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Rail lines (total route-km) by country

km · 65 countries ranked · 2021

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  1. 1United StatesWorld rank 1st of 65
    down −0.1 %
  2. 2ChinaWorld rank 2nd of 65
    up +3.3 %
  3. 3RussiaWorld rank 3rd of 65
    down −0.0 %
  4. 4IndiaWorld rank 4th of 65
    up +0.2 %
  5. 5CanadaWorld rank 5th of 65
    down −0.3 %
  6. 6GermanyWorld rank 6th of 65
    up +0.0 %
  7. 7FranceWorld rank 7th of 65
    down −0.6 %
  8. 8South AfricaWorld rank 8th of 65
    unchanged +0.0 %
  9. 9PolandWorld rank 9th of 65
    up +0.0 %
  10. 10ItalyWorld rank 10th of 65
    up +0.3 %
  11. 11United KingdomWorld rank 11th of 65
    down −1.1 %
  12. 12KazakhstanWorld rank 12th of 65
    down −0.4 %
  13. 13SpainWorld rank 13th of 65
    up +0.7 %
  14. 14RomaniaWorld rank 14th of 65
    unchanged +0.0 %
  15. 15TürkiyeWorld rank 15th of 65
    up +1.6 %
  16. 16SwedenWorld rank 16th of 65
    up +0.0 %
  17. 17IranWorld rank 17th of 65
    up +0.0 %
  18. 18CzechiaWorld rank 18th of 65
    down −0.2 %
  19. 19HungaryWorld rank 19th of 65
    up +5.9 %
  20. 20FinlandWorld rank 20th of 65
    unchanged +0.0 %
  21. 21BelarusWorld rank 21st of 65
    up +0.4 %
  22. 22AustriaWorld rank 22nd of 65
    down −0.1 %
  23. 23UzbekistanWorld rank 23rd of 65
    unchanged +0.0 %
  24. 24South KoreaWorld rank 24th of 65
    up +0.6 %
  25. 25SwitzerlandWorld rank 25th of 65
    up +12.3 %

On the map

Rail lines (total route-km), 2021. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank by year for United States, China, Russia, 2000–2024.