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 | 1,667 | 2,210 | 2,250 | 2,773 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 16,992 | 15,888 | 16,210 | 15,847 | 15,861 | 16,532 | 16,245 | 16,257 | 16,294 | 16,295 | 16,295 | 16,351 | 16,179 | |
| Bangladesh | 2,745 | 2,855 | 2,835 | 2,791 | 2,877 | 2,877 | 2,791 | 2,877 | 2,877 | 2,877 | 2,877 | 2,877 | ||
| Pakistan | 7,791 | 7,791 | 7,791 | 7,791 | 7,791 | 7,791 | 7,784 | 7,791 | 7,791 | 7,791 | 7,791 | 7,791 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1,148 | 1,148 | 1,254 | 1,567 | 1,562 | 1,562 | 1,562 | 1,562 | ||||||
| Cameroon | 1,016 | 982 | 977 | 977 | 1,004 | 884 | 884 | 884 | 884 | 884 | ||||
| Ghana | 953 | |||||||||||||
| South Africa | 20,953 | 20,953 | 20,953 | 20,953 | 20,953 | 20,953 | 20,953 | |||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 4,582 | 2,707 | 2,701 | |||||||||||
| Canada | 46,969 | 45,582 | 48,498 | 48,150 | 47,687 | 47,987 | 48,309 | 48,150 | ||||||
| India | 62,759 | 63,485 | 63,974 | 64,460 | 64,600 | 65,436 | 65,808 | 66,030 | 66,687 | 67,368 | 69,249 | 67,414 | 67,956 | 68,103 |
| Kenya | 2,634 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3,557 | 3,528 | 3,528 | 3,528 | 3,528 | 3,528 | 3,528 | 3,528 | ||||||
| Uganda | 259 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 1,248 | 1,248 | 1,248 | |||||||||||
| Mozambique | 3,114 | 3,070 | 3,116 | 3,116 | ||||||||||
| Botswana | 886 | 886 | 886 | 886 | 886 | 886 | 886 | |||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 300 | 300 | 300 |