Countries by Rail Transport Network Size - Free Download
Country rail networks ranked by total length in kilometers, with electrified length, ownership type, and historical peak length. Contains 152 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.
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| Rank | Country Or Territory | Length Total Km | Length Electrified Km | Percent Electrified | Area Per Route Km | Population Per Route Km | Historical Peak Length Km | Ownership Type | Data Year | Iso 3166 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 220,044 | 2,011 | 0.91% | 44.69 | 1,522 | 428,180 (1917) | Track ownership and freight mostly private, passenger mostly public | 2019 | 840 |
| 2 | China | 159,000 | 119,000 | 74.84% | 60.61 | 8,865 | 159,000 (2023) | Nationalized | 2023 | 156 |
| 3 | Russia | 105,000 | 54,054 | 51.48% | 162.84 | 1,367 | 105,000 (2023) | Nationalized | 2023 | 643 |
| 4 | India | 69,800 | 69,154 | 99.1% | 47.93 | 21,038 | 69,800 (2025) | Nationalized, with some private operators in freight | 2025 | 356 |
| 5 | Canada | 49,422 | 129 | 0.20% | 214.48 | 674 | 69,636 (1940) | Freight - private Passenger - public | 2017 | 124 |
| 6 | Argentina | 36,966 | 190 | 0.51% | 77.45 | 1,117 | 47,500 (1957) | Both | 2014 | 032 |
| 7 | Germany | 33,351 | 20,851 | 62.52% | 10.72 | 2,482 | 61,498 (1910) | Nationalized with private operators | 2023 | 276 |
| 8 | Australia | 32,924 | 3,448 | 10.47% | 231.91 | 742 | 41,843 (1962) | Both | 2022 | 036 |
| 9 | Brazil | 29,817 | 9,025 | 30.27% | 299.6 | 7,225 | 38,000 (1957) | Both | 2014 | 076 |
| 10 | France | 27,483 | 16,067 | 58.46% | 22.78 | 2,374 | 63,000 (1923) | Nationalized | 2019 | 250 |
| 11 | Japan | 16,704 | 75.19% | 16.10 | 5,451 | Both | 2015 | 392 | ||
| 12 | Italy | 24,567 | 12,205 | 49.68% | 15.03 | 3,026 | Nationalized with private operators | 2023 | ||
| 13 | Mexico | 23,389 | 802.7 | 3.43% | 114.43 | 6,697 | 26,914 | Majority of infrastructure nationalized. Private and public operators | 2020 | 484 |
| 14 | South Africa | 20,953 | 7,413 | 35.38% | 58.28 | 2,577 | Nationalized | 2017 | 710 | |
| 15 | Romania | 20,077 | 6,600 | 32.87% | 22.13 | 1,823 | 23,955 | Nationalized with private operators | 2023 | 642 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 19,787 | 9,319 | 47.1% | 28.81 | 2,140 | Nationalized | 2019 | 804 | |
| 17 | Poland | 19,576 | 12,236 | 62.51% | 16.28 | 2,001 | 27,000 (1954) | Nationalized with private operators | 2023 | 616 |
| 18 | Iran | 16,998 | 2,200 | 12.94% | 148.41 | 6,816 | Nationalized | 2014 | 364 | |
| 19 | Spain | 16,355 | 11,127 | 68.03% | 31.73 | 2,920 | 18,000+ (in 1950s) | Nationalized with private operators | 2017 | 724 |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 16,179 | 6,065 | 37.49% | 15.10 | 4,178 | 34,075 (1929) | State-owned infrastructure with passenger operations contracted out in Great Britain and publicly run in Northern Ireland. | 2023 | 826 |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 15,530 | 4,200 | 27.04% | 175 | 1,146 | Nationalized | 2016 | 398 | |
