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| AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Aircraft departures
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388,700 |
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[10th of 155]
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Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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139 |
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[3rd of 117]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
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17 |
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[17th of 99]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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112 |
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[9th of 137]
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Cars
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485 per 1,000 people |
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[5th of 18]
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Highways > Paved
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314,090 km |
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[8th of 171]
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Highways > Total
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811,603 km |
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[7th of 181]
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Motor vehicles
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619 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[4th of 134]
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Ports and harbors
Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville |
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Roads, total network > km
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810,200 km
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[5th of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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336,962 km
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[11th of 205]
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Roadways > Total
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810,641 km
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[9th of 222]
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Roadways > Unpaved
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473,679 km
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[5th of 175]
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Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
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50-6015 |
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
the 1999 maritime delimitation established partial maritime boundaries with East Timor over part of the Timor Gap but temporary resource-sharing agreements over an unreconciled area grant Australia 90% share of exploited gas reserves and hamper creation of a southern maritime boundary with Indonesia (see Ashmore and Cartier Islands disputes); Australia asserts a territorial claim to Antarctica and to its continental shelf (see Antarctica) |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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53.85 %
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[51st of 153]
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Travel services > % of commercial service imports
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39.24 %
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[11th of 153]
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Vehicle abundance
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47.91 per square km |
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[17th of 141]
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Waterways
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2,000 km
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[44th of 106]
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World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code
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45
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[8th of 44]
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... View all Transportation stats
SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wikipedia: Speed limit
; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
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