List of countries by rail network

Map of the expansion density of the railway network

The following list of countries by railway network sorts countries according to the total length of their railway network in kilometers at the last determinable point in time. Underground networks are not included here. The countries with the longest high-speed rail network are also given. The source for all data is the CIA World Fact Book .

Countries according to the length of the rail network

If information is available, it will indicate how long the electrified rail network is. Not all existing rail networks have to be in use.

rank	country	Railway network in km	of which electrified in km	year	comment
1	United States	293,564	1,600	2014	Maximum length was 409,000 km
...	European Union	230,548	...	2013
2	People's Republic of China	124,000	80,000	2017
3	Russia	85,513	43,759	2017
4th	Canada	77,932	129	2014
5	India	67,368	25,367	2017
6th	Argentina	36,917	190	2014	Maximum length was 47,000 km
7th	Germany	33,590	20,052	2017	Maximum length was 58,297 km
8th	Australia	33,343	3,098	2015
9	Brazil	29,850	522	2014
10	France	29,640	15,624	2014
11	Japan	27,311	20,410	2015
12	Ukraine	21,733	9,299	2014
13	South Africa	20,986	9,467	2014
14th	Italy	20.181	13,045	2014
15th	Poland	19,231	11,865	2015	Maximum length was 24,000 km
16	United Kingdom	16,837	5,357	2015	Maximum length was 34,000 km
17th	Spain	16.102	9,635	2014
18th	Mexico	15,389	27	2014
19th	Kazakhstan	14,184	4,056	2014
20th	Sweden	14,127	12,387	2016	Maximum length was 16,900 km
21st	Turkey	12.008	3.216	2014
22nd	Pakistan	11,881	293	2015
23	Romania	11,268	3,292	2014
24	Czech Republic	9,622	3,241	2014
25th	Iran	8,483	190	2014
26th	Cuba	8,367	105	2015
27	Indonesia	8,159	565	2014
28	Hungary	8,049	2,889	2014
29	North Korea	7,435	5,400	2014
30th	Chile	7,282	1,691	2014
31	Sudan	7,251	...	2014
32	Finland	5,923	3,262	2015
33	Austria	5,800	3,556	2014
34	Switzerland	5,652	4,840	2014
35	Belarus	5,528	874	2014
36	Saudi Arabia	5,410	...	2016
37	Bulgaria	5.114	2,880	2014
38	Egypt	5,085	62	2014
39	Myanmar	5,031	...	2008
40	Mozambique	4,787	...	2014
41	Tanzania	4,567	...	2014
42	Uzbekistan	4,304	1,354	2016
43	Norway	4,250	2,518	2014
44	New Zealand	4.128	503	2014
45	Thailand	4.127	84	2017
46	Democratic Republic of Congo	4,007	858	2014
47	Algeria	3,973	283	2014
48	South Korea	3,874	2,727	2015
49	Serbia	3,809	1,279	2015
50	Kenya	3,806	...	2014
51	Nigeria	3,798	...	2014
52	Slovakia	3,626	1,587	2016
53	Belgium	3,592	2,960	2014
54	Bolivia	3,504	...	2014
55	Denmark	3,476	1,756	2017
56	Zimbabwe	3,427	313	2014
57	Ireland	3,237	49	2014	Maximum length was 5,600 km
58	Zambia	3.126	...	2014
59	Portugal	3,075	1,633	2014
60	Netherlands	3,058	2,314	2016
61	Turkmenistan	2,980	...	2014
62	Azerbaijan	2,944	1,767	2017
63	Angola	2,852	...	2014
64	Croatia	2,722	985	2014
65	Namibia	2,628	...	2014
66	Vietnam	2,600	...	2014
67	Greece	2,548	764	2014
68	Bangladesh	2,460	...	2014
69	Iraq	2,272	...	2014
70	Latvia	2,239	...	2008
71	Estonia	2.146	132	2016
72	Colombia	2.141	...	2015
73	Tunisia	2.173	65	2014
74	Morocco	2,067	1,022	2014
75	Syria	2,052	...	2014
76	Peru	1,854	34	2014
77	Malaysia	1,851	398	2014
78	Mongolia	1,815	...	2014
79	Lithuania	1,768	122	2014
80	Uruguay	1,673	...	2016
81	Taiwan	1,597	1,037	2014
82	Sri Lanka	1,447	...	2014
83	Georgia	1,363	1,251	2014
84	Slovenia	1,229	503	2014
85	Israel	1,250	859	2014
86	Uganda	1,244	...	2014
87	Moldova	1,171	...	2014
88	Guinea	1,086	...	2017
89	Philippines	995	...	2014
90	Cameroon	987	...	2014
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	965	565	2014
92	Ecuador	965	...	2014
93	Ghana	947	...	2014
94	North Macedonia	925	313	2017
95	Senegal	906	...	2017
96	Botswana	888	...	2014
97	Malawi	836	...	2017
98	Guatemala	800	...	2014
99	Armenia	780	780	2014	726 km are used (as of 2014)
100	Mauritania	728	...	2014
101	Honduras	699	...	2014
102	Tajikistan	680	...	2014
103	Albania	677	...	2015
104	Ivory Coast	660	...	2008
105	Ethiopia	659	659	2017	Ethiopian part of the Addis Ababa – Djibouti railway line
106	Gabon	649	...	2014
107	Cambodia	642	...	2014
108	Burkina Faso	622	...	2014
109	Fiji	597	...	2008
110	Mali	593	...	2014
111	Togo	568	...	2014
112	Republic of the Congo	510	...	2014
113	Jordan	509	...	2014
114	Dominican Republic	496	...	2014
115	Kyrgyzstan	470	...	2014
116	Venezuela	447	41	2014
117	Benin	438	...	2014
118	Liberia	429	...	2008	Large parts of it are unusable due to damage from the time of the Liberian Civil War . Repairs have been carried out since 2008
119	Lebanon	401	...	2017	Unusable due to damage from the Lebanon Wars in 1982 and 2006
120	Kosovo	333	...	2015
121	Eritrea	306	...	2014
122	Swaziland	301	...	2014
123	Costa Rica	278	...	2014	Railway network was no longer used from the end of the twentieth century. Since 2005 some parts have been used again.
124	Luxembourg	275	275	2014
125	Montenegro	250	224	2017
126	South Sudan	248	...	2014
127	Djibouti	97	97	2017	Djibouti part of the Addis Ababa – Djibouti railway line
128	Panama	77	...	2014
129	Nepal	53	...	2014
130	St. Kitts and Nevis	50	...	2008	For tourist purposes
131	Paraguay	30th	...	2014
132	El Salvador	13	...	2014
133	Liechtenstein	9	9	2008	Part of the Austrian railway network that connects Austria with Switzerland
	world	1,148,186	...	2013

