Senegal:1.24 million (1997)
Seychelles:42,000 (1997)
Sierra Leone:1.12 million (1997)
Singapore:2.6 million (2000)
Slovakia:3.12 million (1997)
Slovenia:805,000 (1997)
Solomon Islands:57,000 (1997)
Somalia:470,000 (1997)
South Africa:13.75 million (1997)
Spain:13.1 million (1997)
Sri Lanka:3.85 million (1997)
Sudan:7.55 million (1997)
Suriname:300,000 (1997)
Svalbard:NA
Swaziland:155,000 (1997)
Sweden:8.25 million (1997)
Switzerland:7.1 million (1997)
Syria:4.15 million (1997)
Tajikistan:1.291 million (1991)
Tanzania:8.8 million (1997)
Thailand:13.96 million (1997)
Togo:940,000 (1997)
Tokelau:1,000 (1997)
Tonga:61,000 (1997)
Trinidad and Tobago:680,000 (1997)
Tunisia:2.06 million (1997)
Turkey:11.3 million (1997)
Turkmenistan:1.225 million (1997)
Turks and Caicos Islands:8,000 (1997)
Tuvalu:4,000 (1997)
Uganda:2.6 million (1997)
Ukraine:45.05 million (1997)
United Arab Emirates:820,000 (1997)
United Kingdom:84.5 million (1997)
United States:575 million (1997)
Uruguay:1.97 million (1997)
Uzbekistan:10.8 million (1997)
Vanuatu:62,000 (1997)
Venezuela:10.75 million (1997)
Vietnam:8.2 million (1997)
Virgin Islands:107,000 (1997)
Wallis and Futuna:NA
West Bank:NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)
Western Sahara:56,000 (1997)
World:NA
Yemen:1.05 million (1997)
Yugoslavia:3.15 million (1997)
Zambia:1.03 million (1997)
Zimbabwe:1.14 million (1997)
Taiwan:16 million (1994)
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@Railways
Afghanistan: total: 24.6 km
broad gauge: 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi; 15 km 1.524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya
Albania: total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2001)
Algeria:total: 4,820 km
standard gauge: 3,664 km 1.435-m gauge (301 km electrified; 215 km double track)
narrow gauge: 1,156 km 1.055-m gauge (1996)
American Samoa:0 km
Andorra:0 km
Angola:total: 2,771 km (inland, much of the track is unusablebecause of land mines still in place from the civil war)
narrow gauge: 2,648 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2000)
Anguilla:0 km
Antigua and Barbuda:total: 77 km
narrow gauge: 64 km 0.760-m gauge; 13 km 0.610-m gauge (used almostexclusively for handling sugarcane)
Argentina:total: 33,744 km (167 km electrified)
broad gauge: 20,594 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified)
standard gauge: 2,739 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 10,154 km 1.000-m gauge; 257 km 0.750-m gauge (2000)
Armenia:total: 852 km in common carrier service; does not includeindustrial lines
broad gauge: 852 km 1.520-m gauge (779 km electrified) (2001)
Aruba:0 km
Australia:total: 33,819 km (2,540 km electrified)
broad gauge: 3,719 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 15,422 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 14,506 km 1.067-m gauge
dual gauge: 172 km NA gauges (1999)
Austria: total: 6,095.2 km (3,643.3 km electrified)
standard gauge: 5,564.2 km 1.435-m gauge (3,521.2 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 497.1 km (33.9 km 1.000-m gauge - 28.1 km electrified, 497.1 km 0.760-m gauge - 94 km electrified) (2001)
Azerbaijan:total: 2,125 km in common carrier service; does notinclude industrial lines
broad gauge: 2,125 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (1993)
Bahamas, The:0 km
Bahrain:0 km
Bangladesh:total: 2,745 km
broad gauge: 923 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2000)
Barbados:0 km
Belarus:total: 5,523 km
broad gauge: 5,523 km 1.520-m gauge (875 km electrified) (2000)
Belgium:total: 3,437 km (2,446 km electrified; 2,563 km doubletrack)
standard gauge: 3,437 km 1.435-m gauge (1998)
Belize:0 km
Benin:total: 578 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2000)
Bermuda:0 km
Bhutan:0 km
Bolivia:total: 3,691 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge; 39 km 0.760-m gauge (13 kmelectrified) (1995)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: total: 1,021 km (electrified 795 km; operating as diesel or steam until grids are repaired)
standard gauge: 1,021 km 1.435-m gauge; note - many segments still need repair and/or reconstruction (2000)
Botswana:total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2000)
Brazil:total: 30,539 km (2,129 km electrified); note - excludesurban rail
broad gauge: 5,679 km 1.600-m gauge (1199 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 24,666 km 1.000-m gauge (930 km electrified)
dual gauge: 336 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (1999 est.)
