| Rank | Country | km | Waterways |
6 | Colombia | 18,000 | 18,000 km (2010) |
7 | Vietnam | 17,702 | 17,702 km (5,000 km are navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2011) |
8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15,000 | 15,000 km (including the Congo, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2009) |
9 | India | 14,500 | 14,500 km (5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels) (2008) |
10 | Burma | 12,800 | 12,800 km (2008) |
11 | Argentina | 11,000 | 11,000 km (2007) |
12 | Papua New Guinea | 11,000 | 11,000 km (2011) |
13 | Bolivia | 10,000 | 10,000 km (commercially navigable almost exclusively in the northern and eastern parts of the country) (2010) |
14 | Peru | 8,808 | 8,808 km (there are 8,600 km of navigable tributaries on the Amazon system and 208 km on Lago Titicaca) (2010) |
15 | Nigeria | 8,600 | 8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2009) |
16 | France | 8,501 | metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) (2010) |
17 | Bangladesh | 8,370 | 8,370 km (includes up to 3,060 km of main cargo routes; the network is reduced to 5,200 km in the dry season) (2007) |
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