Rail lines (total route-km) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators
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Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks. Source: World Bank, Transportation, Water, and Urban Development Department, Transport Division.
| Rail lines (total route-km) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  South Africa (2007) | 24,487 |
| 2 | North Africa (2007) | 12,892 |
| 3 | Sudan (2007) | 5,478 |
| 4 | Egypt (2007) | 5,195 |
| 5 | Tanzania (2006) | 4,460 |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007) | 3,641 |
| 7 | Algeria (2007) | 3,572 |
| 8 | Nigeria (2007) | 3,528 |
| 9 | Zimbabwe (1997) | 2,759 |
| 10 | Namibia (1995) | 2,382 |
| 11 | Tunisia (2007) | 2,218 |
| 12 | Kenya (2006) | 1,917 |
| 13 | Morocco (2007) | 1,907 |
| 14 | Zambia (2006) | 1,273 |
| 15 | Ghana (2004) | 977 |
| 16 | Cameroon (2007) | 974 |
| 17 | Senegal (2000) | 906 |
| 18 | Gabon (2007) | 810 |
| 19 | Republic of the Congo (2007) | 795 |
| 20 | Ethiopia (1991) | 781 |
| 21 | Mali (2002) | 733 |
| 22 | Malawi (2004) | 710 |
| 23 | Ivory Coast (2007) | 639 |
| 24 | Uganda (2004) | 259 |
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