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IS.RRS.TOTL.KM · km

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, Germany
33,401 km2021
Period covered
1995 - 202127 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
148,553 kmUnited States, 2021
Lowest of the compared countries
3,041 kmNetherlands, 2021

7 of 8 countries compared, out of 142.

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Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States148,553 km2021
  • China109,767 km2021
  • Germany33,401 km2021
  • Italy17,305 km2021
  • United Kingdom16,179 km2021
  • Spain15,963 km2021
  • Netherlands3,041 km2021

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
GermanyUnited KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChina
202133,401 km16,179 km17,305 km15,963 km3,041 km148,553 km109,767 km
202033,399 km16,351 km17,256 km15,848 km3,078 km148,750 km106,235 km
201933,423 km16,295 km16,779 km15,718 km3,078 km149,489 km102,462 km
201833,440 km16,295 km16,781 km15,618 km3,078 km150,462 km96,353 km
201733,488 km16,294 km16,787 km15,559 km150,966 km93,742 km
201633,380 km16,257 km16,788 km15,650 km151,270 km91,675 km
201533,332 km16,245 km16,724 km15,711 km151,735 km89,966 km
201433,426 km16,532 km16,723 km15,506 km152,933 km85,320 km
201333,449 km15,861 km16,752 km15,582 km154,322 km79,306 km
201233,506 km15,847 km16,742 km15,438 km153,517 km85,843 km
201133,576 km16,210 km16,726 km15,681 km194,136 km72,487 km
201033,714 km15,888 km16,704 km15,590 km3,016 km194,431 km66,239 km
200933,721 km16,239 km17,004 km15,044 km2,886 km191,785 km65,491 km
200833,862 km16,273 km16,861 km15,041 km2,896 km192,123 km60,809 km
200733,978 km16,263 km16,667 km15,012 km2,895.56 km192,508 km63,637 km
200634,128 km16,627 km14,472 km2,776 km191,771 km63,412 km
200534,228 km16,751 km14,272 km2,813 km194,025 km62,200 km
200434,725 km16,530 km16,286 km14,395 km2,811 km195,369 km61,015 km
200336,054 km16,833 km16,288 km14,387 km2,811 km196,806 km60,446 km
200235,868 km17,010 km16,307 km13,856 km2,806 km198,057 km59,530 km

World Bank definition

Rail lines (total route-km)

The total length of rail line in the country operated for passenger transport, goods transport, or both.

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