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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
^"Field Listing :: Waterways — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-01-11.
^"The World Factbook". Archived from the original on January 11, 2019.
^ ab"Information Systems, Logistics, and Supply Chain 2016" (PDF).
^"Ministry Of Shipping".
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