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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||||||
| Cameroon | 1,016.0 | 982.0 | 976.5 | 976.5 | 1,004.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | 884.0 | ||||
| Ghana | 953.0 | |||||||||||||
| South Africa | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | 20,953.0 | |||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 4,582.0 | 2,707.0 | 2,701.0 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 |
| Kenya | 2,634.0 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Uganda | 259.0 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | 1,248.0 | |||||||||||
| Mozambique | 3,114.0 | 3,070.0 | 3,116.0 | 3,116.0 | ||||||||||
| Botswana | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | 886.0 | |||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 300.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 |