Waterway is the navigable body of water such as Seas, lakes, Rivers, Oceans, Canals and other human made Backwaters. The waterways are used mainly for transportation small to Large for cargo and passengers, some countries main transportation system is on water even they trade on boats in the countries like Thailand and China. It is difficult to maintain inland waterways like rivers and canals, China connected with thousands of kilometers of inland waterway that creates easy transportation between Villages, Towns and Cities and China has highest length of waterways in the world that about 110,000 km, Russia, Brazil and United states are respectively in second, third and fourth positions. The following ranks are given on date of information received.
| Rank | Country | (km) | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 140,000 | 2013 |
| 2 | Russia | 102,000 | 2009 |
| 3 | Brazil | 50,000 | 2012 |
| 4 | United States | 41,009 | 2012 |
| 5 | Colombia | 24,725 | 2012 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 21,579 | 2011 |
| 7 | Vietnam | 17,702 | 2011 |
| 8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15,000 | 2011 |
| 9 | India | 14,500 | 2012 |
| 10 | Burma | 12,800 | 2011 |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 11,000 | 2011 |
| 12 | Argentina | 11,000 | 2012 |
| 13 | Bolivia | 10,000 | 2012 |
| 14 | Peru | 8,808 | 2011 |
| 15 | Nigeria | 8,600 | 2011 |
| 16 | France | 8,501 | 2010 |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 8,370 | 2011 |
| 18 | Finland | 7,842 | 2011 |
| 19 | Germany | 7,467 | 2012 |
| 20 | Malaysia | 7,200 | 2011 |
| 21 | Venezuela | 7,100 | 2011 |
| 22 | Netherlands | 6,214 | 2009 |
| 23 | Iraq | 5,279 | 2012 |
| 24 | Laos | 4,600 | 2012 |
| 25 | Sudan | 4,068 | 2011 |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 4,000 | 2010 |
| 27 | Thailand | 4,000 | 2011 |
| 28 | Poland | 3,997 | 2009 |
| 29 | Cambodia | 3,700 | 2012 |
| 30 | Egypt | 3,500 | 2011 |