Countries by length of the high-speed network

Countries with high-speed rail networks

The following table provides an overview of all existing or under construction high-speed networks. The list is based on data from the International Union of Railways , supplemented with other sources (status: approx. 2019).

rank	country	Existing high-speed network (km)	High-speed network under construction (km)	Total future high-speed network (km)	Network density per km 2	Max. Speed (km / h)
1	People's Republic of China	31,000	7.207	38.207	3.23	350
2	France	3,300	570	3,870	5.98	320
3	Spain	3,240	2,285	4,900	6.40	310
4th	Germany	3,046	550	3,596	8.53	300
5	Japan	2,765	657	3,422	9.00	320
6th	Sweden	1,706	710	2,416	3.79	205
7th	United Kingdom	1,377	620	1,377	5.67	300
8th	Turkey	1,213	3,798	5.011	1.50	250
9	Italy	1,192	125	1,475	3.96	300
10	South Korea	1,048	376	1,481	11.03	305
11	Finland	944	95	1039	1.80	220
12	Russia	845	1,181	2,026	0.04	250
13	Greece	700	0	700	5.00	200
14th	Portugal	624	0	624	6.77	220
15th	Uzbekistan	600	0	600	0.77	250
16	Saudi Arabia	453	663	1,116	0.21	300
17th	Austria	352	208	560	4.20	250
18th	Taiwan	345	0	345	9.37	300
19th	Belgium	326	0	326	8.25	300
20th	Morocco	186	137	323	0.28	320
21st	Netherlands	175	35	209	4.18	300
22nd	Poland	143	322	465	0.46	200
23	Norway	104	270	374	0.32	210
24	Switzerland	137	0	137	1.94	250
25th	Denmark	65	229	294	1.51	250
26th	United States	55	2.007	2,061	0.01	240

Individual evidence

1. ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved April 16, 2018 . 
2. ^ High Speed ​​- UIC - International union of railways . In: UIC - International union of railways . ( uic.org [accessed April 17, 2018]).
3. ↑ As of January 2019
4. ↑ Общая протяженность сети железных дорог в Китае увеличится на 4000 км в 2018 году (in Russian) . Retrieved January 3, 2018.
5. ↑ China Just Relaunched the World's Fastest Train . Retrieved September 1, 2017.
6. ↑ High-Speed ​​Rail Passenger Traffic Density Statistics (PDF) Accessed August 21, 2017.
7. ↑ By 2023, Turkey will invest over USD 46 billion in the railway network. Retrieved May 10, 2018, July 19, 2019 (American English). 
8. ^ Rete Ferroviaria Italiana: Instantanea Sulla Rete . Rfi.it. December 31, 2016. Accessed February 16, 2017.
9. ↑ Brescia high speed line contract signed . Railwaygazette.com. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
10. ↑ DVV Media International Ltd: Africa's first high speed line inaugurated. Accessed July 19, 2019 . 
11. ^ California's bullet train is pumping billions into the Valley economy. So why is it so unpopular? Retrieved July 19, 2019 .