List of countries by rail transport network size
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In 2014, Network Rail, which owns the railway infrastructure in Great Britain, was reclassified as a "public sector body" and its financial liabilities are now formally included as part of the national debt.

List of countries by rail transport network size

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: In 2014, Network Rail, which owns the railway infrastructure in Great Britain, was reclassified as a "public sector body" and its financial liabilities are now formally included as part of the national debt.

Rank	Country	Length (km)	Electrified length (km)	Historic peak length (km)	Area (km2) per km track	Population per km track	Nationalised or Private	Data year	Notes

1	United States United States	257,722	25,367	409,000	43.71	1,373	Nationalised	2016

2	China China	131,000	87,000	75.6	10,945	Nationalised	2017

3	Russia Russia	85,500	43,700	199.98	1,678	Nationalised	2017

4	India India	67,368	25,367	48.8	19,656	Nationalised	2017

5	Canada Canada	46,552	129	214.48	716	Private	2017

6	Germany Germany	43,468	19,973	58,297	8.22	1,881	Both	2010

7	Australia Australia	38,445	2,715	199.94	572	Both	2008

8	Brazil Brazil	37,743	6,988	299.6	6986	Private	(2014)

9	Argentina Argentina	36,966	136	47,000	77.45	1117	Nationalised	2008

10	France France	29,640	15,140	21.53	2201	Nationalised	2008

11	Japan Japan	27,182	16,702	16.10	5451	Private	2009

12	Italy Italy	26,500	16,683	12.46	2507	Both	(2011)

13	Ukraine Ukraine	22,300	9,752	27.07	2048	Nationalised	(2010)

14	Romania Romania	22,298	3,971	10.69	854	Both	(2008)

15	South Africa South Africa	20,953	8,105	58.28	2,577.29	Nationalised	2017

16	Poland Poland	19,627	17,358	24,000 (before 1989)	15.93	1946	Nationalised	(2008)

17	United Kingdom United Kingdom	17,732	5,328	34,000 (before Beeching Axe)	15.00	3825	Both (Franchised)	(2008)

18	Mexico Mexico	17,166	22	114.43	6,697	Private	2008

19	Spain Spain	15,947	9,623	33.55	3062	Nationalised	(2012)

20	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	15,372	4,000	180.71	1,171	Nationalised	(2010)

21	Iran Iran	12,998	2,200 km	148.41	6816	Nationalised	(2014)

22	Sweden Sweden	12,821	7,918	16,900 (around 1938)	35.12	732	Both	(2010)

23	Turkey	12,532	3,159	71.29	6708	Nationalised	(2016)

24	Czech Republic	9,487	2,592	8.31	1111	Nationalised	(2008)

25	Indonesia	8,529	550	223.31	27853	Nationalised	(2008)

26	Hungary	7,942	11.71	1257	Nationalised	(2008)

27	Pakistan	7,791	286 (currently inactive)	8,122	102.18	22759	Nationalised	2015

28	Egypt	6,700	149.47	12075	Nationalised	(2010)

29	Austria	5,927	3,863	14.57	1460	Both	(2008)

30	Finland	5,919	3,067	57.13	911	Nationalised	(2008)

31	Chile	5,898	128.2	2931	(2006)

32	Belarus	5,537	874	37.81	1731	2008

33	Sudan	5,478	339.81	5640	(2006)

34	North Korea	5,235	~3,500	23.03	4595	Nationalised	(2006)

35	Switzerland	5,232	5,232	5,232	7.89	1,532	Mainly privately operated but thoroughly subsidised (~25%) by taxes and by federal, cantonal, and municipal subsidies.	2012

36	Cuba	5,076	21.84	2215	(2007)

37	Turkmenistan	4,980	153.44	1585	(2014)

38	Saudi Arabia	4,700	1522.44	19219	(2007)

38	Thailand	4,700	107	126.04	16084	(2017)

39	Uzbekistan	4,280	105.77	6488	(2011)

40	Algeria	4,175	283	551.83	9391	(2014)

41	Bulgaria	4,159	2,831	26.66	1771	(2008)

42	New Zealand	4,128	589	5,689	64.64	1070	(2006)

43	Norway	4,114	2622	78.71	1209	Nationalised	(2008)

44	South Korea	4,078	2,522	19.08	9348	Nationalised	(2009)

45	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4,007	585.19	16463	(2008)

46	Myanmar (Burma)	3,955	171.07	12127	(2006)

47	Serbia	3,809	20.34	1918	Nationalised	(2008)

48	Slovakia	3,658	1577	13.4	1486	(2010)

49	Belgium	3,602	3,127	5,000 (10,000 including regional tramways)	8.69	3108	Nationalised	(2016)	(km track per population or area dates from 2008, and wasn't updated in the 2018 update)

