The CIA World Factbook Edition 2011 Transportation

Railways In 36 editions of 36.

Railways was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2011 edition carries it in 138 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2011 edition: 138
the first edition with it: 1990
the latest edition with it: 2025

Published as “Railways” (1996 to 2025) and “Railroads” (1990 to 1995).

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World

1 entry

World

total:: 1,139,615 km (2010)

Africa

37 entries

Algeria

total:: 3,973 km
country comparison to the world:: 44
standard gauge:: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2008)

Angola

total:: 2,764 km
country comparison to the world:: 59
narrow gauge:: 2,641 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2010)

Benin

total:: 438 km
country comparison to the world:: 113
narrow gauge:: 438 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Botswana

total:: 888 km
country comparison to the world:: 93
narrow gauge:: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2010)

Burkina Faso

total:: 622 km
country comparison to the world:: 106
narrow gauge:: 622 km 1.000-m gauge

note: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote d'Ivoire (2010)

Cameroon

total:: 987 km
country comparison to the world:: 88
narrow gauge:: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total:: 4,007 km
country comparison to the world:: 43
narrow gauge:: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:: 886 km
country comparison to the world:: 94
narrow gauge:: 886 km 1.067-m gauge (2010)

Cote d'Ivoire

total:: 660 km
country comparison to the world:: 104
narrow gauge:: 660 km 1.000-m gauge

note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2010)

Djibouti

total:: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway)
country comparison to the world:: 126
narrow gauge:: 100 km 1.000-m gauge

note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is largely inoperable (2010)

Egypt

total:: 5,083 km
country comparison to the world:: 34
standard gauge:: 5,083 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2010)

Eritrea

total:: 306 km
country comparison to the world:: 119
narrow gauge:: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2010)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:: 301 km
country comparison to the world:: 120
narrow gauge:: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)

Ethiopia

total:: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the 781 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
country comparison to the world:: 102
narrow gauge:: 681 km 1.000-m gauge

note: railway is under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but is largely inoperable (2008)

Gabon

total:: 649 km
country comparison to the world:: 105
standard gauge:: 649 km 1.435-m gauge (2009)

Ghana

total:: 947 km
country comparison to the world:: 91
narrow gauge:: 947 km 1.067-m gauge (2009)

Guinea

total:: 1,185 km
country comparison to the world:: 86
standard gauge:: 238 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 947 km 1.000-m gauge (2009)

Kenya

total:: 2,066 km
country comparison to the world:: 71
narrow gauge:: 2,066 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Liberia

total:: 429 km
country comparison to the world:: 115
standard gauge:: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 84 km 1.067-m gauge

note: most sections of the railways were inoperable because of damage suffered during the civil wars from 1980 to 2003, but many are being rebuilt (2010)

Madagascar

total:: 854 km
country comparison to the world:: 97
narrow gauge:: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Malawi

total:: 797 km
country comparison to the world:: 99
narrow gauge:: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2010)

Mali

total:: 593 km
country comparison to the world:: 109
narrow gauge:: 593 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Mauritania

728 km

standard gauge:: 728 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

Morocco

total:: 2,067 km
country comparison to the world:: 70
standard gauge:: 2,067 km 1.435-m gauge (1,022 km electrified) (2010)

Mozambique

total:: 4,787 km
country comparison to the world:: 38
narrow gauge:: 4,787 km 1.067-m gauge (2010)

Namibia

total:: 2,626 km
country comparison to the world:: 62
narrow gauge:: 2,626 km 1.067-m gauge (2010)

Nigeria

total:: 3,505 km
country comparison to the world:: 49
narrow gauge:: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2010)

Senegal

total:: 906 km
country comparison to the world:: 92
narrow gauge:: 906 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

South Africa

total:: 20,192 km
country comparison to the world:: 14
narrow gauge:: 19,756 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified);
122 km 0.750-m gauge;
314 km 0.610-m gauge (2010)

