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