World Metro Database

#	Country  >	< Opening  >	< Lines  >	< Stations  >	< Avg. station distance  >	< Daily ridership
1	Algeria	1 Nov 2011	1	14	1,038 m
2	Argentina	1 Dec 1913	6	86	674 m	844,000
3	Armenia	7 Mar 1981	1	10	1,344 m	46,600
4	Australia	1926	3	14	2,005 m
5	Austria	25 Feb 1978	5	104	798 m	1.46 million
6	Azerbaijan	6 Nov 1967	3	25	1,662 m	501,000
7	Belarus	26 Jun 1984	2	29	1,379 m	770,000
8	Belgium	25 Mar 1975	2	11	844 m
9	Belgium	20 Sep 1976	3	61	555 m	364,000
10	Belgium	21 Jun 1976	4	23	921 m
11	Brazil	1 Aug 1986	1	19	1,563 m
12	Brazil	31 Mar 2001	1	24	1,826 m	151,000
13	Brazil	2 Mar 1985	1	17	2,112 m
14	Brazil	11 Mar 1985	2	30	1,418 m
15	Brazil	5 Mar 1979	3	42	1,423 m	581,000
16	Brazil	11 Jun 2014	1	8	1,700 m
17	Brazil	14 Sep 1974	6	71	1,206 m	2.4 million
18	Bulgaria	28 Jan 1998	2	35	1,136 m	79,500
19	Canada	22 Apr 1978	1	15	1,457 m
20	Canada	14 Oct 1966	4	73	1,003 m	600,000
21	Canada	30 Apr 1954	4	74	1,019 m	762,000
22	Canada	3 Jan 1986	3	49	1,511 m	329,000
23	Chile	15 Sep 1975	5	108	994 m	1.75 million
24	Chile	23 Nov 2005	1	20	2,263 m
25	China	1 Oct 1969	18	334	1,753 m	6.74 million
26	China	Oct 2002	1	16	1,133 m
27	China	29 Apr 2014	2	43	1,224 m
28	China	27 Sep 2010	4	87	1,308 m	282,000
29	China	18 Jun 2005	4	118	1,780 m
30	China	1 May 2003	4	56	2,712 m	121,000
31	China	27 May 2016	1	15	2,771 m
32	China	18 May 2016	1	9	1,212 m
33	China	28 Jun 1999	9	171	1,627 m	5 million
34	China	24 Nov 2012	3	57	1,509 m
35	China	26 Sep 2013	1	18	1,029 m
36	China	28 Jun 2012	3	33	1,950 m
37	China	26 Dec 2015	1	24	1,248 m
38	China	27 Aug 2005	4	97	1,530 m	942,000
39	China	28 Jun 2016	1	10	1,244 m
40	China	30 May 2014	2	51	1,520 m
41	China	16 Dec 2015	1	10	1,333 m
42	China	10 Apr 1995	14	364	1,680 m	6.24 million
43	China	27 Sep 2010	2	45	1,274 m
44	China	28 Dec 2004	6	149	1,611 m	362,000
45	China	29 Apr 2012	2	46	1,182 m
46	China	28 Mar 2004	5	95	1,602 m	175,000
47	China	28 Sep 2004	4	106	1,258 m	200,000
48	China	1 Jul 2014	2	46	1,275 m
49	China	16 Sep 2011	2	40	1,366 m	162,000
50	China	26 Dec 2013	2	36	1,381 m
51	Colombia	30 Nov 1995	2	28	1,204 m	466,000
52	Czech Republic	9 May 1974	3	61	1,122 m	1.45 million
53	Denmark	19 Oct 2002	2	22	1,050 m	148,000
54	Dominican Republic	30 Jan 2009	2	30	886 m	79,500
55	Egypt	27 Sep 1987	3	64	1,277 m	2.29 million
56	Finland	3 Aug 1982	1	17	1,313 m	170,000
57	France	25 Apr 1983	2	62	758 m	263,000
58	France	28 Apr 1978	4	44	795 m	704,000
59	France	26 Nov 1977	2	30	779 m	205,000
60	France	19 Jul 1900	16	383	599 m	4.18 million
61	France	16 Mar 2002	1	15	643 m	129,000
62	France	17 Dec 1994	1	5	550 m
63	France	26 Jun 1993	2	38	764 m	282,000
64	Georgia	11 Jan 1966	2	22	1,315 m	241,000
65	Germany	18 Feb 1902	10	195	797 m	1.38 million
66	Germany	21 Sep 1971	4	7	1,733 m
67	Germany	26 May 1979	2	29	797 m
