Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Az Zawr (Mina' Sa'ud), Mina'
'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi
Kyrgyzstan
Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)
Latvia
Riga, Ventspils
Lebanon
Beirut, Tripoli
Liberia
Buchanan, Monrovia
Libya
As Sidrah, Az Zuwaytinah, Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf,
Tripoli, Zawiyah
Lithuania
Klaipeda
Luxembourg
Mertert
Macau
Macau
Madagascar
Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
Malawi
Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
Malaysia
Bintulu, Johor Bahru, Kuantan, Labuan, George Town
(Penang), Port Kelang, Tanjung Pelepas
Maldives
Male
Mali
Koulikoro
Malta
Marsaxlokk (Malta Freeport), Valletta
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Mauritania
Nouadhibou, Nouakchott
Mauritius
Port Louis
Mayotte
Dzaoudzi
Mexico
Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Manzanillo, Morro Redondo, Salina
Cruz, Tampico, Veracruz
Micronesia, Federated States of
Tomil Harbor
Monaco
Monaco
Montenegro
Bar
Montserrat
Little Bay, Plymouth
Morocco
Agadir, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Safi
Mozambique
Beira, Maputo, Nacala
Namibia
Luderitz, Walvis Bay
Nauru
Nauru
Navassa Island
none; offshore anchorage only
Netherlands
Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen
Netherlands Antilles
Bopec Terminal, Willemstad
New Caledonia
Noumea
New Zealand
Auckland, Lyttelton, Marsden Point, Tauranga,
Wellington, Whangarei
Nicaragua
Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff
Nigeria
Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos
Niue
none; offshore anchorage only
Norfolk Island
none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade
Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan, Tinian
Norway
Bergen, Borg Havn, Haugesund, Maaloy, Mongstad, Narvik, Oslo,
Sture
Oman
Mina' Qabus, Salalah
Pacific Ocean
Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong (China), Kao-hsiung
(Taiwan), Los Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South
Korea), San Francisco (US), Seattle (US), Shanghai (China),
Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok (Russia), Wellington
(NZ), Yokohama (Japan)
Pakistan
Karachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim
Palau
Koror
Panama
Balboa, Colon, Cristobal
Papua New Guinea
Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak
Paracel Islands
small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and
Duncan Island being expanded
Paraguay
Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
Peru
Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note -
Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the
Amazon and its tributaries
Philippines
Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila, Nasipit
Harbor
Pitcairn Islands
Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Poland
Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin
Portugal
Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines
Puerto Rico
Guayanilla, Mayaguez, San Juan
Qatar
Doha, Ra's Laffan
Romania
Braila, Constanta, Galati, Tulcea
Russia
Azov, Kaliningrad, Kavkaz, Nakhodka, Novorossiysk, Primorsk,
Saint Petersburg, Vostochnyy
Rwanda
Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye
Saint Helena
Saint Helena: Jamestown
Ascension Island: Georgetown
Tristan da Cunha: Calshot Harbor
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
Saint Lucia
Castries, Cul-de-Sac, Vieux-Fort
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
Samoa
Apia
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia
Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
Senegal
Dakar
Seychelles
Victoria
Sierra Leone
Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands
Singapore
Singapore
Slovakia
Bratislava, Komarno
Slovenia
Koper
Solomon Islands
Honiara, Malloco Bay, Viru Harbor
Somalia
Berbera, Kismaayo
South Africa
Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay,
Saldanha Bay
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Grytviken
Southern Ocean
McMurdo, Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica
note: few ports or harbors exist on southern side of Southern Ocean;
ice conditions limit use of most to short periods in midsummer; even
then some cannot be entered without icebreaker escort; most
Antarctic ports are operated by government research stations and,
except in an emergency, are not open to commercial or private
vessels; vessels in any port south of 60 degrees south are subject
to inspection by observers under Article 7 of the Antarctic Treaty;
The Hydrographic Committee on Antarctica (HCA), a special
hydrographic commission of International Hydrographic Organization
(IHO), is responsible for hydrographic surveying and nautical
charting matters in Antarctic Treaty area; it coordinates and
facilitates provision of accurate and appropriate charts and other
aids to navigation in support of safety of navigation in region;
membership of HCA is open to any IHO Member State whose government
has acceded to the Antarctic Treaty and which contributes resources
and/or data to IHO Chart coverage of the area; members of HCA are
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, France,
Germany, Greece, India, Italy, NZ, Norway, Russia, South Africa,
Spain, UK, and US (2007)
Spain
Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona,
Valencia
Spratly Islands
none; offshore anchorage only
Sri Lanka
Colombo
Sudan
Port Sudan
Suriname
Paramaribo, Wageningen
Svalbard
Barentsburg, Longyearbyen, Ny-Alesund, Pyramiden
Sweden
Brofjorden, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Lulea, Malmo, Stenungsund,
Stockholm, Trelleborg, Visby
Switzerland
Basel
Syria
Latakia, Tartus
Taiwan
Chilung (Keelung), Kaohsiung, Taichung
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Thailand
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha
Timor-Leste
Dili
Togo
Kpeme, Lome
Tokelau
none; offshore anchorage only
Tonga
Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago
Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain
Tunisia
Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Rades, Sfax, Skhira
