World Metro Database

#	Country  >	<  Opening  >	< Network length  >	< Stations  >	< Avg. station distance  >	< Daily ridership
1	India		171.0 km	73	2,515 m
2	United Kingdom	10 Jan 1863	402.0 km	270	1,552 m	3.21 million
3	USA	6 Jun 1892	166.0 km	153	1,145 m	608,000
4	Hungary	2 May 1896	33.0 km	42	846 m	827,000
5	United Kingdom	14 Dec 1896	10.4 km	15	743 m	35,600
6	USA	1 Sep 1897	60.5 km	66	960 m	403,000
7	France	19 Jul 1900	219.9 km	383	599 m	4.18 million
8	Germany	1 Mar 1901	13.3 km	20	700 m
9	Germany	18 Feb 1902	147.4 km	195	797 m	1.38 million
10	USA	27 Oct 1904	370.4 km	469	838 m	4.53 million
11	USA	4 Mar 1907	62.0 km	66	984 m	293,000
12	Germany	1 Mar 1912	104.7 km	99	1,102 m	545,000
13	Argentina	1 Dec 1913	53.9 km	85	682 m	844,000
14	Spain	17 Oct 1919	293.0 km	292	1,050 m	1.74 million
15	Spain	30 Dec 1924	139.4 km	178	835 m	1.07 million
16	Australia	1926	22.1 km	14	2,005 m
17	Japan	30 Dec 1927	304.5 km	290	1,099 m	8.5 million
18	Japan	20 May 1933	137.8 km	133	1,111 m	2.29 million
19	Russia	15 May 1935	333.6 km	200	1,774 m	6.55 million
20	USA	26 May 1935	2.2 km	4	733 m
21	Sweden	1 Oct 1950	105.7 km	104	1,047 m	847,000
22	Greece	1954	60.3 km	65	973 m	937,000
23	Canada	30 Apr 1954	71.3 km	74	1,019 m	762,000
24	Italy	10 Feb 1955	61.0 km	74	859 m	907,000
25	USA	15 Mar 1955	31.0 km	18	1,824 m	16,400
26	Russia	15 Nov 1955	113.5 km	67	1,831 m	2.15 million
27	Japan	15 Nov 1957	93.1 km	97	1,001 m	1.17 million
28	Israel	1959	1.8 km	6	350 m
29	Portugal	29 Dec 1959	44.3 km	56	852 m	501,000
30	Ukraine	22 Oct 1960	67.6 km	52	1,380 m	1.42 million
31	Italy	1 Nov 1964	96.9 km	113	889 m	899,000
32	Georgia	11 Jan 1966	26.3 km	22	1,315 m	241,000
33	Norway	22 May 1966	62.0 km	77	861 m	208,000
34	Germany	10 Jun 1966	24.0 km	19	1,412 m
35	Canada	14 Oct 1966	69.2 km	73	1,003 m	600,000
36	Germany	5 Oct 1967	20.2 km	27	842 m
37	Azerbaijan	6 Nov 1967	36.6 km	25	1,662 m	501,000
38	Netherlands	10 Feb 1968	47.0 km	38	1,306 m	238,000
39	Germany	4 Oct 1968	20.5 km	31	732 m
40	Germany	11 Oct 1968	47.4 km	55	1,185 m
41	Germany	29 May 1969	4.0 km	11	364 m
42	Mexico	5 Sep 1969	180.0 km	195	984 m	4.41 million
43	China	1 Oct 1969	554.0 km	334	1,753 m	6.74 million
44	Japan	3 Mar 1970	6.6 km	8	943 m
45	Germany	21 Sep 1971	5.2 km	7	1,733 m
46	Germany	19 Oct 1971	94.2 km	102	981 m	986,000
47	Japan	16 Dec 1971	48.0 km	49	1,043 m	573,000
48	Germany	1 Mar 1972	36.0 km	48	800 m	323,000