British Virgin Islands:0 km
Brunei:total: 13 km (private line)
narrow gauge: 13 km 0.610-m gauge
Bulgaria:total: 4,294 km
standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified; 917 km double track)
narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (1998)
Burkina Faso:total: 622 km (517 km from Ouagadougou to the Coted'Ivoire border and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya)
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
Burma: total: 3,991 km
narrow gauge: 3,991 km 1.000-m gauge
Burundi:0 km
Cambodia:total: 603 km
narrow gauge: 603 km 1.000-m gauge
Cameroon: total: 1,104 km
narrow gauge: 1,104 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
Canada:total: 36,114 km; note - there are two majortranscontinental freight railway systems: Canadian National(privatized November 1995) and Canadian Pacific Railway; passengerservice provided by government-operated firm VIA, which has notrackage of its own
standard gauge: 36,114 km 1.435-m gauge (156 km electrified) (1998)
Cape Verde:0 km
Cayman Islands:0 km
Central African Republic:0 km
Chad:0 km
Chile:total: 6,701 km
broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1317 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 117 km 1.067-m gauge (28 km electrified); 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (37 km electrified) (2000)
China:total: 67,524 km (including 5,400 km of provincial "local"rails)
standard gauge: 63,924 km 1.435-m gauge (13,362 km electrified;20,250 km double track)
narrow gauge: 3,600 km 0.750-m and 1.000-m gauge local industriallines (1998 est.)
note: a new total of 68,000 km was estimated for early 1999 to takenew construction programs into account (1999)
Christmas Island:24 km to serve phosphate mines
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:0 km
Colombia:total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (connects Cerrejon coal minesto maritime port at Bahia de Portete)
narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (major sections not in use)(2000)
Comoros:0 km
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:total: 5,138 km (1995)
note: severely reduced route-distance in use because of damage tofacilities by civil strife
narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2000)
Congo, Republic of the:total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2000)
Cook Islands:0 km
Costa Rica:total: 950 km
narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire: total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-meter gauge; 25 km double track
note: an additional 600 km of this railroad extends into BurkinaFaso, ending at Kaya, north of Ouagadougou (2000)
Croatia:total: 2,296 km
standard gauge: 2,296 km 1.435-m gauge (983 km electrified) (2000)
Cuba: total: 11,969 km
standard gauge: 4,807 km 1.435-m gauge (147 km electrified)
note: in addition to the 4,807 km of standard gauge track in public use, 7,162 km of track is in private use by sugar plantations; about 90% of the private use track is standard gauge and the rest is narrow gauge (2000)
Cyprus:0 km
Czech Republic:total: 9,444 km
standard gauge: 9,350 km 1.435-m standard gauge (2,843 kmelectrified; 1,929 km double track)
narrow gauge: 94 km 0.760-m narrow gauge (2000)
Denmark:total: 2,859 km (508 km privately owned and operated)
standard gauge: 2,859 km 1.435-m gauge (600 km electrified; 760 kmdouble track) (1998)
Djibouti:total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the AddisAbaba-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge
note: Djibouti and Ethiopia plan to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals by 2003
Dominica:0 km
Dominican Republic:total: 757 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge (Central Romana Railroad)
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (Dominican Republic GovernmentRailway)
note: 240 km operated by sugar companies in various gauges(0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (2000)
Ecuador:total: 965 km
narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2000)
Egypt:total: 4,955 km
standard gauge: 4,955 km 1,435-m gauge (42 km electrified; 1,560 kmdouble track) (2000)
El Salvador:total: 562 km
narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: length of route which is operational is reduced to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintainance (2001)
Equatorial Guinea:total: 0 km
Eritrea:total: 317 km
narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge (1999)
note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa; nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock is under way
Estonia:total: 1,018 km common carrier lines only; does notinclude dedicated industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,018 km 1.520-m gauge (132 km electrified) (1995)
Ethiopia:total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the AddisAbaba-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals; since May 1998 Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):0 km
Faroe Islands:0 km
Fiji:total: 597 km; note - belongs to the government-owned FijiSugar Corporation
narrow gauge: 597 km 0.610-m gauge (1995)
Finland:total: 5,865 km
broad gauge: 5,865 km 1.524-m gauge (2,192 km electrified; 480 kmdouble or multiple track) (1998)
