The CIA World Factbook Edition 2017 Transportation

Railways In 36 editions of 36.

Railways was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2017 edition carries it in 138 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2017 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:: 1,148,186 km (2013)

Africa

37 entries

Algeria

total:: 3,973 km
standard gauge:: 2,888 km 1.432-m gauge (283 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 45

Angola

total:: 2,852 km
narrow gauge:: 2,729 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 60

Benin

total:: 438 km
narrow gauge:: 438 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 118

Botswana

total:: 888 km
narrow gauge:: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 94

Burkina Faso

total:: 622 km
narrow gauge:: 622 km 1.000-m gauge

note: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote d'Ivoire (2014)

country comparison to the world: 109

Cameroon

total:: 987 km
narrow gauge:: 987 km 1.000-m gauge

note: railway connections generally efficient but limited; rail lines connect major cities of Douala, Yaounde, Ngaoundere, and Garoua; passenger and freight service provided by CAMRAIL (2014)

country comparison to the world: 89

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total:: 4,007 km
narrow gauge:: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 44

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

total:: 510 km
narrow gauge:: 510 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 113

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total:: 660 km
narrow gauge:: 660 km 1.000-m gauge

note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2008)

country comparison to the world: 106

Djibouti

total:: 97 km (Djibouti segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway)
standard gauge:: 97 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 128

Egypt

total:: 5,085 km
standard gauge:: 5,085 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 37

Eritrea

total:: 306 km
narrow gauge:: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 122

Swaziland now Eswatini

total:: 301 km
narrow gauge:: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 123

Ethiopia

total:: 659 km (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
standard gauge:: 659 km 1.435-m gauge

note: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor (2017)

country comparison to the world: 102

Gabon

total:: 649 km
standard gauge:: 649 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 107

Ghana

total:: 947 km
narrow gauge:: 947 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 92

Guinea

total:: 1,086 km
standard gauge:: 279 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 807 km 1.000-m gauge (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 105

Kenya

total:: 3,806 km
narrow gauge:: 3,334 km 1.000-m gauge
standard gauge:: 472 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 54

Liberia

total:: 429 km
standard gauge:: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 84 km 1.067-m gauge

note: most sections of the railways inoperable due to damage sustained during the civil wars from 1980 to 2003, but many are being rebuilt (2008)

country comparison to the world: 119

Madagascar

total:: 836 km
narrow gauge:: 836 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 95

Malawi

total:: 767 km
narrow gauge:: 767 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 98

Mali

total:: 593 km
narrow gauge:: 593 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 111

Mauritania

total:: 728 km
standard gauge:: 728 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 99

Morocco

total:: 2,067 km
standard gauge:: 2,067 km 1.435-m gauge (1,022 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 72

Mozambique

total:: 4,787 km
narrow gauge:: 4,787 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 39

Namibia

total:: 2,628 km
narrow gauge:: 2,628 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 63

Nigeria

total:: 3,798 km
standard gauge:: 293 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 47

Senegal

total:: 906 km (713 km operational in 2017)
narrow gauge:: 906 km 1.000-m gauge (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 93

South Africa

total:: 20,986 km
standard gauge:: 80 km 1.435-m gauge (80 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 19,756 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified)
other:: 1,150 km (passenger rail, gauge unspecified, 1,115.5 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 13

South Sudan

total:: 248 km

note: a narrow gauge, single-track railroad between Babonosa (Sudan) and Wau, the only existing rail system, was repaired in 2010 with $250 million in UN funds (2014)

country comparison to the world: 127

Sudan

total:: 7,251 km
narrow gauge:: 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (20014)
country comparison to the world:: 31

Tanzania

total:: 4,567 km
narrow gauge:: 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,707 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 40

Togo

total:: 568 km
narrow gauge:: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 112

Tunisia

total:: 2,173 km (1,991 in use)
standard gauge:: 471 km 1.435-m gauge
dual gauge:: 8 km 1.435-1.000-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 1,694 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 69

Uganda

total:: 1,244 km
narrow gauge:: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 84

Zambia

total:: 3,126 km
narrow gauge:: 3,126 km 1.067-m gauge

note: includes 1,860 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2014)

country comparison to the world: 57

Zimbabwe

total:: 3,427 km
narrow gauge:: 3,427 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 53

