Map found on redditThe map above shows all of the world’s railways (both passenger and freight). It was created using data from TravelGeo’s Open Train Project.From their website:The goal of the OpenTrainProject is to gather information about the worldwide passenger train network and provide technical solutions for promotion of this method of transportation.Here are 5 facts about the world’s railways:153 countries and territories have some sort of railway running in their country.The US has the world’s longest railway network at 220,044km most of it just happens to mostly be used for freight rather than passengers (see map below). The EU is not far behind at 211,430km covering a much smaller area and China is number 3 at 159,000km.In terms of electrified railways (more often used for passengers). China leads the way at 119,000km, followed again very closely by the EU at 118,363km and India at number 3 with 69,102km.Monaco has the world’s densest railway network with 1.7 km of track in just 2.08km2, slightly beating out the Vatican which has 0.3km in 0.5km2. Switzerland has the densest network outside of city states and small islands.Saint Kitts and Nevis have the most km of track per capita followed very closely by Canada and Australia.Now while the map above shows all railways, the team at Open Train Project also created the maps below comparing passenger network size between various continents. Below we’ll look at all the data, but before I get to it. The following countries used to have railways:Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Brunei Burundi Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Cyprus Dominica Equatorial Guinea Gambia Grenada Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Iceland Jordan Kiribati Lebanon Libya Malta Micronesia Nicaragua Oman Palau Papua New Guinea Rwanda Saint Lucia Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Solomon Islands Somalia Suriname Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Vanuatu YemenAnd these countries never had railways:Andorra Bahrain Bhutan Chad Timor-Leste Kuwait Maldives Marshall Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Seychelles TuvaluFull data for countries with railways:Country/TerritoryTotal Length (KM)Electrified Length (KM)Electrified % of the totalDensity (KM of rail per 1,000 KM2 of land area)Density (KM per 100,000 people)World1,374,001426,31331.0%9.2316.66United States220,0442,0110.9%24.0663.36European Union211,430118,36356.0%50.0446.94China159,000119,00074.8%16.9411.23Russia105,00054,05451.5%6.4172.92India69,80069,10299.0%23.484.77Canada49,4221290.2%5.43123.16Argentina36,9661900.5%13.5180.62Germany33,35120,85162.5%95.6839.67Australia32,9243,44810.5%4.29122.06Brazil29,8179,02530.3%3.5714.01France27,48316,06758.5%50.1941.23Japan27,31120,53475.2%74.9222.19Italy24,56712,20549.7%83.5241.54Mexico23,3898033.4%12.0317.73South Africa20,9537,41335.4%17.2732.36Romania20,0776,60032.9%87.23106.18Ukraine19,7879,31947.1%34.1650.76Poland19,57612,23662.5%63.9351.33Iran16,9982,20012.9%10.4418.39Spain16,35511,12768.0%32.7934.15United Kingdom16,1796,06537.5%66.8723.26Kazakhstan15,5304,20027.0%5.7574.51Turkey13,9197,14251.3%18.0915.87Myanmar11,025-0.0%16.8820.10Sweden10,9128,18675.0%26.59102.40Czechia9,5673,23733.8%123.8690.18Indonesia8,2606217.5%4.562.89Cuba8,193-0.0%76.9774.91Hungary7,9452,88936.4%87.7682.48Pakistan7,791270.3%10.113.05Egypt7,024620.9%7.065.93Chile6,63470010.6%8.9233.40Sudan6,084-0.0%3.4511.78Finland5,9263,27055.2%19.50105.38North