| 22 | Turkey | 13,919 | 7,142 | 51.3% | 76 | 7,821 | Nationalized | 2023 | 792 | |
| 23 | Myanmar | 11,025 | 0 | 0.00% | 171.07 | 12,127 | Nationalized | 2006 | 104 | |
| 24 | Sweden | 10,912 | 8,186 | 75.02% | 41 | 958 | 16,900 (around 1938) | Nationalized with private operatorsMost services subject to franchising. | 2021 | 752 |
| 25 | Czech Republic | 9,567 | 3,237 | 33.84% | 8.24 | 1,106 | Nationalized with private operators | 2017 | 203 | |
| 26 | Indonesia | 8,260 | 621 | 7.51% | 219.31 | 32,712 | 8,260 | Nationalized | 2023 | 360 |
| 27 | Hungary | 7,945 | 2,889 | 36.36% | 11.71 | 1,233 | Nationalized with private operators | 2017 | 348 | |
| 28 | Pakistan | 7,791 | 27.1 | 0.34% | 117.74 | 32,433 | 8,122 (in 1947) | Nationalized | 2015 | 586 |
| 29 | Egypt | 7,024 | 62 | 0.88% | 153.43 | 13,888 | Nationalized | 2017 | 818 | |
| 30 | Chile | 6,634 | 700 | 10.55% | 128.2 | 2,931 | 8,930 (1930) | Nationalized | 2018 | 152 |
| 31 | Sudan | 6,084 | 0 | 0.00% | 339.81 | 5,640 | Nationalized | 2006 | 729 | |
| 32 | Finland | 5,926 | 3,270 | 55.18% | 57.06 | 929 | Nationalized | 2017 | 246 | |
| 33 | North Korea | 5,735 | 3,894 | 67.9% | 23.03 | 4,595 | Nationalized | 2006 | 408 | |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 5,590 | 453 | 8.10% | 384.56 | 6,254 | Nationalized | 2019 | 682 | |
| 35 | Cuba | 8,193 | 0 | 0.00% | 21.84 | 2,215 | 14,152 | Nationalized | 2010 | 192 |
| 36 | Belarus | 5,459 | 874 | 16.01% | 38.03 | 1,741 | Nationalized | 2016 | 112 | |
| 37 | Switzerland | 5,317 | 5,317 | 100.00% | 7.76 | 1,631 | 5,868 (1930) | Both, but majority is nationalized | 2020 | 756 |
| 38 | Turkmenistan | 5,080 | 0 | 0.00% | 153.44 | 1,585 | Nationalized | 2014 | 795 | |
| 39 | Austria | 4,859 | 3,650 | 75.12% | 15.18 | 1,587 | 7,166 (1930) | Nationalized with private operators | 2022 | 040 |
| 40 | South Korea | 4,837 | 3,787 | 78.29% | 20.76 | 10,716 | Nationalized | 2020 | 410 | |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 4,669 | 2,500 | 53.54% | 94.8 | 6,969 | 6,950 | Nationalized | 2020 | 860 |
| 42 | Algeria | 4,560 | 480 | 10.53% | 522.31 | 9,061 | 4,815 (1930) | Nationalized | 2022 | 012 |
| 43 | Norway | 4,240 | 2,895 | 68.3% | 76.36 | 1291 | 4,471 (1950) | Nationalized with private operators | 2023 | 578 |
| 44 | New Zealand | 4,128 | 506 | 12.26% | 64.64 | 1,070 | 5,681 (1950) | Nationalized | 2018 | 554 |
| 45 | DR Congo | 4,096 | 852 | 20.80% | 585.19 | 16,463 | 2008 | 180 | ||
| 46 | Thailand | 4,845 | 107 | 2.18% | 126.04 | 16,084 | Nationalized | 2025 | 764 | |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 4,029 | 3,005 | 74.58% | 27.55 | 1,763 | 6507 | Nationalized | 2023 | 100 |
| 48 | Serbia | 3,764 | 1,279 | 33.98% | 23.48 | 1,866 | Nationalized | 2017 | 688 | |
| 49 | Slovakia | 3,626 | 1,587 | 43.77% | 13.52 | 1,499 | Nationalized | 2017 | 703 | |
| 50 | Portugal | 2,527 | 1,791 | 70.87% | 36.13 | 4,049 | 3,622 | Nationalized | 2023 | 620 |
| 51 | Belgium | 3,607 | 2,960 | 82.06% | 8.48 | 3,140 | 5,081 (1940) | Nationalized | 2018 | 056 |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 4,458 | 20 | 0.45% | 33.30 | 39,178 | 4,458 | Nationalized | 2021, 2022 | 050 |
