World Metro Database

#	Country  >	<  Opening  >	< Network length  >	< Stations  >	< Annual ridership
1	India		171.0 km	73
2	United Kingdom	10 Jan 1863	402.0 km	270	1,171 million
3	USA	6 Jun 1892	166.0 km	153	222 million
4	Hungary	2 May 1896	33.0 km	42	302 million
5	United Kingdom	14 Dec 1896	10.4 km	15	13 million
6	USA	1 Sep 1897	60.5 km	66	147 million
7	France	19 Jul 1900	219.9 km	383	1,524 million
8	Germany	1 Mar 1901	13.3 km	20
9	Germany	18 Feb 1902	147.4 km	195	505 million
10	USA	27 Oct 1904	370.4 km	469	1,655 million
11	USA	4 Mar 1907	62.0 km	66	107 million
12	Germany	1 Mar 1912	104.7 km	99	199 million
13	Argentina	1 Dec 1913	53.9 km	85	308 million
14	Spain	17 Oct 1919	293.0 km	292	635 million
15	Spain	30 Dec 1924	139.4 km	178	389 million
16	Australia	1926	22.1 km	14
17	Japan	30 Dec 1927	304.5 km	290	3,102 million
18	Japan	20 May 1933	137.8 km	133	836 million
19	Russia	15 May 1935	333.6 km	200	2,389 million
20	USA	26 May 1935	2.2 km	4
21	Sweden	1 Oct 1950	105.7 km	104	309 million
22	Greece	1954	60.3 km	65	342 million
23	Canada	30 Apr 1954	71.3 km	74	278 million
24	Italy	10 Feb 1955	61.0 km	74	331 million
25	USA	15 Mar 1955	31.0 km	18	6 million
26	Russia	15 Nov 1955	113.5 km	67	786 million
27	Japan	15 Nov 1957	93.1 km	97	427 million
28	Israel	1959	1.8 km	6
29	Portugal	29 Dec 1959	44.3 km	56	183 million
30	Ukraine	22 Oct 1960	67.6 km	52	519 million
31	Italy	1 Nov 1964	96.9 km	113	328 million
32	Georgia	11 Jan 1966	26.3 km	22	88 million
33	Norway	22 May 1966	62.0 km	77	76 million
34	Germany	10 Jun 1966	24.0 km	19
35	Canada	14 Oct 1966	69.2 km	73	219 million
36	Germany	5 Oct 1967	20.2 km	27
37	Azerbaijan	6 Nov 1967	36.6 km	25	183 million
38	Netherlands	10 Feb 1968	47.0 km	38	87 million
39	Germany	4 Oct 1968	20.5 km	31
40	Germany	11 Oct 1968	47.4 km	55
41	Germany	29 May 1969	4.0 km	11
42	Mexico	5 Sep 1969	180.0 km	195	1,609 million
43	China	1 Oct 1969	554.0 km	334	2,460 million
44	Japan	3 Mar 1970	6.6 km	8
45	Germany	21 Sep 1971	5.2 km	7
46	Germany	19 Oct 1971	94.2 km	102	360 million
47	Japan	16 Dec 1971	48.0 km	49	209 million
48	Germany	1 Mar 1972	36.0 km	48	118 million
49	USA	11 Sep 1972	166.9 km	44	111 million
50	Japan	16 Dec 1972	57.6 km	48	198 million
51	North Korea	6 Sep 1973	22.5 km	16	36 million
52	Czech Republic	9 May 1974	65.1 km	61	530 million
53	South Korea	15 Aug 1974	326.5 km	302	2,518 million
54	Brazil	14 Sep 1974	78.4 km	71	877 million
55	Germany	22 Mar 1975	9.0 km	12
56	Belgium	25 Mar 1975	7.6 km	11
57	Ukraine	23 Aug 1975	37.4 km	29	250 million
58	Chile	15 Sep 1975	102.4 km	108	640 million
59	Germany	28 Sep 1975	18.6 km	21
60	USA	27 Mar 1976	189.9 km	95	218 million
61	Germany	17 May 1976	29.5 km	37
62	Belgium	21 Jun 1976	17.5 km	23
63	Belgium	20 Sep 1976	32.2 km	61	133 million
64	Japan	13 Mar 1977	30.6 km	26	121 million