68	Germany	22 Mar 1975	1	12	818 m
69	Germany	11 Oct 1968	15	55	1,185 m
70	Germany	17 May 1976	3	37	866 m
71	Germany	4 Oct 1981	2	20	721 m
72	Germany	11 Jul 1992	2	13	1,304 m
73	Germany	5 Oct 1967	3	27	842 m
74	Germany	4 Oct 1968	3	31	732 m
75	Germany	1 Sep 1984	1	9	690 m
76	Germany	1 Mar 1912	4	99	1,102 m	545,000
77	Germany	28 Sep 1975	3	21	1,033 m
78	Germany	29 May 1969	0	11	364 m
79	Germany	3 Nov 1979	2	13	819 m
80	Germany	19 Oct 1971	6	102	981 m	986,000
81	Germany	1 Mar 1972	3	48	800 m	323,000
82	Germany	10 Jun 1966	2	19	1,412 m
83	Germany	1 Mar 1901	1	20	700 m
84	Greece	1954	3	65	973 m	937,000
85	Hong Kong S.A.R.	1 Oct 1979	10	97	2,046 m	3.96 million
86	Hungary	2 May 1896	3	42	846 m	827,000
87	India	15 Sep 2011	2	30	1,043 m
88	India	19 Oct 1997	2	25	1,283 m
89	India	24 Dec 2002	7	165	1,360 m	1.66 million
90	India	3 Jun 2015	1	9	1,200 m
91	India	24 Oct 1984	1	24	1,291 m	474,000
92	India		5	73	2,515 m
93	Iran	15 Oct 2015	1	10	1,244 m
94	Iran	10 Oct 2011	1	24	1,022 m
95	Iran	11 Oct 2014	1	6	2,100 m
96	Iran	28 Aug 2015	1	6	1,400 m
97	Iran	21 Feb 2000	5	96	1,655 m	1.32 million
98	Israel	1959	1	6	350 m
99	Italy	22 Dec 2012	1	17	819 m
100	Italy	27 Jun 1999	1	6	760 m
101	Italy	13 Jun 1990	1	8	1,014 m
102	Italy	1 Nov 1964	4	113	889 m	899,000
103	Italy	28 Mar 1993	3	33	1,160 m	95,900
104	Italy	29 Jan 2008	1	7	500 m
105	Italy	10 Feb 1955	3	74	859 m	907,000
106	Italy	4 Feb 2006	1	21	670 m	90,400
107	Japan	28 Mar 1988	2	18	969 m
108	Japan	26 Jul 1981	3	35	931 m	340,000
109	Japan	20 Aug 1994	1	22	876 m	49,300
110	Japan	3 Mar 1970	1	8	943 m
111	Japan	9 Jan 1985	1	13	733 m
112	Japan	13 Mar 1977	2	26	1,275 m	332,000
113	Japan	1 Apr 1981	2	32	1,043 m	345,000
114	Japan	15 Nov 1957	4	97	1,001 m	1.17 million
115	Japan	10 Aug 2003	1	15	914 m
116	Japan	20 May 1933	9	133	1,111 m	2.29 million
117	Japan	16 Dec 1971	3	49	1,043 m	573,000
118	Japan	15 Jul 1987	2	30	1,025 m	159,000
119	Japan	27 Nov 1998	1	19	889 m
120	Japan	30 Dec 1927	13	290	1,099 m	8.5 million
121	Japan	16 Dec 1972	3	48	1,280 m	542,000
122	Kazakhstan	1 Jan 2011	1	9	1,293 m	19,200
123	Malaysia	16 Dec 1996	3	84	1,236 m	299,000
124	Mexico	1 Sep 1989	2	29	889 m
125	Mexico	5 Sep 1969	12	195	1,099 m	4.41 million
126	Mexico	25 Apr 1991	2	32	1,050 m	378,000
127	Netherlands	16 Oct 1977	4	33	1,128 m	233,000
128	Netherlands	10 Feb 1968	5	62	1,391 m	238,000
129	Netherlands	16 Oct 2004	3	30	1,033 m
130	North Korea	6 Sep 1973	2	16	1,607 m	98,600
131	Norway	22 May 1966	5	77	861 m	208,000
132	Panama	5 Apr 2014	1	13	1,142 m
133	Peru	5 Apr 2012	1	26	1,376 m
134	Philippines	1 Dec 1984	3	44	1,256 m	948,000
135	Poland	1 Mar 1997	1	6	1,220 m
136	Poland	7 Apr 1995	2	28	1,104 m	384,000
137	Portugal	29 Dec 1959	4	56	852 m	501,000
138	Portugal	7 Dec 2002	2	16	1,550 m
139	Puerto Rico	6 Jun 2005	1	16	1,147 m	30,100
