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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 601.0 | |||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 4,684.0 | 4,828.0 | 4,861.0 | 5,107.0 | 5,196.0 | 5,357.0 | 5,384.0 | 4,748.7 | 5,483.3 | 5,483.0 | ||||
| Republic of Korea | 3,123.0 | 3,392.0 | 3,618.3 | 3,637.2 | 3,650.1 | 3,666.1 | 3,668.3 | 3,944.0 | 4,071.0 | 4,071.0 | 4,200.0 | 4,109.2 | 4,284.7 | 4,308.5 |
| Malaysia | 1,636.0 | 1,667.0 | 2,209.7 | 2,250.3 | 2,773.0 | 1,655.0 | 1,655.0 | 1,655.0 | 1,655.0 | |||||
| Mongolia | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,814.0 | 1,815.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,822.5 | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,810.0 | 1,814.0 | 1,821.0 | 1,821.0 |
| Philippines | 509.0 | 509.0 | ||||||||||||
| Thailand | 4,044.0 | 4,458.0 | 4,458.0 | 3,742.0 | 3,742.0 | 4,092.0 | ||||||||
| Viet Nam | 3,142.0 | 3,147.0 | 2,576.6 | 2,347.0 | 2,347.0 | 2,347.0 | 3,186.0 | 3,186.0 | 2,581.0 | 2,367.0 | 2,382.0 | 2,481.0 | 3,159.0 | 3,159.0 |
| Azerbaijan | 2,116.0 | 2,122.0 | 2,079.1 | 2,079.3 | 2,068.1 | 2,068.1 | 2,066.4 | 2,067.8 | 2,074.0 | 2,132.0 | 2,133.1 | 2,139.9 | 2,239.2 | 2,138.9 |
| Belarus | 5,512.0 | 5,498.0 | 5,482.0 | 5,482.0 | 5,462.0 | 5,469.0 | 5,470.0 | 5,470.0 | 5,459.0 | 5,459.0 | 5,459.0 | 5,459.2 | 5,453.5 | 5,474.0 |
| Turkmenistan | 2,521.0 | 2,529.0 | 3,115.0 | 3,115.0 | 3,115.0 | 3,115.0 | 3,115.0 | 6,230.0 | 6,230.0 | 7,680.0 | 7,680.0 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 3,645.0 | 4,014.0 | 4,227.2 | 4,258.4 | 4,192.0 | 4,186.0 | 4,202.0 | 4,238.0 | 4,304.0 | 4,642.0 | 4,642.0 | 4,735.0 | 4,732.0 | 4,732.0 |
| Chile | 2,035.0 | 2,120.0 | 2,057.0 | 2,396.0 | 2,396.0 | 2,396.0 | 2,396.0 | |||||||
| Cuba | 4,252.0 | 4,065.0 | ||||||||||||
| Ecuador | 956.0 | |||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 903.0 | |||||||||||||
| Panama | 485.0 | |||||||||||||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 336.0 | 336.0 | ||||||||||||
| Algeria | 3,973.0 | 3,572.0 | 3,664.0 | 4,226.0 | 4,175.0 | 3,799.9 | 3,799.9 | 3,843.2 | 4,016.3 | 4,016.3 | 4,020.3 | 4,000.5 | ||
| Djibouti | 781.0 | |||||||||||||
| Egypt | 5,062.0 | 5,195.0 | 5,195.0 | 5,153.0 | 5,153.0 | |||||||||
| Iran | 6,042.0 | 7,131.0 | 8,216.5 | 8,367.5 | 8,368.0 | 8,592.5 | 8,559.5 | 8,559.5 | 8,576.0 | 9,021.0 | 9,327.0 | 9,454.0 | 9,453.8 | 9,455.0 |
| Iraq | 2,603.0 | 1,898.0 | 2,138.0 | 2,370.0 | ||||||||||
| Morocco | 1,907.0 | 1,907.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,109.0 | 2,295.0 | 2,295.0 | 2,295.0 | 2,295.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 958.0 | 1,020.0 | 1,412.0 | 2,620.0 | 2,939.0 | |||||||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1,771.0 | 2,043.0 | 2,139.0 | |||||||||||
| Tunisia | 2,152.0 | 1,956.0 | 2,165.0 | 1,867.0 | 2,244.0 | 2,244.0 | 2,244.0 | 2,165.0 | 1,777.0 | 1,777.0 | 1,777.0 | 1,777.0 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 279.0 | 261.0 | 261.0 | 279.0 | ||||||||||
| Bangladesh | 2,745.0 | 2,855.0 | 2,835.0 | 2,791.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,791.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | 2,877.0 | ||
| 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 |
| Pakistan | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,784.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | 7,791.0 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1,148.3 | 1,148.1 | 1,254.2 | 1,567.0 | 1,561.7 | 1,562.0 | 1,562.0 | 1,562.0 | ||||||
| Botswana | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | 622.0 | 622.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | 518.0 | |||
| Cameroon | 1,016.0 | 982.0 | 976.5 | 976.5 | 1,004.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | ||||
| Congo | 900.0 | 795.0 | 893.2 | |||||||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 | 639.0 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 | 3,641.0 |
| Ethiopia | 754.0 | 754.0 | 754.0 | |||||||||||
| Gabon | 731.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 810.0 | 648.0 | 648.0 | 648.0 |
| Ghana | 953.0 | |||||||||||||
| Kenya | 2,634.0 | |||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 883.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | 673.0 | |||
| Mali | 734.0 | |||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | 728.0 | |||||||
| Mozambique | 3,114.0 | 3,070.0 | 3,116.0 | 3,116.0 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3,557.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | 3,528.0 | ||||||
| Senegal | 906.0 | |||||||||||||
| South Africa | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | |||||||
| Sudan | 4,599.0 | 4,578.0 | 4,708.0 | 4,313.0 | 4,313.0 | 4,313.0 | 4,313.0 | 2,747.0 | 2,747.0 | 2,747.0 | ||||
| इस्वातिनी | 300.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 | |||||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 4,582.0 | 2,707.0 | 2,701.0 | |||||||||||
| Uganda | 259.0 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | |||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 3,120.0 | 3,120.0 | 3,120.0 |