65	Netherlands	16 Oct 1977	32.7 km	33	85 million
66	Uzbekistan	6 Nov 1977	36.2 km	29	65 million
67	France	26 Nov 1977	21.8 km	30	75 million
68	Austria	25 Feb 1978	79.0 km	104	534 million
69	Canada	22 Apr 1978	20.4 km	15
70	France	28 Apr 1978	31.8 km	44	257 million
71	Brazil	5 Mar 1979	42.0 km	36	212 million
72	Germany	26 May 1979	21.5 km	29
73	USA	30 Jun 1979	79.2 km	39	34 million
74	Hong Kong S.A.R.	1 Oct 1979	178.0 km	97	1,444 million
75	Germany	3 Nov 1979	9.0 km	13
76	Romania	16 Nov 1979	69.3 km	50	171 million
77	United Kingdom	7 Aug 1980	76.5 km	61	38 million
78	Armenia	7 Mar 1981	12.1 km	10	17 million
79	Japan	1 Apr 1981	31.3 km	32	126 million
80	Japan	26 Jul 1981	29.8 km	35	124 million
81	Germany	4 Oct 1981	13.0 km	20
82	Finland	3 Aug 1982	21.0 km	17	62 million
83	Venezuela	27 Mar 1983	66.5 km	54	485 million
84	France	25 Apr 1983	45.5 km	62	96 million
85	USA	21 Nov 1983	24.5 km	14	18 million
86	USA	21 May 1984	39.8 km	23	18 million
87	Belarus	26 Jun 1984	37.2 km	29	281 million
88	Germany	1 Sep 1984	5.5 km	9
89	India	24 Oct 1984	29.7 km	24	173 million
90	Russia	5 Nov 1984	6.8 km	6
91	Philippines	1 Dec 1984	51.5 km	44	346 million
92	Japan	9 Jan 1985	8.8 km	13
93	Brazil	2 Mar 1985	33.8 km	17
94	Brazil	11 Mar 1985	39.7 km	30
95	USA	18 May 1985	8.4 km	8
96	USA	3 Jul 1985	4.8 km	6
97	South Korea	19 Jul 1985	133.4 km	128	320 million
98	Russia	20 Nov 1985	18.9 km	15	27 million
99	Canada	3 Jan 1986	69.5 km	49	120 million
100	Russia	7 Jan 1986	16.4 km	13	76 million
101	Brazil	1 Aug 1986	28.1 km	19
102	Ukraine	26 Dec 1986	18.0 km	12
103	USA	Jul 1987	4.8 km	13
104	Japan	15 Jul 1987	28.7 km	30	58 million
105	Egypt	27 Sep 1987	77.9 km	64	837 million
106	Singapore	7 Nov 1987	167.4 km	118	794 million
107	Russia	26 Dec 1987	11.6 km	10	16 million
108	Japan	28 Mar 1988	15.5 km	18
109	Spain	3 Oct 1988	31.8 km	38
110	USA	30 May 1989	6.9 km	6
111	Mexico	1 Sep 1989	24.0 km	29
112	Italy	13 Jun 1990	7.1 km	8
113	Mexico	25 Apr 1991	31.5 km	32	138 million
114	Russia	26 Apr 1991	12.7 km	9	38 million
115	Switzerland	24 May 1991	13.7 km	29
116	Germany	11 Jul 1992	14.3 km	13
117	USA	30 Jan 1993	59.3 km	30	46 million
118	Italy	28 Mar 1993	34.8 km	33	35 million
119	France	26 Jun 1993	27.5 km	38	103 million
120	USA	31 Jul 1993	73.4 km	37
121	Japan	20 Aug 1994	18.4 km	22	18 million
122	France	17 Dec 1994	2.2 km	5
123	Poland	7 Apr 1995	28.7 km	28	140 million
124	China	10 Apr 1995	588.0 km	364	2,276 million
125	Spain	11 Nov 1995	43.4 km	41	90 million
126	Colombia	30 Nov 1995	28.8 km	26	170 million
127	Ukraine	29 Dec 1995	7.1 km	6	9 million
128	Taiwan	28 Mar 1996	131.3 km	117	652 million
129	Turkey	30 Aug 1996	55.1 km	45	113 million
130	Malaysia	16 Dec 1996	100.1 km	84	109 million
131	Poland	1 Mar 1997	6.1 km	6
132	India	19 Oct 1997	37.0 km	24
