The United States of America is the top country by length of rail lines in the world. As of 2021, length of rail lines in the United States of America was 148,553.3 km that accounts for 18.90% of the world's length of rail lines. The top 5 countries (others are China, Russian Federation, India, and Canada) account for 58.53% of it. The world's total length of rail lines was estimated at 786,129.6 km in 2021.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 601.0 | |||||||||||||
| China | 58,656.0 | 62,200.0 | 66,239.0 | 72,487.0 | 85,843.0 | 79,306.0 | 85,320.0 | 89,966.0 | 91,675.0 | 93,742.0 | 96,353.0 | 102,462.0 | 106,235.0 | 109,767.0 |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 113.0 | 230.1 | ||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 4,684.0 | 4,828.0 | 4,861.0 | 5,107.0 | 5,196.0 | 5,357.0 | 5,384.0 | 4,748.7 | 5,483.3 | 5,483.0 | ||||
| Japan | 20,140.3 | 20,087.4 | ||||||||||||
| Korea, Rep. | 3,123.0 | 3,392.0 | 3,618.3 | 3,637.2 | 3,650.1 | 3,666.1 | 3,668.3 | 3,944.0 | 4,071.0 | 4,071.0 | 4,200.0 | 4,109.2 | 4,284.7 | 4,308.5 |
| Malaysia | 1,636.0 | 1,667.0 | 2,209.7 | 2,250.3 | 2,773.0 | 1,655.0 | 1,655.0 | 1,655.0 | 1,655.0 | |||||
| Mongolia | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,814.0 | 1,815.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,822.5 | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,814.0 | 1,821.0 | 1,821.0 |
| Philippines | 509.0 | 509.0 | ||||||||||||
| Thailand | 4,044.0 | 4,458.0 | 4,458.0 | 3,742.0 | 3,742.0 | 4,092.0 | ||||||||
| Vietnam | 3,142.0 | 3,147.0 | 2,576.6 | 2,347.0 | 2,347.0 | 2,347.0 | 3,186.0 | 3,186.0 | 2,581.0 | 2,367.0 | 2,382.0 | 2,481.0 | 3,159.0 | 3,159.0 |
| Albania | 440.0 | 423.0 | ||||||||||||
| Armenia | 843.0 | 826.1 | 703.2 | 703.2 | 679.4 | 685.7 | 698.4 | 698.4 | 698.4 | 698.4 | ||||
| Austria | 5,665.0 | 5,782.0 | 5,351.0 | 4,917.0 | 4,985.0 | 4,950.0 | 4,956.0 | 4,937.0 | 4,917.0 | 4,953.0 | 4,955.0 | 4,968.0 | 4,966.0 | 4,962.0 |
| Azerbaijan | 2,116.0 | 2,122.0 | 2,079.1 | 2,079.3 | 2,068.1 | 2,068.1 | 2,066.4 | 2,067.8 | 2,074.0 | 2,132.0 | 2,133.1 | 2,139.9 | 2,239.2 | 2,138.9 |
| Belarus | 5,512.0 | 5,498.0 | 5,482.0 | 5,482.0 | 5,462.0 | 5,469.0 | 5,470.0 | 5,470.0 | 5,459.0 | 5,459.0 | 5,459.0 | 5,459.2 | 5,453.5 | 5,474.0 |
| Belgium | 3,471.0 | 3,544.0 | 3,582.0 | 3,592.0 | 3,631.0 | 3,607.0 | 3,602.0 | 3,605.0 | 3,607.0 | 3,615.0 | 3,615.0 | 3,612.0 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 943.0 | 1,000.0 | 1,027.1 | 1,027.1 | 1,027.1 | 1,027.1 | 1,027.1 | 1,027.1 | 1,018.1 | 417.0 | 1,018.1 | 1,018.1 | ||
| Bulgaria | 4,320.0 | 4,154.0 | 4,097.0 | 4,072.0 | 4,070.0 | 4,032.0 | 4,023.0 | 4,019.0 | 4,029.0 | 4,030.0 | 4,030.0 | 4,030.0 | 4,029.0 | 4,031.0 |
| Croatia | 2,726.0 | 2,726.0 | 2,722.0 | 2,722.0 | 2,723.0 | 2,722.0 | 2,604.0 | 2,604.0 | 2,605.0 | 2,605.0 | 2,605.0 | 2,617.0 | 2,617.0 | 2,617.0 |
| Czechia | 9,365.0 | 9,513.0 | 9,468.8 | 9,470.2 | 9,468.3 | 9,459.0 | 9,457.6 | 9,466.9 | 9,462.7 | 9,408.0 | 9,406.0 | 9,396.0 | 9,377.0 | 9,357.0 |
| Denmark | 2,047.0 | 2,134.0 | ||||||||||||
