| Rank | Country | km | Waterways |
21 | Venezuela | 7,100 | 7,100 km
note: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2005) |
22 | Netherlands | 6,211 | 
6,211 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2006) |
23 | Iraq | 5,279 | 5,279 km
note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways (2006) |
24 | Laos | 4,600 | 4,600 km
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2007) |
25 | Sudan | 4,068 | 4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2006) |
26 | Kazakhstan | 4,000 | 4,000 km (on the Ertis ((Irtysh)) River (80%) and Syr Darya ((Syrdariya)) River) (2006) |
27 | Thailand | 4,000 | 4,000 km
note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2005) |
28 | Poland | 3,997 | 3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2006) |
29 | Egypt | 3,500 | 3,500 km
note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m (2006) |
30 | Philippines | 3,219 | 3,219 km (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m) (2007) |
31 | United Kingdom | 3,200 | 3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2003) |
32 | Paraguay | 3,100 | 3,100 km (2007) |
33 | Mexico | 2,900 | 2,900 km (navigable rivers and coastal canals) (2007) |
34 | Central African Republic | 2,800 | 2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui and Sangha rivers) (2006) |
35 | Belarus | 2,500 | 2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003) |
36 | Cambodia | 2,400 | 2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2005) |
37 | Italy | 2,400 | 2,400 km
note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail (2006) |
38 | Ukraine | 2,253 | 2,253 km (most on Dnieper River) (2006) |
39 | Korea, North | 2,250 | 2,250 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2007) |
40 | Zambia | 2,250 | 2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers) (2005) |
41 | Nicaragua | 2,220 | 2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (2007) |
42 | Sweden | 2,052 | 2,052 km (2005) |
43 | Belgium | 2,043 | 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2006) |
44 | Australia | 2,000 | 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006) |
45 | Mali | 1,800 | 1,800 km (2007) |
46 | Japan | 1,770 | 1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2007) |
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