| 53 | Nigeria | 3,600 | 0 | 0.00% | 261.84 | 44,904 | Nationalized | 2006 | 566 | |
| 54 | Vietnam | 3,315 | 0 | 0.00% | 141.12 | 27,765 | Nationalized | 2023 | 704 | |
| 55 | Mozambique | 3,249 | 0 | 0.00% | 256.54 | 6,604 | 2008 | 508 | ||
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 3,136 | 313 | 9.98% | 130.25 | 4,190 | Nationalized | 2010 | 716 | |
| 57 | Netherlands | 3,055 | 2,314 | 75.74% | 13.59 | 5,591 | 3,407 (1920) | Nationalized with private operatorsRural lines subject to franchising. | 2017 | 528 |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 2,944 | 1,278 | 43.41% | 41.88 | 4,666 | Nationalized | 2015 | 031 | |
| 59 | Uruguay | 1,791 | 0 | 0.00% | 58.88 | 1,121 | 2,961 | Nationalized | 2006 | 858 |
| 60 | Bolivia | 1,954 | 0 | 0.00% | 383.32 | 3,638 | 3,692 (1997) | Nationalized | 2011 | 068 |
| 61 | Angola | 2,761 | 0 | 0.00% | 451.54 | 6,911 | 2,764 | Nationalized | 2006 | 024 |
| 62 | Syria | 2,750 | 0 | 0.00% | 86.57 | 11,078 | Nationalized | 2010 | 760 | |
| 63 | Tanzania | 2,600 | 440 | 15.40% | 348.02 | 15,866 | Nationalized | 2006 | 834 | |
| 64 | Croatia | 2,604 | 985 | 37.83% | 21.71 | 1,595 | Nationalized | 2017 | 191 | |
| 65 | Kenya | 2,541 | 0 | 0.00% | 228.4 | 17,643 | Nationalized | 2013 | 404 | |
| 66 | Namibia | 2,382 | 0 | 0.00% | 346.05 | 877 | Nationalized | 2006 | 516 | |
| 67 | Greece | 2,240 | 764 | 34.11% | 58.91 | 4,808 | 2,632 (1940) | Semi-Privatized | 2017 | 300 |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 2,185 | 1,401 | 64.12% | 1,675.72 | 150,935 | Nationalized | 2016 | 231 | |
| 69 | Tunisia | 2,165 | 0 | 0.00% | 75.57 | 5,326 | 2,173 (1950) | Nationalized | 2018 | 788 |
| 70 | Morocco | 2,109 | 1,022 | 48.46% | 211.74 | 16,946 | Nationalized | 2017 | 504 | |
| 71 | Malaysia | 2,041 | 1,028 | 50.37% | 162.06 | 15,383 | Nationalized | 2021 | 458 | |
| 72 | Iraq | 2,032 | 0 | 0.00% | 215.71 | 15,587 | 2,029(1985) | Nationalized | 2006 | 368 |
| 73 | Peru | 2,020 | 0 | 0.00% | 636.25 | 14,585 | 4,205 (1930) | Private | 2008 | 604 |
| 74 | Denmark | 2,610 | 964 | 36.93% | 21.69 | 2,893 | 5,290 (1931) | Nationalized, rural lines franchised | 2017 | 208 |
| 75 | Lithuania | 1,910 | 156 | 8.17% | 33.8 | 1,490 | 2,147 (1950) | Nationalized | 2021 | 440 |
| 76 | Latvia | 1,860 | 257 | 13.82% | 35.11 | 1,048 | 2,763 (1920) | Nationalized | 2017 | 428 |
| 77 | Mongolia | 1,810 | 0 | 0.00% | 864.15 | 1,560 | Nationalized | 2008 | 496 | |
| 78 | Taiwan | 1,782 | 1,300 | 72.95% | 21.25 | 13,638 | 5,000 | Nationalized (Conventional network)Private (High-Speed network) | 2018 | 158 |
| 79 | Ireland | 2,400 | 53 | 3.15% | 41.83 | 3,065 | 4,354 (1921) | Nationalized | 2025 | 372 |
| 80 | Colombia | 1,663 | 0 | 0.00% | 648.85 | 27,770 | Private | 2007 | 170 | |
| 81 | Georgia | 1,576 | 1,288 | 81.73% | 44.23 | 2,360 | Nationalized | 2016 | 268 | |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 1,561 | 0 | 0.00% | 43.51 | 13,696 | 1,530 (1930–1940) | Nationalized | 2024 | 144 |