| Estonia | 968.0 | 959.0 | 787.0 | 792.0 | 792.0 | 1,018.0 | 1,034.0 | 1,034.0 | 1,033.0 | |||||
| Finland | 5,854.0 | 5,732.0 | 5,919.0 | 5,944.0 | 5,944.0 | 5,944.0 | 5,944.0 | 5,923.0 | 5,926.0 | 5,926.0 | 5,926.0 | 5,923.0 | 5,918.0 | 5,918.0 |
| France | 29,330.0 | 28,470.0 | 29,929.0 | 30,071.0 | 29,406.0 | 29,979.0 | 28,866.0 | 29,236.7 | 29,248.1 | 28,241.0 | 28,157.0 | 27,872.0 | 27,716.0 | |
| Georgia | 1,562.0 | 1,336.0 | 1,566.4 | 1,262.2 | 1,577.6 | 1,453.4 | 1,453.4 | 1,491.0 | 1,415.0 | 1,285.0 | 1,285.0 | 1,378.0 | 1,411.0 | 1,387.0 |
| Germany | 36,642.0 | 34,228.2 | 33,714.1 | 33,575.9 | 33,506.0 | 33,449.0 | 33,426.0 | 33,332.0 | 33,380.0 | 33,488.0 | 33,440.0 | 33,423.0 | 33,399.0 | 33,401.0 |
| Greece | 2,385.0 | 2,576.0 | 2,552.0 | 2,554.0 | 2,208.0 | 2,265.0 | 2,238.0 | 2,240.0 | 2,240.0 | 2,240.0 | 2,293.0 | 2,280.0 | 2,345.0 | 2,339.0 |
| Hungary | 8,005.0 | 7,950.0 | 7,902.7 | 7,877.9 | 7,894.8 | 7,894.8 | 7,894.8 | 7,896.0 | 7,748.7 | 7,751.7 | 7,587.7 | 7,587.7 | 7,587.7 | 8,037.0 |
| Ireland | 1,919.0 | 1,919.0 | 1,919.0 | 1,919.0 | 1,919.0 | 1,894.0 | 1,458.0 | 1,458.0 | 2,174.0 | 1,888.0 | 1,888.0 | 1,888.0 | 1,888.0 | 1,650.0 |
| Italy | 16,295.0 | 16,751.0 | 16,703.7 | 16,726.4 | 16,741.6 | 16,751.6 | 16,722.6 | 16,723.8 | 16,788.3 | 16,787.2 | 16,780.8 | 16,778.6 | 17,255.6 | 17,305.2 |
| Kazakhstan | 13,545.0 | 14,204.0 | 14,184.1 | 14,319.4 | 14,758.9 | 14,767.1 | 14,767.1 | 14,767.1 | 15,529.0 | 16,040.3 | 16,060.8 | 16,060.8 | 16,063.0 | 16,005.6 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 417.0 | 417.0 | 417.2 | 417.2 | 417.2 | 417.0 | 424.0 | 424.0 | 424.0 | 424.0 | 424.0 | 424.0 | 424.0 | 417.0 |
| Latvia | 2,331.0 | 2,270.0 | 1,897.0 | 1,865.0 | 1,864.0 | 1,859.0 | 1,859.0 | 1,859.6 | 1,859.6 | 1,859.6 | 1,859.6 | 1,859.6 | 1,859.1 | 1,859.1 |
| Lithuania | 1,905.0 | 1,771.0 | 1,767.0 | 1,767.0 | 1,767.0 | 1,767.0 | 1,767.0 | 1,877.0 | 1,911.0 | 1,911.0 | 1,911.0 | 1,911.0 | 1,911.0 | 1,919.0 |
| Luxembourg | 274.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 288.0 | 288.0 | 271.0 | 271.0 |
| North Macedonia | 699.0 | 699.0 | 699.0 | 699.0 | 699.0 | 699.0 | 699.0 | 683.0 | 683.0 | 683.0 | 683.0 | 683.0 | 683.0 | 683.0 |
| Moldova | 1,139.0 | 1,075.0 | 1,156.9 | 1,156.9 | 1,156.9 | 1,156.9 | 1,156.0 | 1,151.0 | 1,151.0 | 1,151.0 | 1,151.0 | 1,151.0 | 1,151.0 | 1,149.0 |
| Montenegro | 248.0 | 249.0 | 239.2 | 239.2 | 249.0 | 249.0 | 249.0 | 249.0 | 249.0 | 249.0 | 250.0 | |||
| Netherlands | 2,802.0 | 2,813.0 | 3,016.0 | 3,078.0 | 3,078.0 | 3,078.0 | 3,041.0 | |||||||
| Norway | 4,179.0 | 4,087.0 | 4,154.0 | 4,219.0 | 4,209.0 | 4,209.0 | 4,208.0 | 4,200.0 | 3,885.0 | 3,885.0 | ||||
| Poland | 22,560.0 | 19,599.0 | 19,702.0 | 19,725.0 | 19,617.0 | 18,959.0 | 18,942.0 | 18,510.0 | 18,429.0 | 18,513.0 | 18,536.0 | 18,538.0 | 18,611.0 | 18,620.0 |
| Portugal | 2,814.0 | 2,839.0 | 2,842.0 | 2,794.0 | 2,541.3 | 2,544.3 | 2,546.0 | 2,546.0 | 2,546.0 | 2,546.0 | 2,546.0 | 2,526.1 | 2,526.1 | 2,527.1 |
| Romania | 11,364.0 | 10,781.0 | 10,777.0 | 10,777.0 | 10,777.0 | 10,768.0 | 10,770.0 | 10,770.0 | 10,766.0 | 10,766.0 | 10,765.0 | 10,759.0 | 10,769.0 | 10,769.0 |