Korea5,7353,89467.9%47.6321.58Saudi Arabia5,5904538.1%2.6016.17Belarus5,45987416.0%26.9060.67Switzerland5,3175,317100.0%134.5559.29Turkmenistan5,080-0.0%10.8166.68Austria4,8593,65075.1%58.9653.32Thailand4,8451072.2%9.486.76South Korea4,8373,78778.3%49.759.36Uzbekistan4,6692,50053.5%10.9812.60Algeria4,56048010.5%1.919.61Bangladesh4,458-0.0%34.252.54Norway4,2402,89568.3%11.6175.40New Zealand4,12850612.3%15.6878.60DR Congo4,09685220.8%1.813.63Bulgaria4,0293,00574.6%37.1160.00Serbia3,7641,27934.0%43.0456.27Slovakia3,6261,58743.8%75.4066.23Belgium3,6072,96082.1%119.1230.68Nigeria3,600-0.0%3.951.52Vietnam3,315-0.0%10.693.26Mozambique3,249-0.0%4.139.12Zimbabwe3,13631310.0%8.1118.50Netherlands3,0552,31475.7%90.6016.65Azerbaijan2,9441,27843.4%35.6228.31Angola2,761-0.0%2.217.07Syria2,750-0.0%14.9810.73Denmark2,61096436.9%61.5143.48Croatia2,60498537.8%46.5367.67Tanzania2,60044015.4%2.943.69Kenya2,541-0.0%4.464.42Portugal2,5271,79170.9%27.5924.27Ireland2,400533.2%34.8445.21Namibia2,382-0.0%2.8977.02Greece2,24076434.1%17.3822.54Ethiopia2,1851,40164.1%2.191.61Tunisia2,165-0.0%13.9417.53Morocco2,1091,02248.5%4.735.49Malaysia2,0411,02850.4%6.215.67Iraq2,032-0.0%4.684.32Peru2,020-0.0%1.585.84Bolivia1,954-0.0%1.8015.53Lithuania1,9101568.2%30.4867.49Latvia1,86025713.8%29.90100.35Mongolia1,810-0.0%1.1751.46Uruguay1,791-0.0%10.2352.91Taiwan1,7821,30073.0%50.327.71Colombia1,663-0.0%1.503.11Georgia1,5761,28881.7%22.6841.40Sri Lanka1,561-0.0%24.896.72Israel1,51170046.3%69.8215.88Uganda1,244-0.0%6.232.42Zambia1,237-0.0%1.665.64Slovenia1,20950341.6%60.0357.11Estonia1,16113211.4%27.3986.37Moldova1,151-0.0%35.0438.42Bosnia and Herzegovina1,01856555.5%19.9632.42Cameroon977-0.0%2.073.27Ecuador966-0.0%3.895.28Ghana953-0.0%4.192.72Senegal906-0.0%4.714.79United Arab Emirates900-0.0%10.777.93Botswana888-0.0%1.5734.66Madagascar848-0.0%1.462.59Guinea837-0.0%3.415.54Gabon810-0.0%3.1431.24Malawi797-0.0%8.453.59Congo795-0.0%2.3312.26Benin758-0.0%6.725.12Mali729-0.0%0.602.89Mauritania728-0.0%0.7113.70Armenia703703100.0%24.6923.81North Macedonia68331345.8%27.0837.66Cambodia650-0.0%3.683.64Ivory Coast639-0.0%2.011.95Burkina Faso622-0.0%2.272.58Tajikistan616-0.0%4.405.71Fiji597-0.0%32.6863.98Togo568-0.0%10.445.84El Salvador562-0.0%27.128.83Philippines5325310.0%1.780.46Dominican Republic517-0.0%10.704.49Liberia490-0.0%5.098.55Laos42441497.6%1.845.39Kyrgyzstan417-0.0%2.175.72Panama355-0.0%4.787.77Venezuela336-0.0%0.381.18Albania334-0.0%12.1912.05Eritrea306-0.0%3.038.48Eswatini301-0.0%17.5023.96Costa Rica278-0.0%5.445.39Luxembourg275275100.0%106.1840.41Singapore270270100.0%385.714.60Hong Kong268268100.0%255.243.62Montenegro25022590.0%18.5939.51South Sudan248-0.0%0.412.03Suriname166-0.0%1.0625.94Niger143-0.0%0.110.51Guyana127-0.0%0.6515.19Djibouti92-0.0%3.977.77Sierra Leone84-0.0%1.160.95Qatar8282100.0%7.062.63Afghanistan75-0.0%0.110.17Honduras67-0.0%0.600.61Jamaica65-0.0%6.002.29Saint Kitts and Nevis58-0.0%223.08123.61Nepal57-0.0%0.400.19Paraguay38-0.0%0.100.54Mauritius3030100.0%14.782.37Puerto Rico1717100.0%1.920.53Brunei13-0.0%2.472.79Macau1313100.0%433.331.80Liechtenstein9.09100.0%56.2522.43Nauru3.9-0.0%195.0032.43Monaco1.72100.0%850.004.43Lesotho1.6-0.0%0.050.07Guatemala1.6-0.0%0.010.01Vatican City0.3-0.0%600.0059.88