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Countries by Rail lines (total route-km) (2021)

Rail lines (total route-km) in 2021: highest in United States (148,553), lowest in Hong Kong (230.1), median 3,159 across the 65 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Rail lines (total route-km) across 116 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

116 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1995–2021

Highest Rail lines (total route-km), 2021

  1. 1.United States148,553
  2. 2.China109,767
  3. 3.Russia85,544
  4. 4.India68,103
  5. 5.Canada48,150
  6. 6.Germany33,401
  7. 7.France27,716
  8. 8.South Africa20,953
  9. 9.Poland18,620
  10. 10.Italy17,305

Lowest Rail lines (total route-km), 2021

  1. 56.North Macedonia683
  2. 57.Madagascar673
  3. 58.Gabon648
  4. 59.Cote d'Ivoire639
  5. 60.Tajikistan620
  6. 61.Burkina Faso518
  7. 62.Kyrgyz Republic417
  8. 63.United Arab Emirates279
  9. 64.Luxembourg271
  10. 65.Hong Kong230.1

All 65 ranked countries, 2021— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Rail lines (total route-km) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

United StatesRank 1 of 65ChinaRank 2 of 65RussiaRank 3 of 65IndiaRank 4 of 65CanadaRank 5 of 65GermanyRank 6 of 65FranceRank 7 of 65South AfricaRank 8 of 65PolandRank 9 of 65ItalyRank 10 of 65United KingdomRank 11 of 65KazakhstanRank 12 of 65SpainRank 13 of 65RomaniaRank 14 of 65TurkeyRank 15 of 65SwedenRank 16 of 65IranRank 17 of 65Czech RepublicRank 18 of 65HungaryRank 19 of 65FinlandRank 20 of 65BelarusRank 21 of 65AustriaRank 22 of 65UzbekistanRank 23 of 65South KoreaRank 24 of 65SwitzerlandRank 25 of 65BulgariaRank 26 of 65AlgeriaRank 27 of 65NorwayRank 28 of 65DR CongoRank 29 of 65SlovakiaRank 30 of 65BelgiumRank 31 of 65SerbiaRank 32 of 65VietnamRank 33 of 65NetherlandsRank 34 of 65CroatiaRank 35 of 65PortugalRank 36 of 65ChileRank 37 of 65GreeceRank 38 of 65MoroccoRank 39 of 65AzerbaijanRank 40 of 65LithuaniaRank 41 of 65LatviaRank 42 of 65MongoliaRank 43 of 65TunisiaRank 44 of 65IsraelRank 45 of 65MalaysiaRank 46 of 65IrelandRank 47 of 65UruguayRank 48 of 65GeorgiaRank 49 of 65SloveniaRank 50 of 65MoldovaRank 51 of 65BotswanaRank 52 of 65CameroonRank 53 of 65MauritaniaRank 54 of 65ArmeniaRank 55 of 65North MacedoniaRank 56 of 65MadagascarRank 57 of 65GabonRank 58 of 65Cote d'IvoireRank 59 of 65TajikistanRank 60 of 65Burkina FasoRank 61 of 65Kyrgyz RepublicRank 62 of 65United Arab EmiratesRank 63 of 65LuxembourgRank 64 of 65Hong KongRank 65 of 65

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Rail lines (total route-km) Data Coverage

This page lists 116 countries with available Rail lines (total route-km) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.