| Russian Federation | 86,075.0 | 85,542.0 | 85,292.0 | 85,166.0 | 85,248.0 | 85,266.0 | 84,581.0 | 85,262.0 | 85,375.0 | 85,545.0 | 85,626.0 | 85,494.0 | 85,555.0 | 85,544.0 |
| Serbia | 3,809.0 | 3,809.0 | 3,809.0 | 3,809.0 | 3,809.0 | 3,809.0 | 3,809.0 | 3,809.0 | 3,736.0 | 3,736.0 | 3,724.5 | 3,724.5 | 3,333.4 | 3,348.1 |
| Slovak Republic | 3,662.0 | 3,626.0 | 3,622.4 | 3,624.1 | 3,631.4 | 3,631.3 | 3,627.1 | 3,626.4 | 3,626.3 | 3,626.4 | 3,626.6 | 3,629.2 | 3,626.9 | 3,626.5 |
| Slovenia | 1,201.0 | 1,228.0 | 1,228.1 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.0 |
| Spain | 13,868.0 | 14,272.0 | 15,590.1 | 15,680.6 | 15,438.0 | 15,582.0 | 15,506.0 | 15,711.0 | 15,650.0 | 15,559.0 | 15,618.0 | 15,718.0 | 15,848.0 | 15,963.0 |
| Sweden | 10,698.0 | 9,867.0 | 9,968.0 | 10,014.0 | 9,944.0 | 9,765.0 | 9,689.0 | 9,716.0 | 9,684.0 | 9,684.0 | 9,708.0 | 9,701.0 | 9,711.0 | 9,714.0 |
| Switzerland | 3,216.0 | 3,399.0 | 3,573.6 | 3,551.2 | 3,557.8 | 3,611.0 | 4,018.7 | 3,976.3 | 4,034.5 | 4,050.5 | 4,046.8 | 3,647.2 | 3,671.8 | 4,122.3 |
| Tajikistan | 533.0 | 617.0 | 620.7 | 620.7 | 608.0 | 587.0 | 597.0 | 597.0 | 620.0 | 620.0 | 620.0 | 620.0 | 662.0 | 620.0 |
| Turkiye | 8,671.0 | 8,697.0 | 9,594.0 | 9,642.0 | 9,642.0 | 9,718.0 | 10,087.0 | 10,131.0 | 10,131.0 | 10,207.0 | 10,315.0 | 10,378.0 | 10,378.0 | 10,546.0 |
| Turkmenistan | 2,521.0 | 2,529.0 | 3,115.0 | 3,115.0 | 3,115.0 | 3,115.0 | 3,115.0 | 6,230.0 | 6,230.0 | 7,680.0 | 7,680.0 | |||
| Ukraine | 22,302.0 | 22,001.0 | 21,705.0 | 21,665.4 | 21,642.5 | 21,625.9 | 21,625.9 | 20,975.2 | 21,603.0 | 21,625.9 | 21,625.9 | 21,625.9 | 21,625.9 | |
| United Kingdom | 16,992.0 | 15,888.0 | 16,209.6 | 15,846.5 | 15,861.0 | 16,532.1 | 16,245.1 | 16,257.0 | 16,294.0 | 16,295.0 | 16,295.0 | 16,351.0 | 16,178.6 | |
| Uzbekistan | 3,645.0 | 4,014.0 | 4,227.2 | 4,258.4 | 4,192.0 | 4,186.0 | 4,202.0 | 4,238.0 | 4,304.0 | 4,642.0 | 4,642.0 | 4,735.0 | 4,732.0 | 4,732.0 |
| Argentina | 3,150.0 | 18,097.0 | 18,097.0 | 17,609.0 | 17,609.0 | 17,866.0 | 17,866.0 | |||||||
| Chile | 2,035.0 | 2,120.0 | 2,057.0 | 2,396.0 | 2,396.0 | 2,396.0 | 2,396.0 | |||||||
| Costa Rica | 581.0 | |||||||||||||
| Cuba | 4,252.0 | 4,065.0 | ||||||||||||
| Ecuador | 956.0 | |||||||||||||
| El Salvador | 547.0 | |||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 903.0 | |||||||||||||
| Panama | 485.0 | |||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 441.0 | |||||||||||||
| Uruguay | 2,993.0 | 2,993.0 | 1,498.0 | 1,498.0 | 1,498.0 | 1,498.0 | 1,498.0 | 1,498.0 | 1,498.0 | 1,498.0 | ||||
| Venezuela, RB | 336.0 | 336.0 | ||||||||||||
| Algeria | 3,973.0 | 3,572.0 | 3,664.0 | 4,226.0 | 4,175.0 | 3,799.9 | 3,799.9 | 3,843.2 | 4,016.3 | 4,016.3 | 4,020.3 | 4,000.5 | ||
| Djibouti | 781.0 | |||||||||||||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 5,062.0 | 5,195.0 | 5,195.0 | 5,153.0 | 5,153.0 | |||||||||
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 6,042.0 | 7,131.0 | 8,216.5 | 8,367.5 | 8,368.0 | 8,592.5 | 8,559.5 | 8,559.5 | 8,576.0 | 9,021.0 | 9,327.0 | 9,454.0 | 9,453.8 | 9,455.0 |
