Country Comparison > Waterways

Rank	Country	Waterways (km)
1	China	110,000
2	Russia	102,000
3	Brazil	50,000
4	Vietnam	47,130
5	United States	41,009
6	Colombia	24,725
7	Indonesia	21,579
8	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	15,000
9	India	14,500
10	Burma	12,800
11	Argentina	11,000
12	Papua New Guinea	11,000
13	Bolivia	10,000
14	Peru	8,808
15	Nigeria	8,600
16	France	8,501
17	Bangladesh	8,370
18	Finland	8,000
19	Germany	7,467
20	Malaysia	7,200
21	Venezuela	7,100
22	Netherlands	6,237
23	Iraq	5,279
24	Laos	4,600
25	Sudan	4,068
26	Thailand	4,000
27	Kazakhstan	4,000
28	Poland	3,997
29	Cambodia	3,700
30	Egypt	3,500
31	Philippines	3,219
32	United Kingdom	3,200
33	Paraguay	3,100
34	Mexico	2,900
35	Central African Republic	2,800
36	Belarus	2,500
37	Italy	2,400
38	Korea, North	2,250
39	Zambia	2,250
40	Nicaragua	2,220
41	Sweden	2,052
42	Belgium	2,043
43	Australia	2,000
44	Mali	1,800
45	Japan	1,770
46	Romania	1,731
47	Ukraine	1,672
48	Hungary	1,622
49	Gabon	1,600
50	Korea, South	1,600
51	Uruguay	1,600
52	Norway	1,577
53	Ecuador	1,500
54	Angola	1,300
55	Guinea	1,300
56	Turkmenistan	1,300
57	Ghana	1,293
58	Switzerland	1,292
59	Turkey	1,200
60	Suriname	1,200
61	Afghanistan	1,200
62	Congo, Republic of the	1,120
63	Uzbekistan	1,100
64	Spain	1,000
65	Senegal	1,000
66	Guatemala	990
67	Ireland	956
68	Syria	900
69	Iran	850
70	Belize	825
71	Sierra Leone	800
72	Panama	800
73	Croatia	785
74	Costa Rica	730
75	Malawi	700
76	Czech Republic	664
77	Canada	636
78	Madagascar	600
79	Kyrgyzstan	600
80	Serbia	587
81	Mongolia	580
82	Moldova	558
83	Bulgaria	470
84	Honduras	465
85	Mozambique	460
86	Lithuania	441
87	Denmark	400
88	Gambia, The	390
89	Austria	358
90	Estonia	335
91	Guyana	330
92	Latvia	300
93	Niger	300
94	Cuba	240
95	Portugal	210
96	Brunei	209
97	Fiji	203
98	Tajikistan	200
99	Slovakia	172
100	Sri Lanka	160
101	Benin	150
102	Togo	50
103	Albania	41
104	Luxembourg	37
105	Liechtenstein	28
106	Greece	6
107	Kiribati	5

Definition: This entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

See also: Waterways map