South Sudan

est. 236 km; note - rail system reported to be in disrepair (2010)

Sudan

total:: 5,978 km
country comparison to the world:: 30
narrow gauge:: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2010)

Tanzania

total:: 3,689 km
country comparison to the world:: 45
narrow gauge:: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Togo

total:: 568 km
country comparison to the world:: 110
narrow gauge:: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Tunisia

total:: 2,165 km
country comparison to the world:: 68
standard gauge:: 471 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 1,694 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2010)

Uganda

total:: 1,244 km
country comparison to the world:: 82
narrow gauge:: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Zambia

total:: 2,157 km
country comparison to the world:: 69
narrow gauge:: 2,157 km 1.067-m gauge

note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2010)

Zimbabwe

total:: 3,427 km
country comparison to the world:: 50
narrow gauge:: 3,427 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2010)

Asia

19 entries

Armenia

total:: 869 km
country comparison to the world:: 96
broad gauge:: 869 km 1.520-m gauge (818 km electrified)

note: some lines are out of service (2010)

Azerbaijan

total:: 2,918 km
country comparison to the world:: 57
broad gauge:: 2,918 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2009)

Bangladesh

total:: 2,622 km
country comparison to the world:: 63
broad gauge:: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 1,676 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

China

total:: 86,000 km
country comparison to the world:: 3
standard gauge:: 86,000 km 1.435-m gauge (36,000 km electrified) (2009)

Georgia

total:: 1,612 km
country comparison to the world:: 78
broad gauge:: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified)
narrow gauge:: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2009)

India

total:: 63,974 km
country comparison to the world:: 4
broad gauge:: 54,257 km 1.676-m gauge (18,927 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 7,180 km 1.000-m gauge; 2,537 km 0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2010)

Japan

total:: 26,435 km
country comparison to the world:: 11
standard gauge:: 3,978 km 1.435-m gauge (3,978 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 96 km 1.372-m gauge (96 km electrified);
22,313 km 1.067-m gauge (15,235 km electrified);
48 km 0.762-m gauge (48 km electrified) (2009)

Kazakhstan

total:: 15,079 km
country comparison to the world:: 19
broad gauge:: 15,079 km 1.520-m gauge (4,000 km electrified) (2010)

Korea, North now North Korea

total:: 5,242 km
country comparison to the world:: 33
standard gauge:: 5,242 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2009)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:: 3,381 km
country comparison to the world:: 51
standard gauge:: 3,381 km 1.435-m gauge (1,843 km electrified) (2008)

Kyrgyzstan

total:: 470 km
country comparison to the world:: 112
broad gauge:: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2010)

Mongolia

total:: 1,908 km
country comparison to the world:: 74
broad gauge:: 1,908 km 1.520-m gauge

note: the railway is 50 percent owned by the Russian State Railway (2010)

Nepal

total:: 59 km
country comparison to the world:: 130
narrow gauge:: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2010)

Pakistan

total:: 7,791 km
country comparison to the world:: 27
broad gauge:: 7,479 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 312 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Russia

total:: 87,157 km
country comparison to the world:: 2
broad gauge:: 86,200 km 1.520-m gauge (40,300 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island)

note: an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrier lines serve industries (2010)

Sri Lanka

total:: 1,449 km
country comparison to the world:: 80
broad gauge:: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2010)

Tajikistan

total:: 680 km
country comparison to the world:: 103
broad gauge:: 680 km 1.520-m gauge (2010)

Turkmenistan

total:: 2,980 km
country comparison to the world:: 56
broad gauge:: 2,980 km 1.520-m gauge (2010)

Uzbekistan

total:: 3,645 km
country comparison to the world:: 47
broad gauge:: 3,645 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2010)

Central America and the Caribbean

8 entries

Costa Rica

total:: 278 km
country comparison to the world:: 122
narrow gauge:: 278 km 1.067-m gauge

note: none of the railway network is in use (2010)