133	South Korea	26 Nov 1997	81.2 km	89	127 million
134	Bulgaria	28 Jan 1998	36.2 km	34	29 million
135	Japan	27 Nov 1998	16.0 km	19
136	Italy	27 Jun 1999	3.8 km	6
137	China	28 Jun 1999	263.5 km	171	1,825 million
138	South Korea	6 Oct 1999	29.5 km	29	89 million
139	Thailand	5 Dec 1999	86.4 km	61	245 million
140	Iran	21 Feb 2000	150.6 km	96	480 million
141	Turkey	22 May 2000	20.1 km	17	63 million
142	Turkey	16 Sep 2000	90.0 km	70	78 million
143	Brazil	31 Mar 2001	42.0 km	24	55 million
144	France	16 Mar 2002	9.0 km	15	47 million
145	Turkey	19 Aug 2002	31.5 km	31
146	China	Oct 2002	17.0 km	16
147	Denmark	19 Oct 2002	21.0 km	22	54 million
148	Portugal	7 Dec 2002	21.7 km	16
149	India	24 Dec 2002	214.9 km	163	606 million
150	China	1 May 2003	141.0 km	56	44 million
151	Japan	10 Aug 2003	12.8 km	15
152	China	28 Mar 2004	136.5 km	87	64 million
153	South Korea	28 Apr 2004	20.1 km	20	18 million
154	USA	15 Jul 2004	6.2 km	7
155	China	28 Sep 2004	128.3 km	106	73 million
156	Netherlands	16 Oct 2004	27.9 km	30
157	China	28 Dec 2004	230.3 km	149	132 million
158	Puerto Rico	6 Jun 2005	17.2 km	16	11 million
159	China	18 Jun 2005	203.0 km	118
160	Russia	27 Aug 2005	15.8 km	10	27 million
161	China	27 Aug 2005	142.3 km	97	344 million
162	Chile	23 Nov 2005	43.0 km	20
163	Italy	4 Feb 2006	13.4 km	21	33 million
164	South Korea	16 Mar 2006	22.6 km	22	38 million
165	Venezuela	18 Oct 2006	7.7 km	9	21 million
166	Spain	25 Apr 2007	8.3 km	9
167	Italy	29 Jan 2008	3.0 km	7
168	Taiwan	9 Mar 2008	45.0 km	38	52 million
169	Dominican Republic	30 Jan 2009	24.8 km	30	29 million
170	Turkey	18 Mar 2009	13.5 km	13
171	Spain	2 Apr 2009	18.0 km	21
172	Venezuela	8 Jun 2009	6.5 km	6
173	USA	18 Jul 2009	27.2 km	15
174	United Arab Emirates	9 Sep 2009	69.7 km	47	109 million
175	China	27 Sep 2010	88.2 km	70	103 million
176	China	27 Sep 2010	49.5 km	41
177	Saudi Arabia	13 Nov 2010	18.1 km	9
178	Kazakhstan	1 Jan 2011	10.3 km	9	7 million
179	India	15 Sep 2011	29.2 km	30
180	China	16 Sep 2011	51.9 km	40	59 million
181	Iran	10 Oct 2011	23.5 km	24
182	Algeria	1 Nov 2011	13.5 km	14
183	Peru	5 Apr 2012	34.4 km	26
184	China	29 Apr 2012	25.7 km	24
185	China	28 Jun 2012	58.5 km	33
186	China	24 Nov 2012	81.5 km	57
187	Italy	22 Dec 2012	13.1 km	17
188	China	26 Sep 2013	17.5 km	18
189	China	26 Dec 2013	25.4 km	20
190	Panama	5 Apr 2014	13.7 km	13
191	China	29 Apr 2014	50.2 km	43
192	China	30 May 2014	74.5 km	51
193	Brazil	11 Jun 2014	11.9 km	8
194	China	1 Jul 2014	56.1 km	46
195	Spain	30 Jul 2014	12.0 km	17
196	Iran	11 Oct 2014	10.5 km	6
197	India	3 Jun 2015	9.6 km	9
198	Iran	28 Aug 2015	7.0 km	6
199	Iran	15 Oct 2015	11.2 km	10
200	China	16 Dec 2015	12.0 km	10
201	China	26 Dec 2015	28.7 km	24
202	China	18 May 2016	9.7 km	9
203	China	27 May 2016	38.8 km	15
204	China	28 Jun 2016	11.2 km	10