	608.42	10,547			2,006
Slovenia	1,209	503	41.6	16.75	1,709		Nationalized	2,017
Estonia	1,161	132	11.37	38.96	1,134	3,000	Both	2,017
Moldova	1,151	0	0	29.4	3,084		Nationalized	2,017
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,018	565	55.5	50.29	3,445		Nationalized	2,017
Cameroon	977	0	0	486.63	23,367	1,104		2,015
Ecuador	966	0	0	293.54	14,810	1,131 (1930)		2,006
Ghana	953	0	0	250.3	25,429			2,006
Senegal	906	0	0	217.12	16,534			2,015
United Arab Emirates	900	0	0	92.8	12,252	900	Nationalized	2,023
Botswana	888	0	0	655.1	2,488			2,014
Guatemala	1.6	0	0	123.04	16,228	799.8	Private	2,004
Madagascar	848	0	0	692.27	28,573			2,015
Guinea	837	0	0	293.74	11,926			2,006
Gabon	810	0	0	330.45	1,858			2,007
Malawi	797	0	0	148.66	18,696			2,007
Congo	795	0	0	430.19	5,086		Nationalized	2,006
Benin	758	0	0	148.58	11,581			2,006
Mali	729	0	0	1,701.22	22,606			2,013
Mauritania	728	0	0	1,415.8	4,753		Nationalized	2,008
Armenia	703	703	100	42.31	4,168		Nationalized	2,016
Honduras	67	0	0	160.36	11,753	785 (1993)		2,006
North Macedonia	683	313	45.83	37.65	3,037		Nationalized	2,017
Cambodia	650	0	0	278.52	24,994		Nationalized	2,018
Ivory Coast	639	0	0	504.64	30,889			2,007
Burkina Faso	622	0	0	440.84	25,291			2,006
Tajikistan	616	0	0	232.31	11,167		Nationalized	2,007
Fiji	597	0	0	30.61	1,442			2,006
Togo	568	0	0	100	10,613			2,006
El Salvador	562	0	0	37.44	10,221			2,007
Philippines	532	53	10.01	560.15	211,800	1,352 (1940)	Nationalized	2,021
Dominican Republic	517	0	0	94.14	18,141			2,006
Liberia	490	0	0	227.28	8,151		Private	2,006
Laos	424	414	97.64	561.2	17,587		Nationalized (operated by China)	2,021
Kyrgyzstan	417	0	0	479.38	13,446			2,012
Panama	355	0	0	212.45	9,594			2,006
Venezuela	336	0	0	2,714.43	87,458	1020 (1950)		2,006
Albania	334	0	0	86.07	8,602		Nationalized with private operators	2,016
Eritrea	306	0	0	384.31	17,170		Nationalized	2,006
Eswatini	301	0	0	57.69	3,940			2,008
Singapore	281	280	99.7	2.56	20,892		State owned infrastructure with passenger operations contracted out	2,025
Costa Rica	278	0	0	183.81	16,416			2,007
Luxembourg	275	275	100	9.4	2,148	534 (1920–1940)	Nationalized	2,017
Hong Kong	268	268	100	5.08	33,165		Nationalized (de facto)	2,014
Montenegro	250	225	90	55.25	2,490		Nationalized	2,017
South Sudan	248	0	0	2,598.1	48,864
Suriname	166	0	0	986.87	3,163			2,001
Niger	143	0	0	8,860.14	171,220		Private
Guyana	127	0	0	1,149.57	4,197	166 (1920)		2001 est.
Djibouti	93	81	86.9	252.17	9,203	80		2,016
Sierra Leone	84	0	0	854.05	69,857	544 (1920)		2,001
Qatar	82	82	100	141.11	34,091
Afghanistan	75	0	0	8,696.4	418,827		Nationalized (operated by neighbouring countries)	2,011
Jamaica	65	0	0	40.41	9,948	348 (1950)		2,003
Saint Kitts and Nevis	58	0	0	5.22	1,040			2,006
Nepal	57	0	0	2,582.12	514,035	146		2,017
Paraguay	38	0	0	11,298.67	173,056	376		2,006
Mauritius	30	30	100	68	42,182	206 (1904–1928)	Nationalized	2,024
Puerto Rico	17	17	100	143.65	38,810	370		2,006
Brunei	13	0	0	443.46	30,692			2001 est.
Macau	13	13	100	9.83	6,200	13 (since 2023)	Nationalized	2,023
Liechtenstein	9	9	100	17.78	4,017	9 (since 1872)	Nationalized (operated by Austria)	2,024
Nauru	3.9	0	0	4.2	2,000			2,001
Monaco	1.7	1.7	100	1.18	20,588	3.5 (1868–1958)	Nationalized (operated by France)	2,024
Lesotho	1.6	0	0	10,118.33	723,667			1,995
Vatican City	0.3	0	0	1.47	3,333	0.3 (since 1934)	Nationalized (operated by Italy)	2,024
European Union	202,100	115,220	56.98	20.33	2,113.37		Both	2,024
World	1,374,001	426,313	31.03	107.95	372.12	4,814		2,006

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