| Rank | Country | km | Waterways |
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) |
47 | Romania | 1,731 | 1,731 km
note: includes 1,075 km on Danube River, 524 km on secondary branches, and 132 km on canals (2006) |
48 | Hungary | 1,622 | 1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2007) |
49 | Korea, South | 1,608 | 1,608 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2007) |
50 | Gabon | 1,600 | 1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2007) |
51 | Uruguay | 1,600 | 1,600 km (2005) |
52 | Norway | 1,577 | 1,577 km (2007) |
53 | Ecuador | 1,500 | 1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2006) |
54 | Angola | 1,300 | 1,300 km (2007) |
55 | Guinea | 1,300 | 1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2005) |
56 | Turkmenistan | 1,300 | 1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal important inland waterways) (2006) |
57 | Ghana | 1,293 | 1,293 km
note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2007) |
58 | Afghanistan | 1,200 | 1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT) (2007) |
59 | Suriname | 1,200 | 1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2005) |
60 | Turkey | 1,200 | 1,200 km (2005) |
61 | Congo, Republic of the | 1,125 | 1,125 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2006) |
62 | Uzbekistan | 1,100 | 1,100 km (2006) |
63 | Senegal | 1,000 | 1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance rivers) (2005) |
64 | Spain | 1,000 | 1,000 km (2003) |
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