Cuba

total:: 8,598 km
country comparison to the world:: 25
standard gauge:: 8,322 km 1.435-m gauge (124 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 276 km 1.000-m gauge

note: 4,533 km of the track is used by sugar plantations; 4,257 km is standard gauge; 276 km is narrow gauge (2009)

Dominican Republic

total:: 142 km
country comparison to the world:: 125
standard gauge:: 142 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

El Salvador

total:: 283 km
country comparison to the world:: 121
narrow gauge:: 283 km 0.600-m gauge

note: railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2010)

Guatemala

total:: 332 km
country comparison to the world:: 118
narrow gauge:: 332 km 0.914-m gauge (2009)

Honduras

total:: 75 km
country comparison to the world:: 128
narrow gauge:: 75 km 1.067-m gauge (2009)

Panama

total:: 76 km
country comparison to the world:: 127
standard gauge:: 76 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:: 50 km
country comparison to the world:: 131
narrow gauge:: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2008)

Europe

40 entries

Albania

total:: 339 km
country comparison to the world:: 117
standard gauge:: 339 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

Austria

total:: 6,399 km
country comparison to the world:: 29
standard gauge:: 5,927 km 1.435-m gauge (3,853 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 384 km 1.000-m gauge (15 km electrified); 88 km 0.760-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2010)

Belarus

total:: 5,537 km
country comparison to the world:: 32
broad gauge:: 5,512 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 25 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

Belgium

total:: 3,233 km
country comparison to the world:: 55
standard gauge:: 3,233 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2010)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:: 601 km
country comparison to the world:: 107
standard gauge:: 601 km 1.435-m gauge (392 km electrified) (2009)

Bulgaria

total:: 4,151 km
country comparison to the world:: 40
standard gauge:: 4,071 km 1.435-m gauge (2,831 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 80 km 0.760-m gauge (2009)

Croatia

total:: 2,722 km
country comparison to the world:: 60
standard gauge:: 2,722 km 1.435-m gauge (985 km electrified) (2009)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total:: 9,632 km
country comparison to the world:: 22
standard gauge:: 9,530 km 1.435-m gauge (3,165 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 102 km 0.750-m gauge (2010)

Denmark

total:: 2,667 km
country comparison to the world:: 61
standard gauge:: 2,667 km 1.435-m gauge (640 km electrified) (2008)

Estonia

total:: 1,196 km
country comparison to the world:: 84
broad gauge:: 1,196 km 1.520-m and 1.524-m gauge (131 km electrified) (2010)

European Union

total:: 228,710 km (2010)

Finland

total:: 5,919 km
country comparison to the world:: 31
broad gauge:: 5,919 km 1.524-m gauge (3,067 km electrified) (2009)

France

total:: 29,640 km
country comparison to the world:: 9
standard gauge:: 29,473 km 1.435-m gauge (15,361 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified) (2009)

Germany

total:: 41,981 km
country comparison to the world:: 6
standard gauge:: 41,722 km 1.435-m gauge (20,053 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 220 km 1.000-m gauge (75 km electrified); 39 km 0.750-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2009)

Greece

total:: 2,548 km
country comparison to the world:: 64
standard gauge:: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (764 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge (2009)

Hungary

total:: 9,208 km
country comparison to the world:: 23
broad gauge:: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge:: 7,802 km 1.435-m gauge (2,911 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2009)

Ireland

total:: 3,237 km
country comparison to the world:: 54
broad gauge:: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2008)

Isle of Man

total:: 63 km
country comparison to the world:: 129
narrow gauge:: 6 km 1.076-m gauge (6 km electrified); 57 km 0.914-m gauge (29 km electrified)

note: primarily summer tourist attractions (2008)

Italy

total:: 20,254 km
country comparison to the world:: 13
standard gauge:: 18,611 km 1.435-m gauge (12,662 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified);
1,290 km 0.950-m gauge (151 km electrified);
231 km 0.850-m gauge (2010)