France:total: 31,939 km (31,939 km are operated by French NationalRailways (SNCF); 14,176 km of SNCF routes are electrified and 12,132km are double- or multiple-tracked)
standard gauge: 31,840 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 99 km 1.000-m gauge (1998)
French Guiana:0 km (1995)
French Polynesia:0 km
Gabon:total: 649 km (Gabon State Railways or OCTRA)
standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994)
Gambia, The:0 km
Gaza Strip:total: NA km; note - one line, abandoned and indisrepair, little trackage remains
Georgia:total: 1,583 km in common carrier service; does notinclude industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,583 km 1.520-m gauge (1993)
Germany:total: 40,826 km including at least 14,253 km electrifiedand 14,768 km double- or multiple-tracked (1998)
note: since privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG system there are 102 privately owned railway companies which own an approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks
Ghana: total: 953 km (undergoing major rehabilitation)
narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (32 km double track) (1997 est.)
Gibraltar:total: NA km; 1.000-m gauge system in dockyard area only
Greece:total: 2,548 km
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (36 km electrified; 23 kmdouble track)
narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge (arack-type railway for steep grades)
Greenland:0 km
Grenada:0 km
Guadeloupe:total: NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantationlines
Guam:0 km
Guatemala:total: 884 km (102 km privately owned)
narrow gauge: 884 km 0.914-m gauge (single track)
Guernsey:0 km
Guinea:total: 1,086 km
standard gauge: 279 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)
Guinea-Bissau:0 km
Guyana:total: 187 km (all dedicated to ore transport)
standard gauge: 139 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge
Haiti:total: 40 km (single track; privately owned industrial line)- closed in early 1990s
narrow gauge: 40 km 0.760-m gauge
Holy See (Vatican City): total: 862 m; note - a spur of the Italian Railways system, serving Rome's Saint Peter's station
standard gauge: 862 m 1.435-m gauge (1999)
Honduras: total: 595 km
narrow gauge: 349 km 1.067-m gauge; 246 km 0.914-m gauge (1999)
Hong Kong: total: 34 km
standard gauge: 34 km 1.435-m gauge (all electrified) (1996 est.)
Hungary: total: 7,606 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 7,394 km 1.435-m gauge (2,270 km electrified; 1,236 km double track)
narrow gauge: 176 km 0.760-m gauge (1998)
note: Hungary and Austria jointly manage the cross-border standard-gauge railway connecting Gyor, Sopron, and Ebenfurt (Gysev railroad) a distance of about 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in Austria
Iceland:0 km
India:total: 62,915 km (12,307 km electrified; 12,617 km doubletrack)
broad gauge: 40,620 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 18,501 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,794 km 0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (1998 est.)
Indonesia:total: 6,458 km
narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (101 km electrified; 101 kmdouble track); 497 km 0.750-m gauge (1995)
Iran:total: 5,600 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge: 5,506 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified)
note: broad gauge track is employed at the borders with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan which have broad-gauge rail systems (2001)
Iraq:total: 2,032 km
standard gauge: 2,032 km 1.435-m gauge
note: rail link between Iraq and Syria restored in 2000 after 19 years
Ireland:total: 1,947 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 kmdouble track) (1998)
Israel:total: 610 km
standard gauge: 610 km 1.435-m gauge (1996)
Italy: total: 19,394 km
standard gauge: 18,071 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,322 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 112 km 1.000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 1,211 km 0.950-m gauge (153 km electrified) (1998)
Jamaica:total: 370 km
standard gauge: 370 km 1.435-m gauge; note - 207 km belong to the Jamaica Railway Corporation in common carrier service, but are no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned and used to transport bauxite
Japan: total: 23,670.7 km
standard gauge: 2,893.1 km 1.435-m gauge (entirely electrified)
narrow gauge: 89.8 km 1.372-m gauge (89.8 km electrified); 20,656.8 km 1.067-m gauge (10,383.6 km electrified); 31 km 0.762-m gauge (3.6 km electrified) (1994)
Jersey:0 km
Jordan:total: 677 km
narrow gauge: 677 km 1.050-m gauge (2000)
Juan de Nova Island:total: NA km; short line going to a jetty
Kazakhstan:total: 14,400 km in common carrier service; does notinclude industrial lines
broad gauge: 14,400 km 1.520-m gauge (3,299 km electrified) (1997)
Kenya: total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge
note: the line connecting Nairobi with the port of Mombasa is the most important in the country
Kiribati:0 km
Korea, North:total: 5,000 km
standard gauge: 4,095 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified; 159km double track)
narrow gauge: 665 km 0.762-m gauge
dual gauge: 240 km 1.435-m and 1.600-m gauges (four rails interlaced) (1996 est.)