| Iraq | 2,603.0 | 1,898.0 | 2,138.0 | 2,370.0 | ||||||||||
| Israel | 669.0 | 910.0 | 1,034.0 | 1,078.9 | 1,142.5 | 1,153.0 | 1,194.0 | 1,277.0 | 1,340.1 | 1,495.0 | 1,521.0 | 1,598.9 | 1,619.0 | 1,720.0 |
| Morocco | 1,907.0 | 1,907.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,295.0 | 2,295.0 | 2,295.0 | 2,295.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 958.0 | 1,020.0 | 1,412.0 | 2,620.0 | 2,939.0 | |||||||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1,771.0 | 2,043.0 | 2,139.0 | |||||||||||
| Tunisia | 2,152.0 | 1,956.0 | 2,165.0 | 1,867.0 | 2,244.0 | 2,244.0 | 2,244.0 | 2,165.0 | 1,777.0 | 1,777.0 | 1,777.0 | 1,777.0 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 279.0 | 261.0 | 261.0 | 279.0 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 46,968.6 | 45,581.6 | 48,498.4 | 48,150.4 | 47,687.4 | 47,987.5 | 48,309.2 | 48,149.9 | ||||||
| United States | 194,077.0 | 194,025.0 | 194,431.0 | 194,136.0 | 153,516.6 | 154,321.5 | 152,932.6 | 151,735.0 | 151,270.0 | 150,966.0 | 150,462.3 | 149,488.6 | 148,749.7 | 148,553.3 |
| Bangladesh | 2,745.0 | 2,855.0 | 2,835.0 | 2,791.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,791.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | ||
| India | 62,759.0 | 63,485.0 | 63,974.0 | 64,460.0 | 64,600.0 | 65,436.0 | 65,808.0 | 66,030.0 | 66,687.0 | 67,368.0 | 69,249.0 | 67,414.1 | 67,955.6 | 68,102.7 |
| Pakistan | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,784.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1,148.3 | 1,148.1 | 1,254.2 | 1,567.0 | 1,561.7 | 1,562.0 | 1,562.0 | 1,562.0 | ||||||
| Botswana | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | 622.0 | 622.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | |||
| Cameroon | 1,016.0 | 982.0 | 976.5 | 976.5 | 1,004.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | ||||
| Congo, Rep. | 900.0 | 795.0 | 893.2 | |||||||||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 |
| Ethiopia | 754.0 | 754.0 | 754.0 | |||||||||||
| Gabon | 731.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 648.0 | 648.0 | 648.0 |
| Ghana | 953.0 | |||||||||||||
| Kenya | 2,634.0 | |||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 883.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | |||
| Mali | 734.0 | |||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | |||||||
| Mozambique | 3,114.0 | 3,070.0 | 3,116.0 | 3,116.0 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3,557.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | ||||||
| Senegal | 906.0 | |||||||||||||
| South Africa | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | |||||||
| Sudan | 4,599.0 | 4,578.0 | 4,708.0 | 4,313.0 | 4,313.0 | 4,313.0 | 4,313.0 | 2,747.0 | 2,747.0 | 2,747.0 | ||||
| Eswatini | 300.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 | |||||||||||
| Tanzania | 4,582.0 | 2,707.0 | 2,701.0 | |||||||||||
| Uganda | 259.0 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | |||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 3,120.0 | 3,120.0 | 3,120.0 |