Railways per person · 2008–2023

What country has the most km of railway per million people?

Latvia ranks first in the world for km of railway per million people, at 1,199.27.

Ranking by km of railway per million people
#	Country	km of railway per million people	Year
1	Latvia	1,199.27	2020
2	Canada	1,186.56	2021
3	Australia	1,180.76	2022
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,065.60	2008
5	Estonia	1,054.54	2020
6	Finland	1,048.09	2020
7	Sweden	1,029.57	2020
8	Czechia	877.02	2020
9	United States	858.92	2014
10	Namibia	849.71	2014
11	Hungary	807.95	2020
12	Kazakhstan	798.13	2021
13	New Zealand	775.25	2018
14	Cuba	765.00	2017
15	Norway	685.81	2020
16	Croatia	675.15	2020
17	Turkmenistan	671.10	2017
18	Slovakia	669.95	2020
19	Austria	664.95	2022
20	Lithuania	661.53	2020
21	Fiji	639.77	2008
22	Bulgaria	626.27	2020
23	Belarus	608.41	2014
24	Russia	595.72	2019
25	Switzerland	582.46	2020
26	Slovenia	566.40	2020
27	Romania	558.77	2020
28	Ukraine	557.54	2014
29	Poland	534.12	2020
30	Serbia	508.92	2020
31	Mongolia	508.55	2017
32	Moldova	496.08	2014
33	Uruguay	494.28	2016
34	Germany	471.65	2020
35	South Africa	469.52	2021
36	Denmark	446.32	2020
37	France	405.41	2020
38	Montenegro	401.20	2017
39	Luxembourg	394.49	2020
40	Argentina	389.65	2018
41	North Macedonia	383.87	2020
42	Chile	366.64	2014
43	Botswana	346.59	2014
44	Georgia	346.31	2014
45	Bolivia	314.74	2019
46	Spain	313.83	2020
47	Italy	313.58	2020
48	Ireland	307.78	2020
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	307.32	2014
50	Belgium	301.63	2020
51	Azerbaijan	287.33	2017
52	North Korea	279.82	2014
53	Kosovo	277.13	2020
54	Gabon	250.28	2014
55	Eswatini	239.62	2014
56	United Kingdom	235.87	2020
57	Portugal	233.78	2020
58	Greece	225.18	2020
59	Armenia	222.24	2017
60	Japan	221.38	2015
61	Liechtenstein	219.38	2018
62	Zimbabwe	202.17	2014
63	Albania	180.46	2017
64	Mexico	177.26	2017
65	Tunisia	175.97	2014
66	The Netherlands	168.90	2020
67	Israel	147.88	2021
68	Saudi Arabia	146.32	2016
69	Zambia	142.65	2014
70	Sudan	140.35	2014
71	Brazil	140.26	2014
72	Mauritania	136.97	2014
73	Mozambique	134.35	2014
74	Türkiye	133.88	2018
75	Uzbekistan	125.28	2018
76	China	106.64	2021
77	Iran	91.80	2014
78	Myanmar	91.72	2008
79	Eritrea	84.83	2018
80	Algeria	84.75	2019
81	Djibouti	81.92	2017
82	Syria	80.09	2014
83	Republic of the Congo	78.65	2014
84	South Korea	76.99	2016
85	Liberia	74.85	2008
86	Guinea	71.92	2017
87	Sri Lanka	71.80	2016
88	Angola	70.72	2022
89	Lebanon	68.55	2017
90	Kenya	66.38	2018
91	Togo	66.11	2014
92	Honduras	63.51	2014
93	Tajikistan	63.04	2014
94	Tanzania	58.08	2022
95	Kyrgyzstan	57.74	2022
96	Thailand	57.62	2017
97	Costa Rica	53.95	2014
98	Morocco	53.79	2014
99	Peru	53.63	2017
100	Laos	53.60	2023
101	Ecuador	52.76	2022
102	Malaysia	51.45	2014
103	Iraq	48.32	2014
104	Senegal	47.86	2017
105	Pakistan	46.55	2021
106	India	44.78	2014
107	Jordan	44.18	2020
108	Dominican Republic	43.05	2014
109	Egypt	42.96	2014
110	Guatemala	42.81	2018
111	Colombia	40.07	2019
112	Cambodia	35.97	2014
113	DR Congo	35.51	2014
114	Malawi	34.52	2014
115	Cameroon	33.03	2014
116	Benin	29.57	2014
117	Indonesia	28.56	2014
118	Ghana	27.01	2022
119	Burkina Faso	25.84	2014
120	Vietnam	25.59	2014
121	Madagascar	25.53	2018
122	Uganda	24.21	2014
123	Mali	23.53	2014
124	South Sudan	20.35	2018
125	Côte d'Ivoire	20.18	2008
126	Panama	16.84	2014
127	Nigeria	15.99	2014
128	Venezuela	15.67	2014
129	Bangladesh	14.00	2014
130	Ethiopia	4.86	2017
131	Paraguay	4.28	2014
132	Nepal	1.99	2018
133	El Salvador	1.96	2014
134	Philippines	0.66	2017