Turkey
Aliaga, Diliskelesi, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Mercin Limani,
Nemrut Limani
Turkmenistan
Turkmenbasy
Turks and Caicos Islands
Grand Turk, Providenciales
Tuvalu
Funafuti
Uganda
Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell
Ukraine
Feodosiya, Kerch, Kherson, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa,
Yuzhnyy
United Arab Emirates
Mina' Zayid (Abu Dhabi), Al Fujayrah, Mina'
Jabal 'Ali (Dubai), Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina' Saqr (Ra's al
Khaymah), Khawr Fakkan (Sharjah)
United Kingdom
Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London,
Southampton, Teesport (England), Forth Ports, Hound Point
(Scotland), Milford Haven (Wales)
United States
Corpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long
Beach, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Texas City
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
Baker, Howland, and
Jarvis Islands, and Kingman Reef: none; offshore anchorage only
Johnston Atoll: Johnston Island
Midway Islands: Sand Island
Palmyra Atoll: West Lagoon
Uruguay
Montevideo
Uzbekistan
Termiz (Amu Darya)
Vanuatu
Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)
Venezuela
La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon
Vietnam
Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City
Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie, Limetree Bay
Wake Island
none; two offshore anchorages for large ships
Wallis and Futuna
Leava, Mata-Utu
Western Sahara
Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
World
top ten container ports (TEUs): Singapore - 24,792,400; Hong
Kong - 23,539,000; Shanghai - 21,710,000; Shenzhen (China) -
18,468,890; Busan (South Korea) - 12,030,000; Kaohsiung (Taiwan) -
9,774,670; - Rotterdam - 9,603,000; Dubai (UAE) - 8,923,465; Hamburg
- 8,861,545; Los Angeles - 8,469,853 (2006)
Yemen
Aden, Hudaydah, Mukalla
Zambia
Mpulungu
Zimbabwe
Binga, Kariba
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@2121 Railways (km)
Albania
total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Algeria
total: 3,973 km
standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2006)
Angola
total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)
Argentina
total: 31,902 km
broad gauge: 20,858 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified)
standard gauge: 2,885 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 7,922 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
Armenia
total: 839 km
broad gauge: 839 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified)
note: some lines are out of service (2006)
Australia
total: 38,550 km
broad gauge: 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 20,519 km 1.435-m gauge (1,877 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 14,074 km 1.067-m gauge (2,453 km electrified)
dual gauge: 230 km dual gauge (2006)
Austria
total: 6,383 km
standard gauge: 5,924 km 1.435-m gauge (3,772 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 371 km 1.000-m gauge; 88 km 0.760-m gauge (25 km
electrified) (2006)
Azerbaijan
total: 2,122 km
broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2006)
Bangladesh
total: 2,768 km
broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Belarus
total: 5,512 km
broad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified)
standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m (2006)
Belgium
total: 3,536 km
standard gauge: 3,536 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2006)
Benin
total: 758 km
narrow gauge: 758 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Bolivia
total: 3,504 km
narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 608 km
standard gauge: 608 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Botswana
total: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Brazil
total: 29,295 km
broad gauge: 4,932 km 1.600-m gauge (939 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,773 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)
dual gauge: 396 km 1.000 m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km
electrified) (2006)
Bulgaria
total: 4,294 km
standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (2006)
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
(2006)
Burma
total: 3,955 km
narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Cambodia
total: 602 km
narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Cameroon
total: 987 km
narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Canada
total: 48,068 km
standard gauge: 48,068 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Chile
total: 6,585 km
broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
China
total: 75,438 km
standard gauge: 75,438 km 1.435-m gauge (20,151 km electrified)
(2005)
Colombia
total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 5,138 km
narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km
1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)
Congo, Republic of the
total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Costa Rica
total: 278 km
narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railway network is in use (2007)
Cote d'Ivoire
total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000 meter gauge
note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina
Faso (2006)
Croatia
total: 2,726 km
standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (1,199 km electrified) (2006)
Cuba
total: 4,226 km
standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)
note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations;
about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge
(2006)
Czech Republic
total: 9,597 km
standard gauge: 9,597 km 1.435-m gauge (3,041 km electrified) (2006)
Denmark
total: 2,644 km
standard gauge: 2,644 km 1.435-m gauge (636 km electrified) (2007)
Djibouti
total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti
railway)
narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but
remains largely inoperable (2006)
Dominican Republic
total: 517 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge
note: additional 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076 m,