| 83 | Israel | 1,511 | 700 | 46.32% | 14.61 | 6,487 | Nationalized | 2024 | 376 | |
| 84 | Uganda | 1,244 | 0 | 0.00% | 930.65 | 122,780 | Nationalized | 2002 | 800 | |
| 85 | Zambia | 1,237 | 0 | 0.00% | 608.42 | 10,547 | 2006 | 894 | ||
| 86 | Slovenia | 1,209 | 503 | 41.60% | 16.75 | 1,709 | Nationalized | 2017 | 705 | |
| 87 | Estonia | 1,161 | 132 | 11.37% | 38.96 | 1,134 | 3,000 | Both | 2017 | 233 |
| 88 | Moldova | 1,151 | 0 | 0.00% | 29.4 | 3,084 | Nationalized | 2017 | 498 | |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,018 | 565 | 55.50% | 50.29 | 3,445 | Nationalized | 2017 | 070 | |
| 90 | Cameroon | 977 | 0 | 0.00% | 486.63 | 23,367 | 1,104 | 2015 | 120 | |
| 91 | Ecuador | 966 | 0 | 0.00% | 293.54 | 14,810 | 1,131 (1930) | 2006 | 218 | |
| 92 | Ghana | 953 | 0 | 0.00% | 250.30 | 25,429 | 2006 | 288 | ||
| 93 | Senegal | 906 | 0 | 0.00% | 217.12 | 16,534 | 2015 | 686 | ||
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 900 | 0 | 0.00% | 92.8 | 12,252 | 900 | Nationalized | 2023 | 784 |
| 95 | Botswana | 888 | 0 | 0.00% | 655.1 | 2,488 | 2014 | 072 | ||
| 96 | Guatemala | 1.6 | 0 | 0.00% | 123.04 | 16,228 | 799.8 | Private | 2004 | 320 |
| 97 | Madagascar | 848 | 0 | 0.00% | 692.27 | 28,573 | 2015 | 450 | ||
| 98 | Guinea | 837 | 0 | 0.00% | 293.74 | 11,926 | 2006 | 324 | ||
| 99 | Gabon | 810 | 0 | 0.00% | 330.45 | 1,858 | 2007 | 266 | ||
| 100 | Malawi | 797 | 0 | 0.00% | 148.66 | 18,696 | 2007 | 454 | ||
| 101 | Congo | 795 | 0 | 0.00% | 430.19 | 5086 | Nationalized | 2006 | 178 | |
| 102 | Benin | 758 | 0 | 0.00% | 148.58 | 11,581 | 2006 | 204 | ||
| 103 | Mali | 729 | 0 | 0.00% | 1,701.22 | 22,606 | 2013 | 466 | ||
| 104 | Mauritania | 728 | 0 | 0.00% | 1,415.80 | 4,753 | Nationalized | 2008 | 478 | |
| 105 | Armenia | 703 | 703 | 100.00% | 42.31 | 4,168 | Nationalized | 2016 | 051 | |
| 106 | Honduras | 67 | 0 | 0.00% | 160.36 | 11,753 | 785 (1993) | 2006 | 340 | |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 683 | 313 | 45.83% | 37.65 | 3,037 | Nationalized | 2017 | 807 | |
| 108 | Cambodia | 650 | 0 | 0.00% | 278.52 | 24,994 | Nationalized | 2018 | 116 | |
| 109 | Ivory Coast | 639 | 0 | 0.00% | 504.64 | 30,889 | 2007 | 384 | ||
| 110 | Burkina Faso | 622 | 0 | 0.00% | 440.84 | 25,291 | 2006 | 854 | ||
| 111 | Tajikistan | 616 | 0 | 0.00% | 232.31 | 11,167 | Nationalized | 2007 | 762 | |
| 112 | Fiji | 597 | 0 | 0.00% | 30.61 | 1,442 | 2006 | 242 | ||
| 113 | Togo | 568 | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 10,613 | 2006 | 768 | ||
| 114 | El Salvador | 562 | 0 | 0.00% | 37.44 | 10,221 | 2007 | 222 | ||
| 115 | Philippines | 532 | 53 | 10.01% | 560.15 | 211,800 | 1,352 (1940) | Nationalized | 2021 | 608 |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 517 | 0 | 0.00% | 94.14 | 18,141 | 2006 | 214 | ||
| 117 | Liberia | 490 | 0 | 0.00% | 227.28 | 8,151 | Private | 2006 | 430 | |
| 118 | Laos | 424 | 414 | 97.64% | 561.2 | 17,587 | Nationalized (operated by China) | 2021 | 418 | |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 417 | 0 | 0.00% | 479.38 | 13,446 | 2012 | 417 | ||