Asia

19 entries

Armenia

total:: 780 km
broad gauge:: 780 km 1.520-m gauge (780 km electrified)

note: 726 km operational (2014)

country comparison to the world: 97

Azerbaijan

total:: 2,944.3 km
broad gauge:: 2,944.3 km 1.520-m gauge (approx. 1,767 km electrified) (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 71

Bangladesh

total:: 2,460 km
broad gauge:: 659 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 66

China

total:: 124,000 km
standard gauge:: 124,000 km 1.435-m gauge (80,000 km electrified); 102,000 traditional, 22,000 high-speed (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 2

Georgia

total:: 1,363 km
broad gauge:: 1,326 km 1.520-m gauge (1,251 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 82

India

total:: 68,525 km
broad gauge:: 58,404 km 1.676-m gauge (23,654 electrified)
narrow gauge:: 9,499 km 1.000-m gauge; 622 km 0.762-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 5

Japan

total:: 27,311 km
standard gauge:: 4,800 km 1.435-m gauge (4,800 km electrified)
dual gauge:: 132 km 1.435-1.067-m gauge (132 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 124 km 1.372-m gauge (124 km electrified);
22,207 km 1.067-m gauge (15,430 km electrified);
48 km 0.762-m gauge (48 km electrified) (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 11

Kazakhstan

total:: 14,184 km
broad gauge:: 14,184 km 1.520-m gauge (4,056 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 19

Korea, North now North Korea

total:: 7,435 km
standard gauge:: 7,435 km 1.435-m gauge (5,400 km electrified)

note: figures are approximate; some narrow-gauge railway also exists (2014)

country comparison to the world: 29

Korea, South now South Korea

total:: 3,874 km
standard gauge:: 3,874 km 1.435-m gauge (2,727 km electrified) (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 52

Kyrgyzstan

total:: 470 km
broad gauge:: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 116

Mongolia

total:: 1,815 km
broad gauge:: 1,815 km 1.520-m gauge

note: national operator Ulaanbaatar Railway is jointly owned by the Mongolian Government and by the Russian State Railway (2016)

country comparison to the world: 76

Nepal

total:: 53 km
narrow gauge:: 53 km 0.762-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 131

Pakistan

total:: 11,881 km
broad gauge:: 11,492 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 389 km 1.000-m gauge (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 22

Russia

total:: 87,157 km
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 (2014)

country comparison to the world: 3

Sri Lanka

total:: 1,447 km
broad gauge:: 1,447 km 1.676-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 80

Tajikistan

total:: 680 km
broad gauge:: 680 km 1.520-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 103

Turkmenistan

total:: 2,980 km
broad gauge:: 2,980 km 1.520-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 59

Uzbekistan

total:: 4,304 km
broad gauge:: 4,304 km 1.520-m gauge (1,354 km electrified) (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 48

Central America and the Caribbean

8 entries

Costa Rica

total:: 278 km
narrow gauge:: 278 km 1.067-m gauge

note: the entire rail network fell into disrepair and out of use at the end of the 20th century; since 2005, certain sections of rail have been rehabilitated (2014)

country comparison to the world: 124

Cuba

total:: 8,367 km
standard gauge:: 8,195 km 1.435-m gauge (105 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 172 km 1.000-m gauge

note: 70 km of standard gauge track is not for public use (2015)

country comparison to the world: 26

Dominican Republic

total:: 496 km
standard gauge:: 354 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 115

El Salvador

total:: 12.5 km
narrow gauge:: 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 135

Guatemala

total:: 800 km
narrow gauge:: 800 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 96

Honduras

total:: 699 km
narrow gauge:: 164 km 1.067-m gauge;
115 km 1.057-m gauge;
420 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 101

Panama

total:: 77 km
standard gauge:: 77 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 129

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:: 50 km
narrow gauge:: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 132

Europe

40 entries

Albania

total:: 677 km (447 km of major railway lines and 230 km of secondary lines)
standard gauge:: 677 km 1.435-m gauge (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 104

Austria

total:: 5,800 km (2016)
standard gauge:: 5,267.7 km 1.435-m gauge (3,556.4 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 35

Belarus

total:: 5,528 km
broad gauge:: 5,503 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 25 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 34

Belgium

total:: 3,592 km
standard gauge:: 3,592 km 1.435-m gauge (2,960 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 50

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:: 965 km
standard gauge:: 965 km 1.435-m gauge (565 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 91

Bulgaria

total:: 5,114 km
standard gauge:: 4,989 km 1.435-m gauge (2,880 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 125 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 36

