e: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in
partial use (2004)
Uzbekistan
total: 3,950 km
broad gauge: 3,950 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2004)
Venezuela
total: 682 km
standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2004)
Vietnam
total: 2,600 km
standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 253 km three-rail track combining 1.435-m and 1.000-m
gauges (2004)
World
total: 1,115,205 km
broad gauge: 257,481 km
standard gauge: 671,413 km
narrow gauge: 186,311 km (2003)
Zambia
total: 2,173 km
narrow gauge: 2,173 km 1.067-m gauge
note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority
(TAZARA) (2004)
Zimbabwe
total: 3,077 km
narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2004)
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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@2122 Religions (%)
Afghanistan
Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1%
Albania
Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
note: percentages are estimates; there are no available current
statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were
closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November
1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice
Algeria
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
American Samoa
Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%,
Protestant and other 30%
Andorra
Roman Catholic (predominant)
Angola
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15%
(1998 est.)
Anguilla
Anglican 29%, Methodist 23.9%, other Protestant 30.2%,
Roman Catholic 5.7%, other Christian 1.7%, other 5.2%, none or
unspecified 4.3% (2001 Census)
Antigua and Barbuda
Christian, (predominantly Anglican with other
Protestant, and some Roman Catholic)
Argentina
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing),
Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Armenia
Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi
(monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%
Aruba
Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian,
Jewish
Australia
Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%,
Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none
15.3% (2001 Census)
Austria
Roman
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