140	Romania	16 Nov 1979	4	50	1,505 m	468,000
141	Russia	27 Aug 2005	1	10	1,756 m	74,000
142	Russia	15 May 1935	12	200	1,774 m	6.55 million
143	Russia	20 Nov 1985	2	15	1,454 m	74,000
144	Russia	7 Jan 1986	2	13	1,487 m	208,000
145	Russia	15 Nov 1955	5	67	1,831 m	2.15 million
146	Russia	26 Dec 1987	1	10	1,289 m	43,800
147	Russia	5 Nov 1984	1	6	1,360 m
148	Russia	26 Apr 1991	1	9	1,587 m	104,000
149	Saudi Arabia	13 Nov 2010	1	9	2,263 m
150	Singapore	7 Nov 1987	5	118	1,481 m	2.18 million
151	South Korea	19 Jul 1985	5	128	1,085 m	877,000
152	South Korea	26 Nov 1997	3	89	944 m	348,000
153	South Korea	16 Mar 2006	1	22	1,076 m	104,000
154	South Korea	28 Apr 2004	1	20	1,058 m	49,300
155	South Korea	6 Oct 1999	2	56	1,083 m	244,000
156	South Korea	15 Aug 1974	9	302	1,114 m	6.9 million
157	Spain	30 Dec 1924	11	178	835 m	1.07 million
158	Spain	11 Nov 1995	2	41	1,113 m	247,000
159	Spain	17 Oct 1919	13	292	1,050 m	1.74 million
160	Spain	30 Jul 2014	2	17	800 m
161	Spain	25 Apr 2007	1	9	1,038 m
162	Spain	2 Apr 2009	1	21	900 m
163	Spain	3 Oct 1988	3	38	909 m
164	Sweden	1 Oct 1950	3	104	1,047 m	847,000
165	Switzerland	24 May 1991	2	29	507 m
166	Taiwan	9 Mar 2008	2	38	1,250 m	142,000
167	Taiwan	28 Mar 1996	5	117	1,172 m	1.79 million
168	Thailand	5 Dec 1999	5	77	1,519 m	671,000
169	Turkey	18 Mar 2009	1	13	1,125 m
170	Turkey	30 Aug 1996	4	45	1,344 m	310,000
171	Turkey	19 Aug 2002	2	31	1,086 m
172	Turkey	16 Sep 2000	5	70	1,385 m	214,000
173	Turkey	22 May 2000	1	17	1,256 m	173,000
174	Ukraine	29 Dec 1995	1	6	1,420 m	24,700
175	Ukraine	23 Aug 1975	3	30	1,426 m	685,000
176	Ukraine	22 Oct 1960	3	52	1,380 m	1.42 million
177	Ukraine	26 Dec 1986	1	12	1,636 m
178	United Arab Emirates	9 Sep 2009	2	47	1,549 m	299,000
179	United Kingdom	14 Dec 1896	1	15	743 m	35,600
180	United Kingdom	10 Jan 1863	11	270	1,552 m	3.21 million
181	United Kingdom	7 Aug 1980	2	61	1,297 m	104,000
182	USA	30 Jun 1979	2	39	2,141 m	93,200
183	USA	21 Nov 1983	1	14	1,885 m	49,300
184	USA	1 Sep 1897	4	67	1,075 m	403,000
185	USA	18 May 1985	1	8	1,194 m
186	USA	6 Jun 1892	8	153	1,145 m	608,000
187	USA	15 Mar 1955	1	18	1,824 m	16,400
188	USA	Jul 1987	1	13	400 m
189	USA	30 May 1989	1	6	1,380 m
190	USA	15 Jul 2004	1	7	1,033 m
191	USA	30 Jan 1993	3	30	2,196 m	126,000
192	USA	21 May 1984	1	23	1,809 m	49,300
193	USA	27 Oct 1904	27	469	838 m	4.53 million
194	USA	26 May 1935	1	4	733 m
195	USA	4 Mar 1907	3	66	984 m	293,000
196	USA	3 Jul 1985	1	6	960 m
197	USA	31 Jul 1993	2	37	2,097 m
198	USA	11 Sep 1972	5	44	4,279 m	304,000
199	USA	18 Jul 2009	1	15	1,943 m
200	USA	27 Mar 1976	6	95	2,134 m	597,000
201	Uzbekistan	6 Nov 1977	3	29	1,392 m	178,000
202	Venezuela	27 Mar 1983	6	54	1,386 m	1.33 million
203	Venezuela	8 Jun 2009	1	6	1,300 m
204	Venezuela	18 Oct 2006	1	9	962 m	57,500