Croatia

total:: 2,722 km
standard gauge:: 2,722 km 1.435-m gauge (985 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 61

Czechia

total:: 9,621.5 km
standard gauge:: 9,519.5 km 1.435-m gauge (3,240.5 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 102 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 24

Denmark

total:: 3,476 km
standard gauge:: 3,476 km 1.435-m gauge (1,756 km electrified) (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 62

Estonia

total:: 2,146 km
broad gauge:: 2,146 km 1.520-m and 1.524-m gauge (132 km electrified)

note: includes 1,510 km public and 636 km non-public railway (2016)

country comparison to the world: 86

European Union

total:: 230,548 km (2013)

Finland

total:: 5,923 km
broad gauge:: 5,923 km 1.524-m gauge (3,262 km electrified) (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 32

France

total:: 29,640 km
standard gauge:: 29,473 km 1.435-m gauge (15,561 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 9

Germany

total:: 43,468.3 km
standard gauge:: 43,209.3 km 1.435-m gauge (19,973 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 220 km 1.000-m gauge (79 km electrified);
15 km 0.900-m gauge;
24 km 0.750-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 6

Greece

total:: 2,548 km
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 (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 65

Hungary

total:: 8,049 km
broad gauge:: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge:: 7,794 km 1.435-m gauge (2,889 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 28

Ireland

total:: 3,237 km
broad gauge:: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (49 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) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 55

Isle Of Man now Isle of Man

total:: 63 km
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)

country comparison to the world: 130

Italy

total:: 20,181.7 km
standard gauge:: 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified); 1,289.3 km 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 14

Kosovo

total:: 333 km
standard gauge:: 333 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 121

Latvia

total:: 2,239 km
broad gauge:: 2,206 km 1.520-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 68

Liechtenstein

total:: 9 km
standard gauge:: 9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)

note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland (2008)

country comparison to the world: 136

Lithuania

total:: 1,768 km
broad gauge:: 1,746 km 1.520-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 77

Luxembourg

total:: 275 km
standard gauge:: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (275 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 125

Moldova

total:: 1,171 km
broad gauge:: 1,157 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge:: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 87

Montenegro

total:: 250 km
standard gauge:: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (169 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 126

Netherlands

total:: 3,058 km
standard gauge:: 3,058 km 1.435-m gauge (2,314 km electrified) (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 56

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total:: 699 km
standard gauge:: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 100

Norway

total:: 4,250 km
standard gauge:: 4,250 km 1.435-m gauge (2,518 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 41

Poland

total:: 19,231 km
broad gauge:: 395 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge:: 18,836 km 1.435-m gauge (11,865 km electrified) (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 15

Portugal

total:: 3,075.1 km
broad gauge:: 2,439 km 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 108.1 km 1.000-m gauge
other:: 528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 58

Romania

total:: 11,268 km
broad gauge:: 60 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge:: 10,781 km 1.435-m gauge (3,292 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 23

Serbia

total:: 3,809 km
standard gauge:: 3,809 km 1.435-m gauge (3,526 km one-track lines and 283 km double-track lines) out of which 1,279 km electrified (1,000 km one-track lines and 279 km double-track lines) (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 46

Slovakia

total:: 3,626 km
broad gauge:: 99 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge:: 3,477 km 1.435-m gauge (1,587 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 50 km 1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 49

Slovenia

total:: 1,229 km
standard gauge:: 1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (503 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 85

Spain

total:: 16,101.5 km
broad gauge:: 11,873 km 1.668-m gauge (6,488 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 2,312 km 1.435-m gauge (2,312 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,884.9 km 1.000-m gauge (807 km electrified);
28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified);
3.6 km 0.600-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 17

Sweden

total:: 14,127 km
standard gauge:: 14,062 km 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 21

Switzerland

total:: 5,651.5 km
standard gauge:: 4,424.8 km 1.435-m gauge (3,634.1 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 2 km 1.200-m gauge (2 km electrified);
1,188.3 km 1.000-m gauge (1,167.3 km electrified);
36.4 km 0.800-m gauge (36.4 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 33

Ukraine

total:: 21,733 km
broad gauge:: 21,684 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 49 km 1.435-m gauge (49 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 12

United Kingdom

total:: 16,837 km
broad gauge:: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland)
standard gauge:: 16,534 km 1.435-m gauge (5,357 km electrified) (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 16

