| Rail lines (total route-km) - Transportation - Infrastructure - World Development Indicators (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | High income: OECD | 495,624 |
| 2 |  United States | 227,058 |
| 3 | Europe & Central Asia | 193,080 |
| 4 | Euro area | 126,162 |
| 5 | Russia | 84,158 |
| 6 | India | 63,327 |
| 7 | China | 60,809 |
| 8 | Canada | 57,216 |
| 9 | Argentina | 35,753 |
| 10 | Germany | 33,862 |
| 11 | France | 29,901 |
| 12 | Brazil | 29,817 |
| 13 | Mexico | 26,677 |
| 14 | South Africa | 24,487 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 21,676 |
| 16 | Japan | 20,048 |
| 17 | Poland | 19,627 |
| 18 | Italy | 16,862 |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 16,321 |
| 20 | Spain | 15,046 |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 14,205 |
| 22 | Romania | 10,784 |
| 23 | Sweden | 9,830 |
| 24 | Australia | 9,661 |
| 25 | Czech Republic | 9,487 |
| 26 | Turkey | 8,699 |
| 27 | Hungary | 7,942 |
| 28 | Pakistan | 7,791 |
| 29 | Iran | 7,335 |
| 30 | Finland | 5,919 |
| 31 | Chile | 5,898 |
| 32 | Austria | 5,755 |
| 33 | Belarus | 5,491 |
| 34 | Cuba | 5,076 |
| 35 | Egypt | 5,063 |
| 36 | Sudan | 4,578 |
| 37 | Thailand | 4,429 |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 4,230 |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 4,159 |
| 40 | Norway | 4,114 |
| 41 | Serbia | 4,058 |
| 42 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,007 |
| 43 | Slovakia | 3,592 |
| 44 | Algeria | 3,572 |
| 45 | Belgium | 3,513 |
| 46 | Switzerland | 3,499 |
| 47 | North Korea | 3,381 |
| 48 | South Korea | 3,381 |
| 49 | Indonesia | 3,370 |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 3,181 |
| 51 | Vietnam | 3,147 |
| 52 | Mozambique | 3,116 |
| 53 | Uruguay | 2,993 |
| 54 | Netherlands | 2,896 |
| 55 | Bolivia | 2,866 |
| 56 | Portugal | 2,842 |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 2,835 |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 2,758 |
| 59 | Croatia | 2,722 |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 2,583 |
| 61 | Greece | 2,552 |
| 62 | Latvia | 2,263 |
| 63 | Tunisia | 2,218 |
| 64 | Syria | 2,139 |
| 65 | Denmark | 2,133 |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 2,099 |
| 67 | Iraq | 2,032 |
| 68 | Peru | 2,020 |
| 69 | Morocco | 1,989 |
| 70 | Ireland | 1,919 |
| 71 | Mongolia | 1,810 |
| 72 | Lithuania | 1,765 |
| 73 | Malaysia | 1,665 |
| 74 | Colombia | 1,663 |
| 75 | Georgia | 1,513 |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 1,463 |
| 77 | Slovenia | 1,228 |
| 78 | Moldova | 1,156 |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,016 |
| 80 | Israel | 1,005 |
| 81 | Cameroon | 977 |
| 82 | Ghana | 953 |
| 83 | Botswana | 888 |
| 84 | Madagascar | 854 |
| 85 | Armenia | 845 |
| 86 | Estonia | 816 |
| 87 | Gabon | 810 |
| 88 | Malawi | 797 |
| 89 | Republic of the Congo | 795 |
| 90 | Benin | 758 |
| 91 | Mauritania | 728 |
| 92 | Macedonia | 699 |
| 93 | Ivory Coast | 639 |
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 622 |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 616 |
| 96 | Philippines | 479 |
| 97 | Albania | 423 |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 417 |
| 99 | Venezuela | 336 |
| 100 | Swaziland | 300 |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 275 |
| 102 | Jordan | 251 |
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