List of countries by waterways length
This is a list of countries by total waterways length (km) mostly based on The World Factbook[1][2] accessed in May 2009.
Rank |
Country |
Waterways
|
Date of information
|
— |
World |
2,293,412 |
2017
|
1 |
Russia |
317,505 |
2017
|
2 |
Brazil |
153,348 |
2017
|
3 |
China |
138,357 |
2017[3]
|
— |
European Union |
53,384 |
2017
|
4 |
United States |
40,230 |
2017[3]
|
5 |
Indonesia |
21,579 |
2008
|
6 |
India |
20,275 |
2016[4]
|
7 |
Colombia |
18,000 |
2008
|
8 |
Vietnam |
17,702 |
2008
|
9 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
15,000 |
2008
|
10 |
Myanmar |
12,800 |
2008
|
11 |
Argentina |
11,000 |
2012
|
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 |
8,000 |
2013
|
19 |
Germany |
7,467 |
2008
|
20 |
Venezuela |
7,200 |
2008
|
21 |
Netherlands |
7,100 |
2008
|
22 |
Malaysia |
6,215 |
2007
|
23 |
Laos |
5,279 |
2008
|
24 |
Iraq |
4,600 |
2008
|
25 |
Sudan |
4,068 |
2008
|
26 |
Thailand |
4,000 |
2008
|
27 |
Kazakhstan |
4,000 |
2008
|
28 |
Poland |
3,997 |
2007
|
29 |
Egypt |
3,760 |
2008
|
30 |
Slovenia |
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 |
2012
|
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 |
Costa Rica |
785 |
2008
|
75 |
Croatia |
730 |
2008
|
76 |
Malawi |
700 |
2008
|
77 |
Canada |
664 |
2008
|
78 |
Czech Republic |
636 |
2008
|
79 |
Madagascar |
600 |
2008
|
80 |
Kyrgyzstan |
600 |
2008
|
81 |
Mongolia |
587 |
2008
|
82 |
Serbia |
580 |
2007
|
83 |
Bulgaria |
470 |
2008
|
84 |
Mozambique |
465 |
2008
|
85 |
Lithuania |
460 |
2008
|
86 |
Honduras |
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
|
Notes
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