49	USA	11 Sep 1972	166.9 km	44	4,279 m	304,000
50	Japan	16 Dec 1972	57.6 km	48	1,280 m	542,000
51	North Korea	6 Sep 1973	22.5 km	16	1,607 m	98,600
52	Czech Republic	9 May 1974	65.1 km	61	1,122 m	1.45 million
53	South Korea	15 Aug 1974	326.5 km	302	1,114 m	6.9 million
54	Brazil	14 Sep 1974	78.4 km	71	1,206 m	2.4 million
55	Germany	22 Mar 1975	9.0 km	12	818 m
56	Belgium	25 Mar 1975	7.6 km	11	844 m
57	Ukraine	23 Aug 1975	37.4 km	29	1,438 m	685,000
58	Chile	15 Sep 1975	102.4 km	108	994 m	1.75 million
59	Germany	28 Sep 1975	18.6 km	21	1,033 m
60	USA	27 Mar 1976	189.9 km	95	2,134 m	597,000
61	Germany	17 May 1976	29.5 km	37	866 m
62	Belgium	21 Jun 1976	17.5 km	23	921 m
63	Belgium	20 Sep 1976	32.2 km	61	555 m	364,000
64	Japan	13 Mar 1977	30.6 km	26	1,275 m	332,000
65	Netherlands	16 Oct 1977	32.7 km	33	1,128 m	233,000
66	Uzbekistan	6 Nov 1977	36.2 km	29	1,392 m	178,000
67	France	26 Nov 1977	21.8 km	30	779 m	205,000
68	Austria	25 Feb 1978	79.0 km	104	798 m	1.46 million
69	Canada	22 Apr 1978	20.4 km	15	1,457 m
70	France	28 Apr 1978	31.8 km	44	795 m	704,000
71	Brazil	5 Mar 1979	42.0 km	36	1,235 m	581,000
72	Germany	26 May 1979	21.5 km	29	797 m
73	USA	30 Jun 1979	79.2 km	39	2,141 m	93,200
74	Hong Kong S.A.R.	1 Oct 1979	178.0 km	97	2,046 m	3.96 million
75	Germany	3 Nov 1979	9.0 km	13	819 m
76	Romania	16 Nov 1979	69.3 km	50	1,505 m	468,000
77	United Kingdom	7 Aug 1980	76.5 km	61	1,297 m	104,000
78	Armenia	7 Mar 1981	12.1 km	10	1,344 m	46,600
79	Japan	1 Apr 1981	31.3 km	32	1,043 m	345,000
80	Japan	26 Jul 1981	29.8 km	35	931 m	340,000
81	Germany	4 Oct 1981	13.0 km	20	721 m
82	Finland	3 Aug 1982	21.0 km	17	1,313 m	170,000
83	Venezuela	27 Mar 1983	66.5 km	54	1,386 m	1.33 million
84	France	25 Apr 1983	45.5 km	62	758 m	263,000
85	USA	21 Nov 1983	24.5 km	14	1,885 m	49,300
86	USA	21 May 1984	39.8 km	23	1,809 m	49,300
87	Belarus	26 Jun 1984	37.2 km	29	1,379 m	770,000
88	Germany	1 Sep 1984	5.5 km	9	690 m
89	India	24 Oct 1984	29.7 km	24	1,291 m	474,000
90	Russia	5 Nov 1984	6.8 km	6	1,360 m
91	Philippines	1 Dec 1984	51.5 km	44	1,256 m	948,000
92	Japan	9 Jan 1985	8.8 km	13	733 m
93	Brazil	2 Mar 1985	33.8 km	17	2,112 m
94	Brazil	11 Mar 1985	39.7 km	30	1,418 m
95	USA	18 May 1985	8.4 km	8	1,194 m
96	USA	3 Jul 1985	4.8 km	6	960 m
97	South Korea	19 Jul 1985	133.4 km	128	1,085 m	877,000
98	Russia	20 Nov 1985	18.9 km	15	1,454 m	74,000
99	Canada	3 Jan 1986	69.5 km	49	1,511 m	329,000