0.889 m, and 0.762-m gauges (2006)
Ecuador
total: 966 km
narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Egypt
total: 5,063 km
standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2006)
El Salvador
total: 562 km
narrow gauge: 562 km 0.914-m gauge
note: railways not in operation since 2005 because of disuse and
high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2007)
Eritrea
total: 306 km
narrow gauge: 306 km 0.950-m gauge (2006)
Estonia
total: 968 km
broad gauge: 968 km 1.520 m/1.524-m gauge (2006)
Ethiopia
total: 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis
Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 699 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia but
remains largely inoperable (2006)
European Union
total: 236,436 km
broad gauge: 28,250 km
standard gauge: 200,401 km
narrow gauge: 7,771 km
other: 23 km (2007)
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 harvest season (May to December) (2006)
Finland
total: 5,741 km
broad gauge: 5,741 km 1.524-m gauge (2,619 km electrified) (2006)
France
total: 29,370 km
standard gauge: 29,203 km 1.435-m gauge (14,778 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Gabon
total: 814 km
standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Georgia
total: 1,612 km
broad gauge: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified)
narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2006)
Germany
total: 48,215 km
standard gauge: 47,962 km 1.435-m gauge (20,278 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 229 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km
0.750-m gauge (2006)
Ghana
total: 953 km
narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Greece
total: 2,571 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
dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail
system) (2006)
Guatemala
total: 886 km
narrow gauge: 886 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Guinea
total: 837 km
standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Honduras
total: 699 km
narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Hungary
total: 8,057 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 7,802 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2006)
India
total: 63,221 km
broad gauge: 46,807 km 1.676-m gauge (17,343 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 13,290 km 1.000-m gauge (165 km electrified); 3,124 km
0.762-m gauge and 0.610-m gauge (2006)
Indonesia
total: 6,458 km
narrow gauge: 5,961 km 1.067-m gauge (125 km electrified); 497 km
0.750-m gauge (2006)
Iran
total: 8,367 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge: 8,273 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified) (2006)
Iraq
total: 2,272 km
standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Ireland
total: 3,237 km
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)
(2006)
Isle of Man
total: 65 km
standard gauge: 7 km 1.067-m gauge (7 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 58 km 0.914-m gauge (29 km electrified)
note: primarily summer tourist attractions (2006)
Israel
total: 853 km
standard gauge: 853 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Italy
total: 19,460 km
standard gauge: 18,038 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified); 1,299 km
0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2006)
Japan
total: 23,474 km
standard gauge: 3,204 km 1.435-m gauge (3,204 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 77 km 1.372-m gauge (77 km electrified); 20,182 km
1.067-m gauge (13,334 km electrified); 11 km 0.762-m gauge (11 km
electrified) (2006)
Jordan
total: 505 km
narrow gauge: 505 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)
Kazakhstan
total: 13,700 km
broad gauge: 13,700 km 1.520-m gauge (3,700 km electrified) (2006)
Kenya
total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Korea, North
total: 5,235 km
standard gauge: 5,235 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified) (2006)
Korea, South
total: 3,472 km
standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2006)
Kosovo
total: 430 km (2005)
Kyrgyzstan
total: 470 km
broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)
Latvia
total: 2,303 km
broad gauge: 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
Lebanon
total: 401 km
standard gauge: 319 km 1.435 m
narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050 m
note: rail system became unusable because of damage done during
fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 (2006)
Liberia
total: 490 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: sections of railway are inoperable because of damage suffered
during the civil war (2008)
Libya
0 km
note: Libya has announced plans to build seven lines totaling 2,757
km of 1.435-m gauge track (2006)
Liechtenstein
9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)
note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and
Switzerland (2006)
Lithuania
total: 1,771 km
broad gauge: 1,749 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Luxembourg
total: 275 km
standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2006)
Macedonia
total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2006)
Madagascar
total: 854 km
narrow gauge: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Malawi
total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Malaysia
total: 1,890 km
standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,833 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2006)
Mali
total: 729 km
narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Mauritania
717 km
standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Mexico
total: 17,665 km
standard gauge: 17,665 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Moldova
total: 1,138 km
broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Mongolia
total: 1,810 km
broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2006)
Montenegro
total: 250 km
standard gauge: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 169 km) (2006)
Morocco
total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified) (2006)
Mozambique
total: 3,123 km
narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)
Namibia
total: 2,382 km
narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Nepal
total: 59 km
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)
Netherlands
total: 2,797 km
standard gauge: 2,797 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2006)
New Zealand
total: 4,128 km
narrow gauge: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2006)
Nicaragua
total: 6 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Nigeria
total: 3,505 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Norway
total: 4,114 km
standard gauge: 4,114 km 1.435-m gauge (2,552 km electrified) (2008)
Pakistan
total: 8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Panama
total: 355 km
standard gauge: 77 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 278 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Paraguay
total: 36 km
standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Peru
total: 1,989 km
standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 263 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)
Philippines
total: 897 km
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2006)
Poland
total: 23,072 km
broad gauge: 629 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 22,443 km 1.435-m gauge (20,555 km operational;
11,910 km electrified) (2006)
Portugal
total: 2,786 km
broad gauge: 2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 183 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Puerto Rico
total: 96 km
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Romania
total: 11,385 km
broad gauge: 60 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 10,898 km 1.435-m gauge (3,888 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2006)
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 (2006)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 50 km
narrow gauge: 50 km 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts for tourists (2006)
Saudi Arabia
total: 1,392 km
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and
sidings) (2006)
Senegal
total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2006)
Serbia
total: 3,379 km
standard gauge: 3,379 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 1,254 km) (2006)
Slovakia
total: 3,662 km
broad gauge: 100 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2006)
Slovenia
total: 1,229 km
standard gauge: 1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (504 km electrified) (2006)
South Africa
total: 20,872 km
narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km
0.610-m gauge (2006)
Spain
total: 14,974 km
broad gauge: 11,919 km 1.668-m gauge (6,950 km electrified)
standard gauge: 1,099 km 1.435-m gauge (1,054 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,928 km 1.000-m gauge (815 km electrified); 28 km
0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2006)
Sri Lanka
total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006)
Sudan
total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for
cotton plantations (2006)
Swaziland
total: 301 km
narrow gauge: 301 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Sweden
total: 11,528 km
standard gauge: 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2006)
Switzerland
total: 4,839 km
standard gauge: 3,561 km 1.435-m gauge (3,195 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,268 km 1.000-m gauge (1,274 km electrified); 10 km
0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2006)
Syria
total: 2,711 km
standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)
Taiwan
total: 1,588 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,093 km 1.067-m gauge
note: 150 km .762-m gauge (belonging primarily to Taiwan Sugar
Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities)
(2007)
Tajikistan
total: 482 km
broad gauge: 482 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)
Tanzania
total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Thailand
total: 4,071 km
narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Togo
total: 568 km
narrow gauge: 568 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Tunisia
total: 2,153 km
standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified)
dual gauge: 8 km 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rails) (2006)
Turkey
total: 8,697 km
standard gauge: 8,697 km 1.435-m gauge (1,920 km electrified) (2006)
Turkmenistan
total: 2,440 km
broad gauge: 2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)
Uganda
total: 1,244 km
narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Ukraine
total: 22,473 km
broad gauge: 22,473 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified) (2006)
United Kingdom
total: 16,567 km
broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland)
standard gauge: 16,264 km 1.435-m gauge (5,361 km electrified) (2006)
United States
total: 226,612 km
standard gauge: 226,612 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)
Uruguay
total: 2,073 km
standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in
partial use (2006)
Uzbekistan
total: 3,950 km
broad gauge: 3,950 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2006)
Venezuela
total: 682 km
standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Vietnam
total: 2,600 km
standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 253 km three-rail track combining 1.435 m and 1.000-m
gauges (2006)
World
total: 1,370,782 km (2006)
Zambia
total: 2,157 km
narrow gauge: 2,157 km 1.067-m gauge
note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority
(TAZARA) (2006)
Zimbabwe
total: 3,077 km
narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2006)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
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@2122 Religions (%)
Afghanistan
Sunni Muslim 80%, Shia Muslim 19%, other 1%
Albania
Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
note: percentages are estimates; there are no available current
statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were
closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November
1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice