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Which Country is the Most Dense with Rail Lines?

Railway Density (km of Road Per 1,000 km2 of Land Area) (km), 2010 or latest

Transport | March 12, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 33 countries in 2010, Belgium ranked the highest in railway density measured by km of road per 1,000 km2 of land area with 211 km followed by Czech Republic and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Kyrgyzstan with 2.00 km, Russia with 5.00 km and Norway with 13.0 km.

Data for more countries are available at Railway Density (km of Road Per 1,000 km2 of Land Area) indicator page.

Railway Density (km of Road Per 1,000 km2 of Land Area)	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Belgium	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					206	204	199	195	206		...
Bulgaria	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					56.0	54.0	54.0	54.0	53.0
Croatia	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					73.0	73.0	72.0	72.0	73.0
Czechia	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					202	205	201	200	199
Estonia	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					35.0	40.0	60.0	49.0	47.0
France	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					89.0	89.0	89.0	90.0	...		...
Germany	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					...	198	198	198	198
Hungary	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					137	137	102	99.0	99.0
Italy	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					74.0	76.0	77.0	78.0	79.0
Luxembourg	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					...	...	106	106	106		...
Poland	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					124	124	124	124	122
Romania	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					90.0	89.0	87.0	87.0	87.0
Slovakia	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					75.0	75.0	75.0	74.0	74.0
Slovenia	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					108	108	108	108	108
United Kingdom	km	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					136	130	128	128	128