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Continents: Highest Points

Continents and Highest Points

Continents	Highest Point
Africa	Mount Kilimanjaro
Antarctica	Vinson Massif
Asia	Mount Everest
Australia	Puncak Jaya
Europe	Mount Elbrus
North America	Mount McKinley
South America	Aconcagua

Countries with more than 5 billion passenger-km

Country	Billion Passenger –Km	Year
China	961.23	2011
India	925	2010
European Union	386.24	2009
Japan	244.24	2009
Russia	153.58	2009
France	87.67	2009
Germany	78.58	2010
United Kingdom	53.72	2010
Ukraine	50.24	2010
Italy	45.59	2009
Egypt	40.84	2008
South Korea	33.03	2010
Indonesia	25.54	2004
Pakistan	24.73	2008
Spain	22.30	2010
Switzerland	17.51	2010
United States	17.21	2008
Iran	16.81	2009
Poland	15.72	2010
Netherlands	15.40	2010
Kazakhstan	14.86	2009
South Africa	13.87	2007
Belgium	10.49	2009
Austria	10.31	2010
Taiwan (Republic Of China)	9.00	2010
Thailand	8.04	2007
Denmark	7.41	2010
Belarus	7.40	2009
Argentina	6.98	2003
Sweden	6.77	2010
Czech Republic	6.55	2010
Romania	5.98	2009
Bangladesh	5.61	2008
Turkey	5.49	2010
Hungary	5.40	2010

Countries by rail transport network size

Rank	Country	Railway Length (km)
1	India	65,000
2	Russia	128,000
3	China (PRC)	93,000
4	United States	226,427
5	Canada	46,552
6	Australia	38,445
7	Germany	37,679
8	Argentina	35,897
9	South Africa	31,000
10	France	29,901
11	Brazil	29,817
12	Mexico	26,704
13	Italy	24,179
14	Japan	23,474
15	Ukraine	22,300
16	Romania	22,298
17	Poland	19,627
18	United Kingdom	16,321
19	Kazakhstan	15,079
20	Spain	15,064
21	Sweden	12,821
22	Iran	11,106
23	Turkey	10,991
24	Czech Republic	9,487
25	Indonesia	8,529
26	Hungary	7,942
27	Pakistan	7,791
28	Egypt	6,700
29	Finland	5,919
30	Chile	5,898
31	Austria	5,927
32	Belarus	5,491
33	Sudan	5,478
34	North Korea	5,235
35	Cuba	5,076
36	Switzerland	5,063
37	Algeria	4,316
38	Uzbekistan	4,230
39	Bulgaria	4,159
40	New Zealand	4,128
41	Norway	4,114
42	Thailand	4,071
43	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4,007
44	Myanmar (Burma)	3,955
45	Serbia	3,809
46	Slovakia	3,658
47	Nigeria	3,528
48	Belgium	3,513
49	South Korea	3,381
50	Turkmenistan	3,181
51	Vietnam	3,147
52	Mozambique	3,116
53	Zimbabwe	3,000
54	Uruguay	2,993
55	Netherlands	2,896
56	Bolivia	2,866
57	Portugal	2,842
58	Bangladesh	2,835
59	Kenya	2,778
60	Angola	2,761
61	Tanzania	2,722
62	Croatia	2,974
63	Greece	2,552
64	Namibia	2,382
65	Latvia	2,269
66	Tunisia	2,218
67	Syria	2,139
68	Denmark	2,667
69	Azerbaijan	2,918
70	Iraq	2,032
71	Peru	2,020
72	Morocco	1,989
73	Republic of Ireland	1,919
74	Malaysia	1,849
75	Mongolia	1,810
76	Lithuania	1,766
77	Colombia	1,663
78	Taiwan (Republic of China)	1,661
79	Georgia	1,513
80	Sri Lanka	1,508
81	Saudi Arabia	1,412
82	Zambia	1,237
83	Slovenia	1,228
84	Moldova	1,156
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,103
86	Israel	1,001
87	Cameroon	974
88	Ecuador	966
89	Ghana	953
90	Senegal	906
91	Botswana	888
92	Guatemala	885
93	Madagascar	854
94	Armenia	869
95	Guinea	837
96	Estonia	816
97	Gabon	810
98	Malawi	797
99	Republic of the Congo	795
100	Djibouti	781
101	Benin	758
102	Mali	733
103	Mauritania	728
104	Honduras	699
105	Macedonia	699
106	Ethiopia	699
107	Cambodia	650
108	Côte d'Ivoire	639
109	Burkina Faso	622
110	Tajikistan	616
111	Fiji	597
112	Togo	568
113	El Salvador	562
114	Dominican Republic	517
115	Liberia	490
116	Philippines	479
117	Albania	423
118	Kyrgyzstan	417
119	Lebanon	401
120	Panama	355
121	Venezuela	336
122	Eritrea	306
123	Swaziland	301
124	Costa Rica	278
125	Luxembourg	275
126	Jamaica	272
127	Uganda	259
128	Jordan	251
129	Montenegro	249
130	Hong Kong (People's Republic Of China)	210
131	Singapore	199.4
132	Guyana	187
133	Suriname	166
134	Puerto Rico (US)	96
135	Sierra Leone	84
136	Antigua and Barbuda	77
137	Afghanistan	75
138	Nepal	59
139	United Arab Emirates	52
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50
141	Haiti	40
142	Paraguay	36
143	Brunei	13
144	Liechtenstein	9
145	Nicaragua	6
146	Nauru	5
147	Western Sahara	5
148	Laos	4
149	Lesotho	3
150	Monaco	1.7
151	Vatican City	0.862
	World	1,370,782

Passengers carried in rail transport per year

Country	Billion passengers	Year
Japan	22.67	2010
India	8.03	2010
Germany	1.95	2010
People's Republic of China	1.86	2011
United Kingdom	1.33	2010
France	1.14	2009
Russia	1.14	2009
South Korea	1.06	2010
Italy	0.64	2009
Spain	0.57	2010
South Africa	0.53	2007

Countries with Passenger km per head of population

Country	Kilometers/year
Switzerland	2,422
Japan	1,995
France	1,370
Denmark	1,329
Austria	1,245
Russia	1,220
Ukraine	1,150
Belarus	1,030
Belgium	1,009
Netherlands	940
Germany	910
Kazakhstan	880
Italy	780
India	777
United Kingdom	770
Hungary	690
Czech Republic	660
People's Republic of China	653
South Korea	650
Sweden	620
Egypt	550
Spain	460
Poland	450
Republic of China	410
Romania	380
Iran	180
Argentina	170
Pakistan	160
Thailand	150
Indonesia	110
Turkey	80
United States	80

Top 10 Largest Sailing Vessels Of The World

Following is the list of Top 10 Countries With Highest Reported Crime Rate:

 

S.No.	Country	Total Crimes
1	United States	11,877,218
2	United Kingdom	6,523,706
3	Germany	6,507,394
4	France	3,771,850
5	Russia	2,952,370
6	Japan	2,853,739
7	South Africa	2,683,849
8	Canada	2,516,918
9	Italy	2,231,550
10	India	1,764,630