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| Albania | total: 677 km (447 km of major railway lines and 230 km of secondary lines) (2015) standard gauge: 677 km 1.435-m gauge (2015) |
| Algeria | total: 3,973 km (2014) standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.432-m gauge (283 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2014) |
| Angola | total: 2,852 km (2014) narrow gauge: 2,729 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) 123 km 0.600-m gauge |
| Argentina | total: 36,917 km (2014) standard gauge: 2,745.1 km 1.435-m gauge (41.1 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 7,523.3 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 26,391 km 1.676-m gauge (149 km electrified) (2014) 258 km 0.750-m gauge |
| Armenia | total: 780 km (2014) broad gauge: 780 km 1.520-m gauge (780 km electrified) (2014) note: 726 km operational |
| Australia | total: 33,343 km (2015) standard gauge: 17,446 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified) (2015) narrow gauge: 12,318 km 1.067-m gauge (2,075.5 km electrified) (2015) broad gauge: 3,247 km 1.600-m gauge (372 km electrified) (2015) |
| Austria | total: 5,800 km (2017) standard gauge: 5,300 km 1.435-m gauge (3,826 km electrified) (2016) |
| Azerbaijan | total: 2,944 km (2017) broad gauge: 2,944.3 km 1.520-m gauge (approx. 1,767 km electrified) (2017) |
| Bangladesh | total: 2,460 km (2014) narrow gauge: 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 659 km 1.676-m gauge (2014) |
| Belarus | total: 5,528 km (2014) standard gauge: 25 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 5,503 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified) (2014) |
| Belgium | total: 3,592 km (2014) standard gauge: 3,592 km 1.435-m gauge (2,960 km electrified) (2014) |
| Benin | total: 438 km (2014) narrow gauge: 438 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| Bolivia | total: 3,960 km (2019) narrow gauge: 3,960 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | total: 965 km (2014) standard gauge: 965 km 1.435-m gauge (565 km electrified) (2014) |
| Botswana | total: 888 km (2014) narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) |
| Brazil | total: 29,850 km (2014) standard gauge: 194 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) narrow gauge: 23,341.6 km 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2014) broad gauge: 5,822.3 km 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified) (2014) dual gauge: 492 km 1.600-1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| Bulgaria | total: 5,114 km (2014) standard gauge: 4,989 km 1.435-m gauge (2,880 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 125 km 0.760-m gauge (2014) |
| Burkina Faso | total: 622 km (2014) narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) note: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote d'Ivoire |
| Burma | total: 5,031 km (2008) narrow gauge: 5,031 km 1.000-m gauge (2008) |
| Cambodia | total: 642 km (2014) narrow gauge: 642 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) note: under restoration |
| Cameroon | total: 987 km (2014) narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) note: railway connections generally efficient but limited; rail lines connect major cities of Douala, Yaounde, Ngaoundere, and Garoua; passenger and freight service provided by CAMRAIL |
| Canada | total: 77,932 km (2014) standard gauge: 77,932 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) |
| Chile | total: 7,282 km (2014) narrow gauge: 3,853.5 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 3,428 km 1.676-m gauge (1,691 km electrified) (2014) |
| China | total: 131,000 km 1.435-m gauge (80,000 km electrified); 102,000 traditional, 29,000 high-speed (2018) |
| Christmas Island | total: 18 km (2017) standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2017) note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place |
| Colombia | total: 2,141 km (2015) standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (2015) narrow gauge: 1,991 km 0.914-m gauge (2015) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 4,007 km (2014) narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified) (2014) 125 1.000-m gauge |
| Congo, Republic of the | total: 510 km (2014) narrow gauge: 510 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) |
| Costa Rica | total: 278 km (2014) narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) note: the entire rail network fell into disrepair and out of use at the end of the 20th century; since 2005, certain sections of rail have been rehabilitated |
| Cote d'Ivoire | total: 660 km (2008) narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-m gauge (2008) note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso |
| Croatia | total: 2,722 km (2014) standard gauge: 2,722 km 1.435-m gauge (980 km electrified) (2014) |
| Cuba | total: 8,367 km (2017) standard gauge: 8,195 km 1.435-m gauge (124 km electrified) (2017) narrow gauge: 172 km 1.000-m gauge (2017) note: 82 km of standard gauge track is not for public use |
| Denmark | total: 3,476 km (2017) standard gauge: 3,476 km 1.435-m gauge (1,756 km electrified) (2017) |