100	Russia	7 Jan 1986	16.4 km	13	1,487 m	208,000
101	Brazil	1 Aug 1986	28.1 km	19	1,563 m
102	Ukraine	26 Dec 1986	18.0 km	12	1,636 m
103	USA	Jul 1987	4.8 km	13	400 m
104	Japan	15 Jul 1987	28.7 km	30	1,025 m	159,000
105	Egypt	27 Sep 1987	77.9 km	64	1,277 m	2.29 million
106	Singapore	7 Nov 1987	167.4 km	118	1,481 m	2.18 million
107	Russia	26 Dec 1987	11.6 km	10	1,289 m	43,800
108	Japan	28 Mar 1988	15.5 km	18	969 m
109	Spain	3 Oct 1988	31.8 km	38	909 m
110	USA	30 May 1989	6.9 km	6	1,380 m
111	Mexico	1 Sep 1989	24.0 km	29	889 m
112	Italy	13 Jun 1990	7.1 km	8	1,014 m
113	Mexico	25 Apr 1991	31.5 km	32	1,050 m	378,000
114	Russia	26 Apr 1991	12.7 km	9	1,587 m	104,000
115	Switzerland	24 May 1991	13.7 km	29	507 m
116	Germany	11 Jul 1992	14.3 km	13	1,304 m
117	USA	30 Jan 1993	59.3 km	30	2,196 m	126,000
118	Italy	28 Mar 1993	34.8 km	33	1,160 m	95,900
119	France	26 Jun 1993	27.5 km	38	764 m	282,000
120	USA	31 Jul 1993	73.4 km	37	2,097 m
121	Japan	20 Aug 1994	18.4 km	22	876 m	49,300
122	France	17 Dec 1994	2.2 km	5	550 m
123	Poland	7 Apr 1995	28.7 km	28	1,104 m	384,000
124	China	10 Apr 1995	588.0 km	364	1,680 m	6.24 million
125	Spain	11 Nov 1995	43.4 km	41	1,113 m	247,000
126	Colombia	30 Nov 1995	28.8 km	26	1,200 m	466,000
127	Ukraine	29 Dec 1995	7.1 km	6	1,420 m	24,700
128	Taiwan	28 Mar 1996	131.3 km	117	1,172 m	1.79 million
129	Turkey	30 Aug 1996	55.1 km	45	1,344 m	310,000
130	Malaysia	16 Dec 1996	100.1 km	84	1,236 m	299,000
131	Poland	1 Mar 1997	6.1 km	6	1,220 m
132	India	19 Oct 1997	37.0 km	24	1,682 m
133	South Korea	26 Nov 1997	81.2 km	89	944 m	348,000
134	Bulgaria	28 Jan 1998	36.2 km	34	1,131 m	79,500
135	Japan	27 Nov 1998	16.0 km	19	889 m
136	Italy	27 Jun 1999	3.8 km	6	760 m
137	China	28 Jun 1999	263.5 km	171	1,627 m	5 million
138	South Korea	6 Oct 1999	29.5 km	29	1,054 m	244,000
139	Thailand	5 Dec 1999	86.4 km	61	1,516 m	671,000
140	Iran	21 Feb 2000	150.6 km	96	1,655 m	1.32 million
141	Turkey	22 May 2000	20.1 km	17	1,256 m	173,000
142	Turkey	16 Sep 2000	90.0 km	70	1,385 m	214,000
143	Brazil	31 Mar 2001	42.0 km	24	1,826 m	151,000
144	France	16 Mar 2002	9.0 km	15	643 m	129,000
145	Turkey	19 Aug 2002	31.5 km	31	1,086 m
146	China	Oct 2002	17.0 km	16	1,133 m
147	Denmark	19 Oct 2002	21.0 km	22	1,050 m	148,000
148	Portugal	7 Dec 2002	21.7 km	16	1,550 m
149	India	24 Dec 2002	214.9 km	163	1,378 m	1.66 million
150	China	1 May 2003	141.0 km	56	2,712 m	121,000
