The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency (ebook reader 8 inch .txt) π
Concise descriptions of the major religions mentioned in the Factbookhave been added to the Notes and Definitions. France 's redesignationof some of its overseas possessions caused the five former Indian Oceanisland possessions making up Iles Eparses to be incorporated into theFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands, while two new Caribbean entities,St. Barthelemy and St. Martin, were created.
Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the 2001edition, is continued in this edition. The revised maps includeelevation extremes and a partial geographic grid. Several regional mapshave also been updated to reflect boundary changes and place namespelling changes.
Abbreviations: This information is included in Appendix A:Abbreviations, which includes all abbreviations and acronyms used inthe Factbook, with their expansions.
Acronyms: An acronym is an abbreviation coined from the initial letterof each
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Rank Country Railways(km) Date of Information
1 World 1,370,782 2006 2 European Union 236,436 2007 3 United States 226,612 2005 4 Russia 87,157 2006 5 China 75,438 2005 6 India 63,221 2006 7 Germany 48,215 2006 8 Canada 48,068 2006 9 Australia 38,550 2006 10 Argentina 31,902 2006 11 France 29,370 2006 12 Brazil 29,295 2006 13 Japan 23,474 2006 14 Poland 23,072 2006 15 Ukraine 22,473 2006 16 South Africa 20,872 2006 17 Italy 19,460 2006 18 Mexico 17,665 2006 19 United Kingdom 16,567 2006 20 Spain 14,974 2006 21 Kazakhstan 13,700 2006 22 Sweden 11,528 2006 23 Romania 11,385 2006 24 Czech Republic 9,597 2006 25 Turkey 8,697 2006 26 Iran 8,367 2006 27 Pakistan 8,163 2006 28 Hungary 8,057 2006 29 Chile 6,585 2006 30 Indonesia 6,458 2006 31 Austria
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