Kosovo

total:: 430 km
country comparison to the world:: 114
standard gauge:: 430 km 1.435-m gauge (2007)

Latvia

total:: 2,239 km
country comparison to the world:: 67
broad gauge:: 2,206 km 1.520-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2010)

Liechtenstein

total:: 9 km
country comparison to the world:: 134
standard gauge:: 9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)

note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland (2011)

Lithuania

total:: 1,767 km
country comparison to the world:: 76
broad gauge:: 1,745 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

Luxembourg

total:: 275 km
country comparison to the world:: 123
standard gauge:: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2010)

Moldova

total:: 1,190 km
country comparison to the world:: 85
broad gauge:: 1,176 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge:: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

Montenegro

total:: 250 km
country comparison to the world:: 124
standard gauge:: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (169 km electrified) (2010)

Netherlands

total:: 2,896 km
country comparison to the world:: 58
standard gauge:: 2,896 km 1.435-m gauge (2,195 km electrified) (2010)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:: 699 km
country comparison to the world:: 100
standard gauge:: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (234 km electrified) (2010)

Norway

total:: 4,169 km
country comparison to the world:: 39
standard gauge:: 4,169 km 1.435-m gauge (2,784 km electrified) (2010)

Poland

total:: 19,428 km
country comparison to the world:: 15
broad gauge:: 399 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge:: 19,029 km 1.435-m gauge (11,805 km electrified) (2010)

Portugal

total:: 3,319 km
country comparison to the world:: 53
broad gauge:: 2,700 km 1.668-m gauge (1,436 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 192 km 1.000-m gauge; 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2010)

Romania

total:: 10,784 km
country comparison to the world:: 21
broad gauge:: 57 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge:: 10,645 km 1.435-m gauge (4,002 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 5 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Serbia

total:: 3,379 km
country comparison to the world:: 52
standard gauge:: 3,379 km 1.435-m gauge (1,196 km electrified) (2010)

Slovakia

total:: 3,622 km
country comparison to the world:: 48
broad gauge:: 99 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge:: 3,473 km 1.435-m gauge (1,615 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 50 km 1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge (2010)

Slovenia

total:: 1,228 km
country comparison to the world:: 83
standard gauge:: 1,228 km 1.435-m gauge (503 km electrified) (2009)

Spain

total:: 15,293 km
country comparison to the world:: 18
broad gauge:: 11,919 km 1.668-m gauge (6,950 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (1,054 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,954 km 1.000-m gauge (815 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (2010)

Sweden

total:: 11,633 km
country comparison to the world:: 20
standard gauge:: 11,568 km 1.435-m gauge (7,567 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 65 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2010)

Switzerland

total:: 4,876 km
country comparison to the world:: 37
standard gauge:: 3,846 km 1.435-m gauge (3,591 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,081 km 1.000-m gauge (1,013 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2010)

Ukraine

total:: 21,684 km
country comparison to the world:: 12
broad gauge:: 21,684 km 1.524-m gauge (9,854 km electrified) (2010)

United Kingdom

total:: 16,454 km
country comparison to the world:: 17
broad gauge:: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland)
standard gauge:: 16,151 km 1.435-m gauge (5,248 km electrified) (2010)

Middle East

8 entries

Iran

total:: 8,442 km
country comparison to the world:: 26
broad gauge:: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge:: 8,348 km 1.435-m gauge (148 km electrified) (2008)

Iraq

total:: 2,272 km
country comparison to the world:: 66
standard gauge:: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)

Israel

total:: 975 km
country comparison to the world:: 89
standard gauge:: 975 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

Jordan

total:: 507 km
country comparison to the world:: 111
narrow gauge:: 507 km 1.050-m gauge (2010)

Lebanon

total:: 401 km
country comparison to the world:: 116
standard gauge:: 319 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 82 km 1.050-m gauge

note: rail system unusable because of the damage done during fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 (2008)