Middle East

8 entries

Iran

total:: 8,483.5 km
broad gauge:: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge:: 8,389.5 km 1.435-m gauge (189.5 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 25

Iraq

total:: 2,272 km
standard gauge:: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 67

Israel

total:: 1,250 km
standard gauge:: 1,250 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 83

Jordan

total:: 509 km
narrow gauge:: 509 km 1.050-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 114

Lebanon

total:: 401 km
standard gauge:: 319 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 82 km 1.050-m gauge

note: rail system is still unusable due to damage sustained from fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 (2017)

country comparison to the world: 120

Saudi Arabia

total:: 5,410 km
standard gauge:: 5,410 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 81

Syria

total:: 2,052 km
standard gauge:: 1,801 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 73

Turkey now Turkiye

total:: 12,008 km
standard gauge:: 12,008 km 1.435-m gauge (3,216 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 20

North America

3 entries

Canada

total:: 77,932 km
standard gauge:: 77,932 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 4

Mexico

total:: 15,389 km
standard gauge:: 15,389 km 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 18

United States

total:: 293,564.2 km
standard gauge:: 293,564.2 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 1

Oceania

3 entries

Australia

total:: 36,967.5 km
broad gauge:: 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge (372 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 18,727 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 14,513.5 km 1.067-m gauge (2,075.5 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 7

Fiji

total:: 597 km
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)

country comparison to the world: 110

New Zealand

total:: 4,128 km
narrow gauge:: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (503 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 42

South America

10 entries

Argentina

total:: 36,917.4 km
broad gauge:: 26,391 km 1.676-m gauge (149 km electrified)
standard gauge:: 2,745.1 km 1.435-m gauge (41.1 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 7,523.3 km 1.000-m gauge; 258 km 0.750-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 8

Bolivia

total:: 3,504 km
narrow gauge:: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 51

Brazil

total:: 29,849.9 km
broad gauge:: 5,822.3 km 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified)
dual gauge:: 492 km 1.600-1.000-m gauge
standard gauge:: 194 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 23,341.6 km 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 10

Chile

total:: 7,281.5 km
broad gauge:: 3,428 km 1.676-m gauge (1,691 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 3,853.5 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 30

Colombia

total:: 2,141 km
standard gauge:: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:: 1,991 km 0.914-m gauge (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 70

Ecuador

total:: 965 km
narrow gauge:: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 90

Paraguay

total:: 30 km
standard gauge:: 30 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 133

Peru

total:: 1,854.4 km
standard gauge:: 1,730.4 km 1.435-m gauge (34 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 124 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 74

Uruguay

total:: 1,673 km (operational; government claims overall length is 2,961 km)
standard gauge:: 1,673 km 1.435-m gauge (2016)
country comparison to the world:: 78

Venezuela

total:: 447 km
standard gauge:: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (41.4 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 117

Southeast Asia

9 entries

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:: 5,031 km
narrow gauge:: 5,031 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
country comparison to the world:: 38

Cambodia

total:: 642 km
narrow gauge:: 642 km 1.000-m gauge

note: under restoration (2014)

country comparison to the world: 108

Christmas Island

total:: 18 km
standard gauge:: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation)

note: the 18-km Christmas Island Phosphate Company Railway between Flying Fish Cove and South Point was decommissioned in 1987; some tracks and scrap remain in place (2017)

country comparison to the world: 134

Indonesia

total:: 8,159 km
narrow gauge:: 8,159 km 1.067-m gauge (565 km electrified)

note: 4,816 km operational (2014)

country comparison to the world: 27

Malaysia

total:: 1,851 km
standard gauge:: 59 km 1.435-m gauge (59 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,792 km 1.000-m gauge (339 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 75

Philippines

total:: 995 km
narrow gauge:: 995 km 1.067-m gauge (484 km are in operation) (2015)
country comparison to the world:: 88

Taiwan

total:: 1,597 km
standard gauge:: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (692 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 (2014)

country comparison to the world: 79

Thailand

total:: 4,127 km
standard gauge:: 84 km 1.435-m gauge (84 km electrified)
narrow gauge:: 4,043 km 1.000-m gauge (2017)
country comparison to the world:: 43

Vietnam

total:: 2,600 km
standard gauge:: 178 km 1.435-m gauge; 253 km mixed gauge
narrow gauge:: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world:: 64

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2017, “Railways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/railways/2017.

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