Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.
2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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China | 58,656.0 | 62,200.0 | 66,239.0 | 72,487.0 | 85,843.0 | 79,306.0 | 85,320.0 | 89,966.0 | 91,675.0 | 93,742.0 | 96,353.0 | 1,02,462.0 | 1,06,235.0 | 1,09,767.0 |
Russian Federation | 86,075.0 | 85,542.0 | 85,292.0 | 85,166.0 | 85,248.0 | 85,266.0 | 84,581.0 | 85,262.0 | 85,375.0 | 85,545.0 | 85,626.0 | 85,494.0 | 85,555.0 | 85,544.0 |
India | 62,759.0 | 63,485.0 | 63,974.0 | 64,460.0 | 64,600.0 | 65,436.0 | 65,808.0 | 66,030.0 | 66,687.0 | 67,368.0 | 69,249.0 | 67,414.1 | 67,955.6 | 68,102.7 |
South Africa | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 |