| Djibouti | total: 97 km (Djibouti segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway) (2017) standard gauge: 97 km 1.435-m gauge (2017) |
| Dominican Republic | total: 496 km (2014) standard gauge: 354 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (2014) |
| Ecuador | total: 965 km (2017) narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2017) note: passenger service limited to certain sections of track, mostly for tourist trains |
| Egypt | total: 5,085 km (2014) standard gauge: 5,085 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2014) |
| El Salvador | total: 13 km (2014) narrow gauge: 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014) |
| Eritrea | total: 306 km (2018) narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2018) |
| Estonia | total: 2,146 km (2016) broad gauge: 2,146 km 1.520-m and 1.524-m gauge (132 km electrified) (2016) note: includes 1,510 km public and 636 km non-public railway |
| Ethiopia | total: 659 km (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) (2017) standard gauge: 659 km 1.435-m gauge (2017) note: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor |
| European Union | total: 230,548 km (2013) |
| Fiji | total: 597 km (2008) narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge (2008) note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during the harvest season, which runs from May to December |
| Finland | total: 5,926 km (2016) broad gauge: 5,926 km 1.524-m gauge (3,270 km electrified) (2016) |
| France | total: 29,640 km (2014) standard gauge: 29,473 km 1.435-m gauge (15,561 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified) (2014) |
| Gabon | total: 649 km (2014) standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) |
| Georgia | total: 1,363 km (2014) narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 km electrified) (2014) broad gauge: 1,326 km 1.520-m gauge (1,251 km electrified) (2014) |
| Germany | total: 33,590 km (2017) standard gauge: 33,331 km 1.435-m gauge (19,973 km electrified) (2015) narrow gauge: 220 km 1.000-m gauge (79 km electrified) 15 km 0.900-m gauge, 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2015) |
| Ghana | total: 947 km (2014) narrow gauge: 947 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) |
| Greece | total: 2,548 km (2014) standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (764 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) 22 0.750-m gauge |
| Guatemala | total: 800 km (2018) narrow gauge: 800 km 0.914-m gauge (2018) note: despite the existence of a railway network, all rail service was suspended in 2007 and no passenger or freight train currently runs in the country (2018) |
| Guinea | total: 1,086 km (2017) standard gauge: 279 km 1.435-m gauge (2017) narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge (2017) |
| Honduras | total: 699 km (2014) narrow gauge: 164 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) 115 km 1.057-m gauge 420 km 0.914-m gauge |
| Hungary | total: 8,049 km (2014) standard gauge: 7,794 km 1.435-m gauge (2,889 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge (2014) |
| India | total: 68,525 km (2014) narrow gauge: 9,499 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 58,404 km 1.676-m gauge (23,654 electrified) (2014) 622 0.762-m gauge |
| Indonesia | total: 8,159 km (2014) narrow gauge: 8,159 km 1.067-m gauge (565 km electrified) (2014) note: 4,816 km operational |
| Iran | total: 8,484 km (2014) standard gauge: 8,389.5 km 1.435-m gauge (189.5 km electrified) (2014) broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge (2014) |
| Iraq | total: 2,272 km (2014) standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) |
| Ireland | total: 4,301 km (2018) narrow gauge: 1,930 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2018) broad gauge: 2,371 km 1.600-m gauge (53 km electrified) (2018) |
| Israel | total: 1,384 km (2014) standard gauge: 1,384 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) |
| Italy | total: 20,182 km (2014) standard gauge: 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified) (2014) 1289.3 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) |
| Japan | total: 27,311 km (2015) standard gauge: 4,800 km 1.435-m gauge (4,800 km electrified) (2015) narrow gauge: 124 km 1.372-m gauge (124 km electrified) (2015) dual gauge: 132 km 1.435-1.067-m gauge (132 km electrified) (2015) 22,207 km 1.067-m gauge (15,430 km electrified) 48 km 0.762-m gauge (48 km electrified) |
| Jordan | total: 509 km (2014) narrow gauge: 509 km 1.050-m gauge (2014) |
| Kazakhstan | total: 16,614 km (2017) broad gauge: 16,614 km 1.520-m gauge (4,200 km electrified) (2017) |
| Kenya | total: 3,819 km (2018) standard gauge: 485 km 1.435-m gauge (2018) narrow gauge: 3,334 km 1.000-m gauge (2018) |
| Korea, North | total: 7,435 km (2014) standard gauge: 7,435 km 1.435-m gauge (5,400 km electrified) (2014) note: figures are approximate; some narrow-gauge railway also exists |
| Korea, South | total: 3,979 km (2016) standard gauge: 3,979 km 1.435-m gauge (2,727 km electrified) (2016) |
| Kosovo | total: 333 km (2015) standard gauge: 333 km 1.435-m gauge (2015) |
| Kyrgyzstan | total: 424 km (2018) broad gauge: 424 km 1.520-m gauge (2018) |