50	Nigeria	3,528	261.84	44904	(2006)

51	Ireland	3,237	53	5,600	21.71	1424	Nationalised	(2008)

52	Vietnam	2,347	141.12	27765	(2007)

53	Mozambique	3,116	256.54	6604	(2008)

54	Netherlands	3,013	2,303	13.71	5576	Semi privatised	(2015)

55	Zimbabwe	3,000	313	130.25	4190	Nationalised	(2010)

56	Uruguay	2,993	58.88	1121	(2006)

57	Croatia	2,974	1228	19.03	1443	(2009)

58	Azerbaijan	2,918	1,278	29.68	3207	(2009)

59	Bolivia	2,866	383.32	3638	(2007)

60	Bangladesh	2,835	50.79	53392	(2008)

61	Portugal	2,562	1,634	36.0	4017	Nationalised	(2013)

62	Kenya	2,778	208.92	13899	(2010)

63	Angola	2,761	2,764	451.54	6911	(2006)

64	Tanzania	2,722	348.02	15866	(2006)

65	Denmark	2,667	640	16.16	2086	Nationalised	(2008)

66	Greece	2,552	51.73	4229	(2012)

67	Namibia	2,382	346.05	877	(2006)

68	Latvia	2,269	28.47	978	(2007)

69	Tunisia	2,218	73.76	4756	(2007)

70	Estonia	2164	132	3,000	20.95	608	Both	(2014)

71	Syria	2,139	86.57	11078	(2008)

72	Iraq	2,032	215.71	15587	(2006)

73	Peru	2,020	636.25	14585	(2008)

74	Morocco	1,989	224.51	16227	(2008)

75	Malaysia	1,849	207	178.40	15324	(2010)

76	Mongolia	1,810	864.15	1560	(2008)

77	Lithuania	1,766	36.98	1824	(2007)

78	Taiwan	1,703	1,300	5,000	21.25	13638	Both	(2012)

79	Colombia	1,663	648.85	27770	(2007)

80	Georgia	1,513	46.07	2932	(2007)

81	Sri Lanka	1,508	43.51	13696	(2010)

83	Israel	1,384	0[needs update]	15.01	6355	Nationalised	(2017)	. The figure does not include mass-transit systems.

84	Uganda	1,244	930.65	122780	(2002)

85	Zambia	1,237	608.42	10547	(2006)

86	Slovenia	1,228	503.5	16.51	1672	(2007)

87	Moldova	1,156	29.28	3083	(2008)

88	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,103	392	46.42	3484	(2007)

89	Cameroon	974	488.13	19924	(2007)

90	Ecuador	966	293.54	14810	(2006)

91	Ghana	953	250.30	25429	(2006)

92	Senegal	906	217.13	13724	(2004)

93	Botswana	888	655.10	2027	(2007)

94	Guatemala	885	123.04	16228	Private	(2004)	Operations Halted since 2006

95	Madagascar	854	687.40	24255	(2007)

96	Armenia	869	818	35.20	3863	(2012)

97	Guinea	837	293.74	11926	(2006)

98	Gabon	810	330.45	1858	(2007)

99	Malawi	797	148.66	18696	(2007)

100	Republic of the Congo	795	430.19	5086	(2006)

101	Benin	758	148.58	11581	(2006)

102	Mali	733	1691.94	19805	(2002)

103	Mauritania	728	1415.80	4753	(2008)

104	Honduras	699	160.36	11753	(2006)

105	North Macedonia	699	36.79	2943	(2007)

106	Ethiopia	659	659	784	1675.72	150935	(2016)

107	Cambodia	650	278.52	20609	(2003)

108	Côte d'Ivoire	639	504.64	30889	(2007)

109	Burkina Faso	622	440.84	25291	(2006)

110	Tajikistan	616	232.31	11167	(2007)

111	Fiji	597	30.61	1442	(2006)

112	Togo	568	99.97	10613	(2006)

113	El Salvador	562	37.44	10221	(2007)

114	Dominican Republic	517	94.14	18141	(2006)

115	Jordan	507	355.94	24649	(2007)

116	Liberia	490	227.28	8151	(2006)

117	Philippines	479	626.30	196270	(2008)	as of March 2013 only 80 km used (43 km for Tututban -Sta. Rosa and 37 km for Sipocot-Naga City)

118	Albania	423	67.96	7553	(2007)

119	Kyrgyzstan	417	479.50	12860	(2007)

120	Lebanon	401	25.94	10544	(2006)

121	Panama	355	212.45	9594	(2006)

122	Venezuela	336	2714.43	87458	(2006)

123	Eritrea	306	384.31	17170	(2006)

124	Swaziland	301	57.69	3940	(2008)

125	Costa Rica	278	183.81	16416	(2007)

126	Luxembourg	274	9.40	1826	Nationalised	(2007)

127	United Arab Emirates	264	316	21,893	Private	(2013)

128	Montenegro	250	55.47	2516.88	(2008)

129	Hong Kong	218	34077.46	Private	(2014)

130	Suriname	166	986.87	3163	(2001)

131	Singapore	160.6	3.94	28682	(2012)

132	Guyana	127.2	1149.57	4197	(2001 est.)

133	Djibouti	92	80	252.17	9203	(2016)

134	Sierra Leone	84	854.05	69857	(2001)

135	Afghanistan	75	8696.40	418827	(2011)

136	Jamaica	65	40.41	9948	(2003)

137	Nepal	59	2494.59	484491	(2006)

138	Saint Kitts and Nevis	58	5.22	1040	(2006)

139	Paraguay	38	11298.67	173056	(2006)

140	Puerto Rico (US)	17.2	143.65	38810	(2006)

141	Brunei	13	443.46	30692	(2001 est.)

142	Liechtenstein	9.5	17.78	4017	(2006)

143	Western Sahara	5	53200.00	106200	(2008)	see Mauritania Railway

144	Nauru	3.9	4.20	2000	(2001)

145	Laos	3.5	59200.00	1557550	(2005)	see Friendship Bridge

146	Monaco	1.7	1.7	1.18	20588	(2012)

147	Lesotho	1.6	10118.33	723667	(1995)

148	Vatican City	1.27	0	0.52	969	(2001 est.)

World	1,370,782	372.12	4814	(2006)

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The Dutch rail network is 3,013 route km.

final_sentence: The Dutch rail network is 3,013 route km.