151	Japan	10 Aug 2003	12.8 km	15	914 m
152	China	28 Mar 2004	136.5 km	87	1,645 m	175,000
153	South Korea	28 Apr 2004	20.1 km	20	1,058 m	49,300
154	USA	15 Jul 2004	6.2 km	7	1,033 m
155	China	28 Sep 2004	128.3 km	106	1,258 m	200,000
156	Netherlands	16 Oct 2004	27.9 km	30	1,033 m
157	China	28 Dec 2004	230.3 km	149	1,611 m	362,000
158	Puerto Rico	6 Jun 2005	17.2 km	16	1,147 m	30,100
159	China	18 Jun 2005	203.0 km	118	1,780 m
160	Russia	27 Aug 2005	15.8 km	10	1,756 m	74,000
161	China	27 Aug 2005	142.3 km	97	1,530 m	942,000
162	Chile	23 Nov 2005	43.0 km	20	2,263 m
163	Italy	4 Feb 2006	13.4 km	21	670 m	90,400
164	South Korea	16 Mar 2006	22.6 km	22	1,076 m	104,000
165	Venezuela	18 Oct 2006	7.7 km	9	962 m	57,500
166	Spain	25 Apr 2007	8.3 km	9	1,038 m
167	Italy	29 Jan 2008	3.0 km	7	500 m
168	Taiwan	9 Mar 2008	45.0 km	38	1,250 m	142,000
169	Dominican Republic	30 Jan 2009	24.8 km	30	886 m	79,500
170	Turkey	18 Mar 2009	13.5 km	13	1,125 m
171	Spain	2 Apr 2009	18.0 km	21	900 m
172	Venezuela	8 Jun 2009	6.5 km	6	1,300 m
173	USA	18 Jul 2009	27.2 km	15	1,943 m
174	United Arab Emirates	9 Sep 2009	69.7 km	47	1,549 m	299,000
175	China	27 Sep 2010	88.2 km	70	1,316 m	282,000
176	China	27 Sep 2010	49.5 km	41	1,268 m
177	Saudi Arabia	13 Nov 2010	18.1 km	9	2,263 m
178	Kazakhstan	1 Jan 2011	10.3 km	9	1,293 m	19,200
179	India	15 Sep 2011	29.2 km	30	1,043 m
180	China	16 Sep 2011	51.9 km	40	1,366 m	162,000
181	Iran	10 Oct 2011	23.5 km	24	1,022 m
182	Algeria	1 Nov 2011	13.5 km	14	1,038 m
183	Peru	5 Apr 2012	34.4 km	26	1,376 m
184	China	29 Apr 2012	25.7 km	24	1,117 m
185	China	28 Jun 2012	58.5 km	33	1,950 m
186	China	24 Nov 2012	81.5 km	57	1,509 m
187	Italy	22 Dec 2012	13.1 km	17	819 m
188	China	26 Sep 2013	17.5 km	18	1,029 m
189	China	26 Dec 2013	25.4 km	20	1,337 m
190	Panama	5 Apr 2014	13.7 km	13	1,142 m
191	China	29 Apr 2014	50.2 km	43	1,224 m
192	China	30 May 2014	74.5 km	51	1,520 m
193	Brazil	11 Jun 2014	11.9 km	8	1,700 m
194	China	1 Jul 2014	56.1 km	46	1,275 m
195	Spain	30 Jul 2014	12.0 km	17	800 m
196	Iran	11 Oct 2014	10.5 km	6	2,100 m
197	India	3 Jun 2015	9.6 km	9	1,200 m
198	Iran	28 Aug 2015	7.0 km	6	1,400 m
199	Iran	15 Oct 2015	11.2 km	10	1,244 m
200	China	16 Dec 2015	12.0 km	10	1,333 m
201	China	26 Dec 2015	28.7 km	24	1,248 m
202	China	18 May 2016	9.7 km	9	1,212 m
203	China	27 May 2016	38.8 km	15	2,771 m
204	China	28 Jun 2016	11.2 km	10	1,244 m