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IS.RRS.TOTL.KM · km

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Iraq, Bosnia, Bulgaria. 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, Italy
17,305 km2021
Period covered
1995 - 202127 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
148,553 kmUnited States, 2021
Lowest of the compared countries
1,018.05 kmBosnia, 2019

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

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Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States148,553 km2021
  • China109,767 km2021
  • Italy17,305 km2021
  • Spain15,963 km2021
  • Bulgaria4,031 km2021
  • Netherlands3,041 km2021
  • Iraq2,370 km2014
  • Bosnia1,018.05 km2019

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
ItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaIraqBosniaBulgaria
202117,305 km15,963 km3,041 km148,553 km109,767 km4,031 km
202017,256 km15,848 km3,078 km148,750 km106,235 km4,029 km
201916,779 km15,718 km3,078 km149,489 km102,462 km1,018.05 km4,030 km
201816,781 km15,618 km3,078 km150,462 km96,353 km1,018.05 km4,030 km
201716,787 km15,559 km150,966 km93,742 km417 km4,030 km
201616,788 km15,650 km151,270 km91,675 km1,018.05 km4,029 km
201516,724 km15,711 km151,735 km89,966 km1,027.05 km4,019 km
201416,723 km15,506 km152,933 km85,320 km2,370 km1,027.05 km4,023 km
201316,752 km15,582 km154,322 km79,306 km1,027.05 km4,032 km
201216,742 km15,438 km153,517 km85,843 km1,027.05 km4,070 km
201116,726 km15,681 km194,136 km72,487 km1,027.05 km4,072 km
201016,704 km15,590 km3,016 km194,431 km66,239 km2,138 km1,027.05 km4,097 km
200917,004 km15,044 km2,886 km191,785 km65,491 km1,017.05 km4,150 km
200816,861 km15,041 km2,896 km192,123 km60,809 km2,025 km1,017.05 km4,144 km
200716,667 km15,012 km2,895.56 km192,508 km63,637 km1,017.05 km4,143 km
200616,627 km14,472 km2,776 km191,771 km63,412 km2,032 km1,024.5 km4,146 km
200516,751 km14,272 km2,813 km194,025 km62,200 km1,898 km1,000 km4,154 km
200416,286 km14,395 km2,811 km195,369 km61,015 km1,898 km1,000 km4,259 km
200316,288 km14,387 km2,811 km196,806 km60,446 km1,898 km1,033 km4,318 km
200216,307 km13,856 km2,806 km198,057 km59,530 km2,339 km1,032 km4,318 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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