List of countries by waterways length

This is a list of countries by total waterways length mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in May 2009.

Rank Country Waterways
(km)
Date of
information
 World 671,886 2004
1  China 110,000 2011
2  Russia 102,000 2009
 European Union 52,332 2006
3  Brazil 50,000 2008
4  United States 41,009 2008
5  Indonesia 21,579 2008
6  Colombia 18,000 2008
7  Vietnam 17,702 2008
8  Democratic Republic of the Congo 15,000 2008
9  India 14,500 2008
10  Burma 12,800 2008
11  Argentina 11,000 2007
12  Papua New Guinea 11,000 2006
13  Bolivia 10,000 2007
14  Peru 8,808 2008
15  Nigeria 8,600 2008
16  France 8,501 2008
17  Bangladesh 8,370 2007
18  Finland 7,842 2008
19  Germany 7,467 2008
20  Malaysia 7,200 2008
21  Venezuela 7,100 2008
22  Netherlands 6,215 2007
23  Iraq 5,279 2008
24  Laos 4,600 2008
25  Sudan 4,068 2008
26  Kazakhstan 4,000 2008
27  Thailand 4,000 2008
28  Poland 3,997 2007
29  France 3,760 2008
30  Egypt 3,500 2007
31  Philippines 3,219 2008
32  United Kingdom 3,200 2008
33  Paraguay 3,100 2008
34  Mexico 2,900 2008
35  Central African Republic 2,800 2007
36  Belarus 2,500 2003
37  Cambodia 2,400 2008
38  Italy 2,400 2008
39  North Korea 2,250 2008
40  Zambia 2,250 2008
41  Nicaragua 2,220 2008
42  Ukraine 2,176 2007
43  Sweden 2,052 2007
44  Belgium 2,043 2008
45  Australia 2,000 2006
46  Mali 1,800 2008
47  Japan 1,770 2007
48  Romania 1,731 2006
49  Hungary 1,622 2008
50  South Korea 1,608 2008
51  Gabon 1,600 2008
52  Uruguay 1,600 2008
53  Norway 1,577 2008
54  Ecuador 1,500 2008
55  Angola 1,300 2008
56  Uzbekistan 1,300 2008
57  Guinea 1,300 2008
58  Ghana 1,293 2008
59  Afghanistan 1,200 2008
60  Turkey 1,200 2008
61  Suriname 1,200 2008
62  Republic of the Congo 1,120 2008
63  Turkmenistan 1,100 2014
64  Senegal 1,000 2008
65  Spain 1,000 2008
66  Guatemala 990 2007
67  Côte d'Ivoire 980 2008
68  Ireland 956 2008
69  Syria 900 2008
70  Iran 850 2008
71  Belize 825 2008
72  Panama 800 2008
73  Sierra Leone 800 2007
74  Croatia 785 2008
75  Costa Rica 730 2008
76  Malawi 700 2008
77  Czech Republic 664 2008
78  Canada 636 2008
79  Kyrgyzstan 600 2008
80  Madagascar 600 2008
81  Serbia 587 2008
82  Mongolia 580 2007
83  Bulgaria 470 2008
84  Honduras 465 2008
85  Mozambique 460 2008
86  Lithuania 441 2007
87  Moldova 424 2008
88  Denmark 400 2008
89  Gambia 390 2008
90  Austria 358 2007
91  Guyana 330 2008
92  Estonia 320 2008
93  Latvia 300 2007
94  Niger 300 2008
95  Cuba 240 2008
96  Portugal 210 2008
97  Brunei 209 2008
98  Fiji 203 2008
99  Tajikistan 200 2008
100  Slovakia 172 2008
101  Sri Lanka 160 2008
102  Benin 150 2007
103   Switzerland 65 2008
104  Togo 50 2008
105  Albania 43 2008
106  Luxembourg 37 2008
107  Liechtenstein 28 2008
108  Greece 6 2008
109  Kiribati 5 2007


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