Rank Order - Waterways

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Waterways
(km)
Date of Information
1
World 671,886 2004
2
China 124,000 2006
3
Russia 102,000 2006
4
European Union 52,332 2006
5
Brazil 50,000 2007
6
United States 41,009 2007
7
Indonesia 21,579 2007
8
Colombia 18,000 2006
9
Vietnam 17,702 2005
10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 2005
11
India 14,500 2006
12
Burma 12,800 2007
13
Argentina 11,000 2006
14
Papua New Guinea 11,000 2006
15
Bolivia 10,000 2007
16
Peru 8,808 2007
17
Nigeria 8,600 2007
18
France 8,500 2006
19
Bangladesh 8,370 2006
20
Finland 7,842 2006
21
Germany 7,467 2006
22
Malaysia 7,200 2005
23
Venezuela 7,100 2005
24
Netherlands 6,211 2006
25
Iraq 5,279 2006
26
Laos 4,600 2007
27
Sudan 4,068 2006
28
Kazakhstan 4,000 2006
29
Thailand 4,000 2005
30
Poland 3,997 2006
31
France 3,760 2006
32
Egypt 3,500 2006
33
Philippines 3,219 2007
34
United Kingdom 3,200 2003
35
Paraguay 3,100 2007
36
Mexico 2,900 2007
37
Central African Republic 2,800 2006
38
Belarus 2,500 2003
39
Cambodia 2,400 2005
40
Italy 2,400 2006
41
Ukraine 2,253 2006
42
Korea, North 2,250 2007
43
Zambia 2,250 2005
44
Nicaragua 2,220 2007
45
Sweden 2,052 2005
46
Belgium 2,043 2006
47
Australia 2,000 2006
48
Mali 1,800 2007
49
Japan 1,770 2007
50
Romania 1,731 2006
51
Hungary 1,622 2007
52
Korea, South 1,608 2007
53
Gabon 1,600 2007
54
Uruguay 1,600 2005
55
Norway 1,577 2007
56
Ecuador 1,500 2006
57
Angola 1,300 2007
58
Turkmenistan 1,300 2006
59
Guinea 1,300 2005
60
Ghana 1,293 2007
61
Afghanistan 1,200 2007
62
Turkey 1,200 2005
63
Suriname 1,200 2005
64
Congo, Republic of the 1,125 2006
65
Uzbekistan 1,100 2006
66
Senegal 1,000 2005
67
Spain 1,000 2003
68
Guatemala 990 2007
69
Cote d'Ivoire 980 2006
70
Ireland 956 2007
71
Syria 900 2005
72
Iran 850 2006
73
Belize 825 2007
74
Panama 800 2007
75
Sierra Leone 800 2005
76
Croatia 785 2007
77
Costa Rica 730 2007
78
Malawi 700 2007
79
Czech Republic 664 2006
80
Canada 636 2007
81
Kyrgyzstan 600 2007
82
Madagascar 600 2006
83
Serbia 587 2005
84
Mongolia 580 2004
85
Bulgaria 470 2007
86
Honduras 465 2007
87
Mozambique 460 2007
88
Lithuania 441 2006
89
Moldova 424 2007
90
Denmark 400 2007
91
Gambia, The 390 2006
92
Austria 358 2007
93
Estonia 320 2006
94
Latvia 300 2006
95
Niger 300 2005
96
Cuba 240 2007
97
Portugal 210 2006
98
Brunei 209 2007
99
Fiji 203 2006
100
Tajikistan 200 2006
101
Slovakia 172 2005
102
Sri Lanka 160 2006
103
Benin 150 2005
104
Switzerland 65 2003
105
Togo 50 2005
106
Albania 43 2007
107
Luxembourg 37 2007
108
Liechtenstein 28 2006
109
Greece 2007
110
Kiribati 2007

This page was last updated on 4 September, 2008

 

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