Saudi Arabia

total:: 1,378 km
country comparison to the world:: 81
standard gauge:: 1,378 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2010)

Syria

total:: 2,052 km
country comparison to the world:: 72
standard gauge:: 1,801 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2010)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:: 8,699 km
country comparison to the world:: 24
standard gauge:: 8,699 km 1.435-m gauge (1,928 km electrified) (2010)

North America

3 entries

Canada

total:: 46,552 km
country comparison to the world:: 5
standard gauge:: 46,552 km 1.435-m gauge (2009)

Mexico

total:: 17,166 km
country comparison to the world:: 16
standard gauge:: 17,166 km 1.435-m gauge (22 km electrified) (2010)

United States

total:: 224,792 km
country comparison to the world:: 1
standard gauge:: 224,792 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

Oceania

3 entries

Australia

total:: 38,445 km
country comparison to the world:: 7
broad gauge:: 3,355 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge:: 21,674 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 9,539 km 1.067-m gauge (2,067 km electrified); 3,877 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Fiji

total:: 597 km
country comparison to the world:: 108
narrow gauge:: 597 km 0.600-m gauge

note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during the harvest season, which runs from May to December (2008)

New Zealand

total:: 4,128 km
country comparison to the world:: 41
narrow gauge:: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2010)

South America

10 entries

Argentina

total:: 36,966 km
country comparison to the world:: 8
broad gauge:: 26,475 km 1.676-m gauge (94 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 2,780 km 1.435-m gauge (42 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 7,711 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Bolivia

total:: 3,652 km
country comparison to the world:: 46
narrow gauge:: 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Brazil

total:: 28,538 km
country comparison to the world:: 10
broad gauge:: 5,627 km 1.600-m gauge (467 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 22,717 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Chile

total:: 7,082 km
country comparison to the world:: 28
broad gauge:: 3,435 km 1.676-m gauge (850 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 3,647 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Colombia

total:: 874 km
country comparison to the world:: 95
standard gauge:: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 498 km 0.950-m gauge; 226 km 0.914-m gauge (2010)

Ecuador

total:: 965 km
country comparison to the world:: 90
narrow gauge:: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2010)

Paraguay

total:: 36 km
country comparison to the world:: 132
standard gauge:: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2010)

Peru

total:: 2,020 km
country comparison to the world:: 73
standard gauge:: 1,886 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 134 km 0.914-m gauge (2010)

Uruguay

total:: 1,641 km
country comparison to the world:: 77
standard gauge:: 1,641 km 1.435-m gauge (1,200 km operational) (2010)

Venezuela

total:: 806 km
country comparison to the world:: 98
standard gauge:: 806 km 1.435-m gauge (41 km electrified) (2010)

Southeast Asia

9 entries

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:: 5,031 km
country comparison to the world:: 36
narrow gauge:: 5,031 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Cambodia

total:: 690 km
country comparison to the world:: 101
narrow gauge:: 690 km 1.000-m gauge

note: under restoration (2010)

Christmas Island

total:: 18 km
country comparison to the world:: 133
standard gauge:: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010)

Indonesia

total:: 5,042 km
country comparison to the world:: 35
narrow gauge:: 5,042 km 1.067-m gauge (565 km electrified) (2009)

Malaysia

total:: 1,849 km
country comparison to the world:: 75
standard gauge:: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2010)

Philippines

total:: 995 km
country comparison to the world:: 87
narrow gauge:: 995 km 1.067-m gauge (484 km are in operation) (2010)

Taiwan

total:: 1,580 km
country comparison to the world:: 79
standard gauge:: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,085 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge

note: the 0.762 gauge track belongs to three entities, the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2010)

Thailand

total:: 4,071 km
country comparison to the world:: 42
standard gauge:: 29 km 1.435-m gauge (29 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 4,042 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Vietnam

total:: 2,347 km
country comparison to the world:: 65
standard gauge:: 178 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2011, “Railways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/railways/2011.

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