Korea, South:total: 6,240 km
standard gauge: 6,240 km 1.435-m gauge (525 km electrified) (1998est.)
Kuwait:0 km
Kyrgyzstan:total: 370 km in common carrier service; does notinclude industrial lines
broad gauge: 370 km 1.520-m gauge (1990)
Laos:0 km
Latvia:total: 2,412 km
broad gauge: 2,379 km 1.520-m gauge (271 km electrified) (1992)
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (1994)
Lebanon:total: 399 km (mostly unusable because of damage in civilwar)
standard gauge: 317 km 1.435-m
narrow gauge: 82 km (1999)
Lesotho:total: 2.6 km; note - owned by, operated by, and includedin the statistics of South Africa
narrow gauge: 2.6 km 1.067-m gauge (1995)
Liberia:total: 490 km (328 km single track); note - three railsystems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interestsin conjunction with the Liberian Government; one of these, the LamcoRailroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore production ceased; the othertwo were shut down by the civil war; large sections of the raillines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad trackwas exported for scrap
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
Libya:note: Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, allprevious systems having been dismantled; current plans are toconstruct a 1.435-m standard gauge line from the Tunisian frontierto Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of amineral-rich area, but there has been little progress; other plansmade jointly with Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum,Egypt, to Tobruk with completion originally set for mid-1994; Libyasigned contracts with two private companies - Bahne of Egypt and JezSistemas Ferroviarios of Spain - in 1998 for the supply of crossingsand pointwork (1001)
Liechtenstein:total: 18.5 km; note - owned, operated, and includedin statistics of Austrian Federal Railways
standard gauge: 18.5 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)
Lithuania: total: 2,002 km
broad gauge: 2,002 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified) (1994)
Luxembourg:total: 274 km
standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified; 178 kmdouble track) (1998)
Macau:0 km
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified)
note: a 56-km extension of the Kumanovo-Beljakovci line to theBulgarian border at Gyveshevo is under construction (2001)
Madagascar:total: 883 km
narrow gauge: 883 km 1.000-m gauge (1994)
Malawi: total: 789 km
narrow gauge: 789 km 1.067-m gauge
Malaysia: total: 1,801 km
narrow gauge: 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (148 km electrified) (2000)
Maldives:0 km
Mali:total: 729 km (linked to Senegal's rail system through Kayes)
narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge
Malta:0 km
Man, Isle of:total: 68.5 km (43.5 km electrified)
Marshall Islands:0 km
Martinique:0 km
Mauritania:total: 750 km (single track); note - owned and operatedby government mining company
standard gauge: 750 km 1.435-m gauge (1995)
Mauritius:0 km
Mayotte:0 km
Mexico:total: 31,048 km
standard gauge: 30,958 km 1.435-m gauge (246 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 90 km 0.914-m gauge (1998 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of:0 km
Moldova:total: 1,328 km
broad gauge: 1,328 km 1.520-m gauge (1992)
Monaco: total: 1.7 km
standard gauge: 1.7 km 1.435-m gauge
Mongolia: 1,815 km
broad gauge: 1,815 km 1.524-m gauge (2001)
Montserrat:0 km
Morocco:total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified; 540km double track)
Mozambique:total: 3,131 km
narrow gauge: 2,988 km 1.067-m gauge; 143 km 0.762-m gauge (1994)
Namibia: total: 2,382 km
narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge; single track (1995)
Nauru:total: 5 km; note - used to haul phosphates from the centerof the island to processing facilities on the southwest coast
Nepal:total: 59 km; note - all in Kosi close to Indian border
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2000)
Netherlands:total: 2,739 km
standard gauge: 2,739 km 1.435-m gauge; (1,991 km electrified)(1998)
Netherlands Antilles:0 km
New Caledonia:0 km
New Zealand:total: 3,913 km
narrow gauge: 3,913 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified) (1999)
Niger:0 km
Nigeria:total: 3,557 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge
standard gauge: 52 km 1.435-m gauge
note: years of neglect of both the rolling stock and the right-of-way have seriously reduced the capacity and utility of the system; a project to restore Nigeria's railways is now underway
Niue:0 km
Norfolk Island:0 km
Northern Mariana Islands:0 km
Norway:total: 4,012 km
standard gauge: 4,012 km 1.435-m gauge (2,530 km electrified; 96 kmdouble track) (1998)
Oman:0 km
Pakistan:total: 8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified; 1,037 kmdouble track)
narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (1996 est.) (2000)
Palau:0 km
Panama:total: 355 km
broad gauge: 76 km 1.524-m gauge
narrow gauge: 279 km 0.914-m gauge
Papua New Guinea:0 km
Paraguay:total: 971 km
standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 60 km 1.000-m gauge
note: there are 470 km of various gauges that are privately owned
Peru: total: 1,988 km
standard gauge: 1,608 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 380 km 0.914-m gauge
Philippines:total: 492 km (an additional 405 km are not inoperation)
narrow gauge: 492 km 1.067-m gauge (1996)
Pitcairn Islands:0 km
Poland:total: 23,420 km
broad gauge: 646 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 21,639 km 1.435-m gauge (11,626 km electrified; 8,978 km double track)
narrow gauge: 1,135 km various gauges including 1.000-m, 0.785-m,0.750-m, and 0.600-m (1998)
Portugal:total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 kmdouble track)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (1998)
Puerto Rico:total: 96 km
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge, rural, narrow-gauge system forhauling sugarcane; no passenger service
Qatar:0 km
Reunion:0 km
Romania:total: 11,385 km (3,888 km electrified)
standard gauge: 10,898 km
narrow gauge: 487 km (1996)
Russia: total: 149,000 km
note: 86,000 km are in common carrier service; 63,000 km serve specific industries and are not available for common carrier use; 40,000 km of the railway in common carrier use are electrified
broad gauge: 149,000 km 1.520-m gauge (1998)
Rwanda:0 km
Saint Helena:0 km
Saint Kitts and Nevis:total: 58 km
narrow gauge: 58 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts to serve sugarcaneplantations (1995)
Saint Lucia:0 km
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:0 km
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:0 km
Samoa:0 km
San Marino:0 km; note - there is a 1.5 km cable railway connectingthe city of San Marino to Borgo Maggiore
Sao Tome and Principe:0 km
Saudi Arabia:total: 1,390 km
standard gauge: 1,390 km 1.435-m gauge (448 km double track) (1992)
Senegal: total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-meter gauge (70 km double track)
Seychelles:0 km
Sierra Leone:total: 84 km used on a limited basis because the mineat Marampa is closed
narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge
Singapore: total: 38.6 km
narrow gauge: 38.6 km 1.000-m gauge
note: there is a 83 km mass transit system with 48 stations
Slovakia: total: 3,660 km
broad gauge: 102 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 3,507 km 1.435-m gauge (1,505 km electrified; 1,011 km double track)
narrow gauge: 51 km (46 km 1,000-m gauge; 5 km 0.750-m gauge) (1998)
Slovenia: total: 1,201 km
standard gauge: 1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (489 km electrified) (1999)
Solomon Islands:0 km
Somalia:0 km
South Africa:total: 21,431 km
narrow gauge: 20,995 km 1.067-m gauge (9,087 km electrified); 436km 0.610-m gauge (1995)
Spain:total: 13,950 km
broad gauge: 12,781 km 1.668-m gauge (6,358 km electrified; 2,295km double track)
standard gauge: 525 km 1.435-m gauge (525 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 644 km 1.000-m gauge (438 km electrified) (1998)
Sri Lanka: total: 1,463 km
broad gauge: 1,404 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (1996)
Sudan:total: 5,311 km
narrow gauge: 4,595 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gaugeplantation line
note: the main line linking Khartoum to Port Sudan carries overtwo-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic
Suriname:total: 166 km (single track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge
note: Suriname railroads are not in operation (2000)
Svalbard:0 km
Swaziland:total: 297 km; note - includes 71 km which are not in use
narrow gauge: 297 km 1.067-m gauge