| Latvia | total: 1,860 km (2018) narrow gauge: 34 km 0.750-m gauge (2018) broad gauge: 1,826 km 1.520-m gauge (2018) |
| Lebanon | total: 401 km (2017) standard gauge: 319 km 1.435-m gauge (2017) narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m gauge (2017) note: rail system is still unusable due to damage sustained from fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 |
| Liberia | total: 429 km (2008) standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (2008) narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge (2008) note: most sections of the railways inoperable due to damage sustained during the civil wars from 1980 to 2003, but many are being rebuilt |
| Liechtenstein | total: 9 km (2018) standard gauge: 9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified) (2018) note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland |
| Lithuania | total: 1,768 km (2014) standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 1,746 km 1.520-m gauge (122 km electrified) (2014) |
| Luxembourg | total: 275 km (2014) standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (275 km electrified) (2014) |
| Madagascar | total: 836 km (2018) narrow gauge: 836 km 1.000-m gauge (2018) |
| Malawi | total: 767 km (2014) narrow gauge: 767 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) |
| Malaysia | total: 1,851 km (2014) standard gauge: 59 km 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified) (2014) |
| Mali | total: 593 km (2014) narrow gauge: 593 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| Mauritania | total: 728 km (2014) standard gauge: 728 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) |
| Mexico | total: 20,825 km (2017) standard gauge: 20,825 km 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified) (2017) |
| Moldova | total: 1,171 km (2014) standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 1,157 km 1.520-m gauge (2014) |
| Monaco | note: Monaco has a single railway station but does not operate its own train service; the French operator SNCF operates rail services in Monaco |
| Mongolia | total: 1,815 km (2017) broad gauge: 1,815 km 1.520-m gauge (2017) note: national operator Ulaanbaatar Railway is jointly owned by the Mongolian Government and by the Russian State Railway |
| Montenegro | total: 250 km (2017) standard gauge: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (224 km electrified) (2017) |
| Morocco | total: 2,067 km (2014) standard gauge: 2,067 km 1.435-m gauge (1,022 km electrified) (2014) |
| Mozambique | total: 4,787 km (2014) narrow gauge: 4,787 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) |
| Namibia | total: 2,628 km (2014) narrow gauge: 2,628 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) |
| Nepal | total: 59 km (2018) narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2018) |
| Netherlands | total: 3,058 km (2016) standard gauge: 3,058 km 1.435-m gauge (2,314 km electrified) (2016) |
| New Zealand | total: 4,128 km (2018) narrow gauge: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2018) |
| Nigeria | total: 3,798 km (2014) standard gauge: 293 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) note: as of the end of 2018, there were only six operational locomotives in Nigeria primarily used for passenger service; the majority of the rail lines are in a severe state of disrepair and need to be replaced |
| Norway | total: 4,200 km (2019) standard gauge: 4,200 km 1.435-m gauge (2,480 km electrified) (2019) |
| Pakistan | total: 11,881 km (2019) narrow gauge: 389 km 1.000-m gauge (2019) broad gauge: 11,492 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified) (2019) |
| Panama | total: 77 km (2014) standard gauge: 77 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) |
| Paraguay | total: 30 km (2014) standard gauge: 30 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) |
| Peru | total: 1,854 km (2014) standard gauge: 1,730.4 km 1.435-m gauge (34 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 124 km 0.914-m gauge (2014) |
| Philippines | total: 77 km (2017) standard gauge: 49 km 1.435-m gauge (2017) narrow gauge: 28 km 1.067-m gauge (2017) |
| Poland | total: 19,231 km (2016) standard gauge: 18,836 km 1.435-m gauge (11,874 km electrified) (2016) broad gauge: 395 km 1.524-m gauge (2016) |
| Portugal | total: 3,075 km (2014) narrow gauge: 108.1 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 2,439 km 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified) (2014) other: 528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014) |
| Romania | total: 11,268 km (2014) standard gauge: 10,781 km 1.435-m gauge (3,292 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2014) broad gauge: 60 km 1.524-m gauge (2014) |
| Russia | total: 87,157 km (2014) narrow gauge: 957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island) (2014) broad gauge: 86,200 km 1.520-m gauge (40,300 km electrified) (2014) note: an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrier lines serve industries |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 50 km (2008) narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2008) |
| Saudi Arabia | total: 5,410 km (2016) standard gauge: 5,410 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2016) |