| 120 | Panama | 355 | 0 | 0.00% | 212.45 | 9,594 | 2006 | 591 | ||
| 121 | Venezuela | 336 | 0 | 0.00% | 2,714.43 | 87,458 | 1020 (1950) | 2006 | 862 | |
| 122 | Albania | 334 | 0 | 0.00% | 86.07 | 8,602 | Nationalized with private operators | 2016 | 008 | |
| 123 | Eritrea | 306 | 0 | 0.00% | 384.31 | 17,170 | Nationalized | 2006 | 232 | |
| 124 | Eswatini | 301 | 0 | 0.00% | 57.69 | 3,940 | 2008 | 748 | ||
| 125 | Costa Rica | 278 | 0 | 0.00% | 183.81 | 16,416 | 2007 | 188 | ||
| 126 | Luxembourg | 275 | 275 | 100.00% | 9.4 | 2,148 | 534 (1920–1940) | Nationalized | 2017 | 442 |
| 127 | Hong Kong | 268 | 268 | 100.00% | 5.08 | 33,165 | Nationalized (de facto) | 2014 | 344 | |
| 128 | Montenegro | 250 | 225 | 90.00% | 55.25 | 2,490 | Nationalized | 2017 | 499 | |
| 129 | South Sudan | 248 | 0 | 0.00% | 2,598.10 | 48,864 | 728 | |||
| 130 | Singapore | 270 | 270 | 100.00% | 2.95 | 24,776 | State owned infrastructure with passenger operations contracted out | 2024 | 702 | |
| 131 | Suriname | 166 | 0 | 0.00% | 986.87 | 3,163 | 2001 | 740 | ||
| 132 | Niger | 143 | 0 | 0.00% | 8,860.14 | 171,220 | Private | 562 | ||
| 133 | Guyana | 127 | 0 | 0.00% | 1,149.57 | 4,197 | 166 (1920) | 2001 est. | 328 | |
| 134 | Djibouti | 92 | 0 | 0.00% | 252.17 | 9,203 | 80 | 2016 | 262 | |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 84 | 0 | 0.00% | 854.05 | 69,857 | 544 (1920) | 2001 | 694 | |
| 136 | Qatar | 82 | 82 | 100.00% | 141.11 | 34,091 | 634 | |||
| 137 | Afghanistan | 75 | 0 | 0.00% | 8,696.40 | 418,827 | Nationalized (operated by neighbouring countries) | 2011 | 004 | |
| 138 | Jamaica | 65 | 0 | 0.00% | 40.41 | 9,948 | 348 (1950) | 2003 | 388 | |
| 139 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 58 | 0 | 0.00% | 5.22 | 1,040 | 2006 | 659 | ||
| 140 | Nepal | 57 | 0 | 0.00% | 2,582.12 | 514,035 | 146 | 2017 | 524 | |
| 141 | Paraguay | 38 | 0 | 0.00% | 11,298.67 | 173,056 | 376 | 2006 | 600 | |
| 142 | Mauritius | 30 | 30 | 100.00% | 68 | 42,182 | 206 (1904–1928) | Nationalized | 2024 | 480 |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 17 | 17 | 100.00% | 143.65 | 38,810 | 370 | 2006 | 630 | |
| 144 | Brunei | 13 | 0 | 0.00% | 443.46 | 30,692 | 2001 est. | 096 | ||
| 145 | Macau | 13 | 13 | 100.00% | 9.83 | 6,200 | 13 (since 2023) | Nationalized | 2023 | 446 |
| 146 | Liechtenstein | 9 | 9 | 100.00% | 17.78 | 4,017 | 9 (since 1872) | Nationalized (operated by Austria) | 2024 | 438 |
| 147 | Nauru | 3.9 | 0 | 0.00% | 4.20 | 2,000 | 2001 | 520 | ||
| 148 | Monaco | 1.7 | 1.7 | 100.00% | 1.18 | 20,588 | 3.5 (1868–1958) | Nationalized (operated by France) | 2024 | 492 |
| 149 | Lesotho | 1.6 | 0 | 0.00% | 10,118.33 | 723,667 | 1995 | 426 | ||
| 150 | Vatican City | 0.3 | 0 | 0.00% | 1.47 | 3,333 | 0.3 (since 1934) | Nationalized (operated by Italy) | 2024 | 336 |
| 151 | European Union | 211,430 | 118,363 | 55.98% | 20.33 | 2,113.37 | Both | 2017 | ||
| 152 | World | 1,374,001 | 426,313 | 31.03% | 107.95 | 372.12 | 4,814 | 2006 |