Sweden:total: 12,821 km (includes 3,594 km of privately ownedrailways)
standard gauge: 12,821 km 1.435-m gauge (7,918 km electrified and1,152 km double track) (1998)
Switzerland:total: 4,492 km (1,564 km double track)
standard gauge: 3,317 km 1.435-m gauge (3,288 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,165 km 1.000-m gauge (1,165 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (1998)
Syria:total: 2,750 km
standard gauge: 2,423 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 327 km 1.050-m gauge
note: rail link between Syria and Iraq replaced in 2000 (2000)
Tajikistan:total: 480 km in common carrier service; does notinclude industrial lines (1990)
Tanzania:total: 3,569 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia) is not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways
Thailand: total: 3,940 km
narrow gauge: 3,940 km 1.000-m gauge (99 km double track)
Togo: total: 525 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 525 km 1.000-m gauge
Tokelau:0 km
Tonga:0 km
Trinidad and Tobago:minimal agricultural railroad system near SanFernando; railway service was discontinued in 1968
Tunisia:total: 2,168 km
standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,687 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 10 km 1.000-m and 1.435-m gauges (three rails)
Turkey: total: 8,607 km
standard gauge: 8,607 km 1.435-m gauge (1,524 km electrified) (1999)
Turkmenistan: total: 2,187 km
broad gauge: 2,187 km 1.520-m gauge (1996 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands:0 km
Tuvalu:0 km
Uganda:total: 1,241 km
narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m gauge
note: a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (1995)
Ukraine: total: 23,350 km
broad gauge: 23,350 km 1.524-m gauge (8,600 km electrified)
United Arab Emirates:0 km
United Kingdom:total: 16,878 km
broad gauge: 342 km 1.600-m gauge (190 km double track); note - all 1.600-m gauge track, of which 342 km is in common carrier use, and is in Northern Ireland
standard gauge: 16,536 km 1.435-m gauge (4,928 km electrified; 12,591 km double or multiple track) (1996)
United States:total: 225,750 km mainline routes
standard gauge: 225,750 km 1.435-m gauge (1999)
Uruguay: total: 2,073 km
standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge (2000)
Uzbekistan:total: 3,380 km in common carrier service; does notinclude industrial lines
broad gauge: 3,380 km 1.520-m gauge (300 km electrified) (1993)
Vanuatu:0 km
Venezuela:total: 584 km (248 km privately owned)
standard gauge: 584 km 1.435-m gauge
Vietnam: total: 2,652 km
standard gauge: 166 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,249 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 237 km NA-m gauges (three rails) (1998)
Virgin Islands:0 km
Wallis and Futuna:0 km
West Bank:0 km
Western Sahara:0 km
World:total: 1,201,337 km includes about 190,000 to 195,000 km ofelectrified routes of which 147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km inthe Far East, 11,050 km in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and4,160 km in North America; note - fastest speed in daily service is300 km/hr attained by France's Societe Nationale des Chemins-de-FerFrancais (SNCF) Le Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) - Atlantique line
broad gauge: 251,153 km
standard gauge: 710,754 km
narrow gauge: 239,430 km
Yemen:0 km
Yugoslavia:total: 4,095 km
standard gauge: 4,095 km 1.435-m gauge (1,377 km partiallyelectrified since 1992)
note: during to the 1999 Kosovo conflict, the Serbian rail system suffered significant damage due to bridge destruction; many rail bridges have been rebuilt, but the bridge over the Danube at Novi Sad was still down in early 2000; however, a by-pass is available; Montenegrin rail lines remain intact
Zambia: total: 2,164 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,164 km 1.067-m gauge (13 km double track)
note: the total includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi where it connects to the Zambia Railways system; TAZARA is not a part of the Zambia Railways system; Zambia Railways assets are scheduled for concessioning in 2001
Zimbabwe:total: 2,759 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,759 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified; 42 kmdouble track) (1995 est.)