| Senegal | total: 906 km (713 km operational in 2017) (2017) narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-m gauge (2017) |
| Serbia | total: 3,809 km (2015) standard gauge: 3,809 km 1.435-m gauge (3,526 km one-track lines and 283 km double-track lines) out of which 1,279 km electrified (1,000 km one-track lines and 279 km double-track lines) (2015) |
| Slovakia | total: 3,580 km (2016) standard gauge: 3,435 km 1.435-m gauge (1,587 km electrified) (2016) narrow gauge: 46 km 1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge (2016) broad gauge: 99 km 1.520-m gauge (2016) |
| Slovenia | total: 1,229 km (2014) standard gauge: 1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (503 km electrified) (2014) |
| South Africa | total: 20,986 km (2014) standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge (80 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 19,756 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified) (2014) other: 1,150 km (passenger rail, gauge unspecified, 1,115.5 km electrified) (2014) |
| South Sudan | total: 248 km (2018) note: a narrow gauge, single-track railroad between Babonosa (Sudan) and Wau, the only existing rail system, was repaired in 2010 with $250 million in UN funds, but is not currently operational |
| Spain | total: 15,333 km (9,699 km electrified) (2017) standard gauge: 2,571 km 1.435-m gauge (2,571 km electrified) (2017) narrow gauge: 1,207 km 1.000-m gauge (400 km electrified) (2017) broad gauge: 11,333 km 1.668-m gauge (6,538 km electrified) (2017) mixed gauge: 190 km 1.668-m and 1.435m gage (190.1 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified); 4 km 0.600-m gauge |
| Sri Lanka | total: 1,562 km (2016) broad gauge: 1,562 km 1.676-m gauge (2016) |
| Sudan | total: 7,251 km (2014) narrow gauge: 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations |
| Sweden | total: 14,127 km (2016) standard gauge: 14,062 km 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified) (2016) narrow gauge: 65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2016) |
| Switzerland | total: 5,690 km (includes 19 km in neighboring countries) (2015) standard gauge: 3,836 km 1.435-m gauge (3,634 km electrified) (2015) narrow gauge: 1,630 km 1.200-m gauge (2 km electrified) (includes 19 km in neighboring countries) (2015) 1188 km 1.000-m gauge (1,167.3 km electrified) 36 km 0.800-m gauge (36.4 km electrified) |
| Syria | total: 2,052 km (2014) standard gauge: 1,801 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2014) |
| Taiwan | total: 1,613 km (2018) standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified) (2018) narrow gauge: 1,118.1 km 1.067-m gauge (793.9 km electrified) (2018) 150 0.762-m gauge note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower |
| Tajikistan | total: 680 km (2014) broad gauge: 680 km 1.520-m gauge (2014) |
| Tanzania | total: 4,567 km (2014) narrow gauge: 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) 2707 km 1.000-m gauge |
| Thailand | total: 4,127 km (2017) standard gauge: 84 km 1.435-m gauge (84 km electrified) (2017) narrow gauge: 4,043 km 1.000-m gauge (2017) |
| Togo | total: 568 km (2014) narrow gauge: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| Tunisia | total: 2,173 km (1,991 in use) (2014) standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) narrow gauge: 1,694 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2014) dual gauge: 8 km 1.435-1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| Turkey | total: 12,710 km (2018) standard gauge: 11,497 km 1.435-m gauge (1.435 km high speed train) (2018) |
| Turkmenistan | total: 5,113 km (2017) broad gauge: 5,113 km 1.520-m gauge (2017) |
| Uganda | total: 1,244 km (2014) narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| Ukraine | total: 21,733 km (2014) standard gauge: 49 km 1.435-m gauge (49 km electrified) (2014) broad gauge: 21,684 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified) (2014) |
| United Kingdom | total: 16,837 km (2015) standard gauge: 16,534 km 1.435-m gauge (5,357 km electrified) (2015) broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland) (2015) |
| United States | total: 293,564 km (2014) standard gauge: 293,564.2 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) |
| Uruguay | total: 1,673 km (operational; government claims overall length is 2,961 km) (2016) standard gauge: 1,673 km 1.435-m gauge (2016) |
| Uzbekistan | total: 4,642 km (2018) broad gauge: 4,642 km 1.520-m gauge (1,684 km electrified) (2018) |
| Venezuela | total: 447 km (2014) standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (41.4 km electrified) (2014) |
| Vietnam | total: 2,600 km (2014) standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge; 253 km mixed gauge (2014) narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| World | total: 1,148,186 km (2013) |
| Zambia | total: 3,126 km (2014) narrow gauge: 3,126 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) note: includes 1,860 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) |
| Zimbabwe | total: 3,427 km (2014) narrow gauge: 3,427 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2014) |
Source: CIA Factbook
