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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Austria | 5,665.0 | 5,782.0 | 5,351.0 | 4,917.0 | 4,985.0 | 4,950.0 | 4,956.0 | 4,937.0 | 4,917.0 | 4,953.0 | 4,955.0 | 4,968.0 | 4,966.0 | 4,962.0 |
| Estonia | 968.0 | 959.0 | 787.0 | 792.0 | 792.0 | 1,018.0 | 1,034.0 | 1,034.0 | 1,033.0 | |||||
| Japan | 20,140.3 | 20,087.4 | ||||||||||||
| Finland | 5,854.0 | 5,732.0 | 5,919.0 | 5,944.0 | 5,944.0 | 5,944.0 | 5,944.0 | 5,923.0 | 5,926.0 | 5,926.0 | 5,926.0 | 5,923.0 | 5,918.0 | 5,918.0 |
| Greece | 2,385.0 | 2,576.0 | 2,552.0 | 2,554.0 | 2,208.0 | 2,265.0 | 2,238.0 | 2,240.0 | 2,240.0 | 2,240.0 | 2,293.0 | 2,280.0 | 2,345.0 | 2,339.0 |
| Ireland | 1,919.0 | 1,919.0 | 1,919.0 | 1,919.0 | 1,919.0 | 1,894.0 | 1,458.0 | 1,458.0 | 2,174.0 | 1,888.0 | 1,888.0 | 1,888.0 | 1,888.0 | 1,650.0 |
| Netherlands | 2,802.0 | 2,813.0 | 3,016.0 | 3,078.0 | 3,078.0 | 3,078.0 | 3,041.0 | |||||||
| Portugal | 2,814.0 | 2,839.0 | 2,842.0 | 2,794.0 | 2,541.3 | 2,544.3 | 2,546.0 | 2,546.0 | 2,546.0 | 2,546.0 | 2,546.0 | 2,526.1 | 2,526.1 | 2,527.1 |
| Slovenia | 1,201.0 | 1,228.0 | 1,228.1 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.1 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.0 | 1,209.0 |
| Spain | 13,868.0 | 14,272.0 | 15,590.1 | 15,680.6 | 15,438.0 | 15,582.0 | 15,506.0 | 15,711.0 | 15,650.0 | 15,559.0 | 15,618.0 | 15,718.0 | 15,848.0 | 15,963.0 |
| Turkey | 8,671.0 | 8,697.0 | 9,594.0 | 9,642.0 | 9,642.0 | 9,718.0 | 10,087.0 | 10,131.0 | 10,131.0 | 10,207.0 | 10,315.0 | 10,378.0 | 10,378.0 | 10,546.0 |
| Belgium | 3,471.0 | 3,544.0 | 3,582.0 | 3,592.0 | 3,631.0 | 3,607.0 | 3,602.0 | 3,605.0 | 3,607.0 | 3,615.0 | 3,615.0 | 3,612.0 | ||
| Denmark | 2,047.0 | 2,134.0 | ||||||||||||
| France | 29,330.0 | 28,470.0 | 29,929.0 | 30,071.0 | 29,406.0 | 29,979.0 | 28,866.0 | 29,236.7 | 29,248.1 | 28,241.0 | 28,157.0 | 27,872.0 | 27,716.0 | |
| Chile | 2,035.0 | 2,120.0 | 2,057.0 | 2,396.0 | 2,396.0 | 2,396.0 | 2,396.0 | |||||||
| Hungary | 8,005.0 | 7,950.0 | 7,902.7 | 7,877.9 | 7,894.8 | 7,894.8 | 7,894.8 | 7,896.0 | 7,748.7 | 7,751.7 | 7,587.7 | 7,587.7 | 7,587.7 | 8,037.0 |
| Italy | 16,295.0 | 16,751.0 | 16,703.7 | 16,726.4 | 16,741.6 | 16,751.6 | 16,722.6 | 16,723.8 | 16,788.3 | 16,787.2 | 16,780.8 | 16,778.6 | 17,255.6 | 17,305.2 |
| Poland | 22,560.0 | 19,599.0 | 19,702.0 | 19,725.0 | 19,617.0 | 18,959.0 | 18,942.0 | 18,510.0 | 18,429.0 | 18,513.0 | 18,536.0 | 18,538.0 | 18,611.0 | 18,620.0 |
| Sweden | 10,698.0 | 9,867.0 | 9,968.0 | 10,014.0 | 9,944.0 | 9,765.0 | 9,689.0 | 9,716.0 | 9,684.0 | 9,684.0 | 9,708.0 | 9,701.0 | 9,711.0 | 9,714.0 |
| Switzerland | 3,216.0 | 3,399.0 | 3,573.6 | 3,551.2 | 3,557.8 | 3,611.0 | 4,018.7 | 3,976.3 | 4,034.5 | 4,050.5 | 4,046.8 | 3,647.2 | 3,671.8 | 4,122.3 |
| United Kingdom | 16,992.0 | 15,888.0 | 16,209.6 | 15,846.5 | 15,861.0 | 16,532.1 | 16,245.1 | 16,257.0 | 16,294.0 | 16,295.0 | 16,295.0 | 16,351.0 | 16,178.6 | |
| Israel | 669.0 | 910.0 | 1,034.0 | 1,078.9 | 1,142.5 | 1,153.0 | 1,194.0 | 1,277.0 | 1,340.1 | 1,495.0 | 1,521.0 | 1,598.9 | 1,619.0 | 1,720.0 |
| Canada | 46,968.6 | 45,581.6 | 48,498.4 | 48,150.4 | 47,687.4 | 47,987.5 | 48,309.2 | 48,149.9 | ||||||
| United States of America | 1,94,077.0 | 1,94,025.0 | 1,94,431.0 | 1,94,136.0 | 1,53,516.6 | 1,54,321.5 | 1,52,932.6 | 1,51,735.0 | 1,51,270.0 | 1,50,966.0 | 1,50,462.3 | 1,49,488.6 | 1,48,749.7 | 1,48,553.3 |
| Germany | 36,642.0 | 34,228.2 | 33,714.1 | 33,575.9 | 33,506.0 | 33,449.0 | 33,426.0 | 33,332.0 | 33,380.0 | 33,488.0 | 33,440.0 | 33,423.0 | 33,399.0 | 33,401.0 |
| Czech Republic | 9,365.0 | 9,513.0 | 9,468.8 | 9,470.2 | 9,468.3 | 9,459.0 | 9,457.6 | 9,466.9 | 9,462.7 | 9,408.0 | 9,406.0 | 9,396.0 | 9,377.0 | 9,357.0 |
| Slovakia | 3,662.0 | 3,626.0 | 3,622.4 | 3,624.1 | 3,631.4 | 3,631.3 | 3,627.1 | 3,626.4 | 3,626.3 | 3,626.4 | 3,626.6 | 3,629.2 | 3,626.9 | 3,626.5 |
| Luxembourg | 274.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 275.0 | 288.0 | 288.0 | 271.0 | 271.0 |
| Norway | 4,179.0 | 4,087.0 | 4,154.0 | 4,219.0 | 4,209.0 | 4,209.0 | 4,208.0 | 4,200.0 | 3,885.0 | 3,885.0 |