Taiwan:total: 4,600 km (519 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m
note: only 1,108 km of route length (including the electrified part) is used in common carrier service by the Taiwan Railway Administration; the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated to industrial use (1999)
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@Religions
Afghanistan:Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1%
Albania:Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
note: all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religiousobservances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowingprivate religious practice
Algeria:Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
American Samoa:Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%,Protestant and other 30%
Andorra:Roman Catholic (predominant)
Angola:indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15%(1998 est.)
Anguilla:Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%,Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%
Antigua and Barbuda:Anglican (predominant), other Protestant, someRoman Catholic
Argentina:nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing),Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Armenia:Armenian Orthodox 94%
Aruba:Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian,Jewish
Australia:Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian24.3%, non-Christian 11%
Austria:Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Muslim and other 17%
Azerbaijan:Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)
note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan;percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower
Bahamas, The:Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%,Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none orunknown 3%, other 2%
Bahrain:Shi'a Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30%
Bangladesh:Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998)
Barbados:Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%
Belarus:Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic,Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
Belgium:Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%
Belize:Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 30% (Anglican 12%, Methodist6%, Mennonite 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Pentecostal 2%,Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6% (1980)
Benin:indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
Bermuda:non-Anglican Protestant 39%, Anglican 27%, Roman Catholic15%, other 19%
Bhutan:Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influencedHinduism 25%
Bolivia:Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic15%, Protestant 4%, other 10%
Botswana:indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%
Brazil:Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%
British Virgin Islands:Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%,Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah'sWitnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%, other 6% (1981)
Brunei:Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%,indigenous beliefs and other 10%
Bulgaria:Bulgarian Orthodox 83.5%, Muslim 13%, Roman Catholic 1.5%,Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Jewish 0.8%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian,and other 1% (1998)
Burkina Faso:indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainlyRoman Catholic) 10%
Burma:Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%),Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Burundi:Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%),indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Cambodia:Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
Cameroon:indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Canada:Roman Catholic 42%, Protestant 40%, other 18%
Cape Verde:Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs);Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
Cayman Islands:United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational),Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Church of God, other Protestant
Central African Republic:indigenous beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%,Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%, other 11%
note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence theChristian majority
Chad:Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism)25%
Chile:Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL%
China:Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.)
note: officially atheist
Christmas Island:Buddhist 55%, Christian 15%, Muslim 10%, other 20%(1991)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:Sunni Muslim 57%, Christian 22%, other 21%(1981 est.)
Colombia:Roman Catholic 90%
Comoros:Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other syncretic sects andindigenous beliefs 10%
Congo, Republic of the:Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%
Cook Islands:Christian (majority of populace are members of theCook Islands Christian Church)
Costa Rica:Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, otherProtestant 0.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
Cote d'Ivoire:Christian 34%, Muslim 27%, no religion 21%, animist15%, other 3% (1998)
note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim(70%) and Christian (20%)
Croatia:Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%,Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)
Cuba:nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power;Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are alsorepresented
Cyprus:Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, ArmenianApostolic, and other 4%
Czech Republic:atheist 39.8%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%
Denmark:Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and RomanCatholic 3%, Muslims 2%
Djibouti:Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
Dominica:Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%,Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%),none 2%, other 6%
Dominican Republic:Roman Catholic 95%
Ecuador:Roman Catholic 95%
Egypt:Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%
El Salvador:Roman Catholic 86%
note: there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughoutthe country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 millionProtestant evangelicals in El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea:nominally Christian and predominantly RomanCatholic, pagan practices
Eritrea:Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Estonia:Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox,Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic,Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish
Ethiopia:Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%,other 3%-8%
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):primarily Anglican, RomanCatholic, United Free Church, Evangelist Church, Jehovah'sWitnesses, Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist
Faroe Islands:Evangelical Lutheran
Fiji:Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%,Muslim 8%, other 2%
note: Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu, and there isa Muslim minority (1986)
Finland:Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other1%
France:Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (NorthAfrican workers) 3%, unaffiliated 4%
French Guiana:Roman Catholic
French Polynesia:Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 16%
Gabon:Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
Gambia, The:Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Gaza Strip:Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%,Jewish 0.6%
Georgia:Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%,Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%
Germany:Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 1.7%,unaffiliated or other 26.3%
Ghana:indigenous beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%, other 8%
Gibraltar:Roman Catholic 76.9%, Church of England 6.9%, Muslim6.9%, Jewish 2.3%, none or other 7% (1991)