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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	7.36 million tons/km		[109th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	46,364		[150th of 164]
Aircraft departures	700		[141st of 155]
Airports	5		[180th of 247]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Highways > Paved	1,357 km		[78th of 113]
Highways > Total	6,787 km		[81st of 118]
Motor vehicles	2 motor vehicles per 100 p		[126th of 134]
Ports and harbors	Cotonou, Porto-Novo
Ports and terminals	Cotonou
Railways > Total	758 km		[99th of 220]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km	86 million ton-km		[74th of 84]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km	66 million passenger-km		[66th of 83]
Roads, total network > km	19,000 km		[53rd of 172]
Roadways > Paved	1,400 km		[46th of 81]
Roadways > Total	16,000 km		[45th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved	14,600 km		[22nd of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international two villages remain in dispute along the border with Burkina Faso; accuses Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated, and ICJ ad hoc judges have been selected to rule on disputed Niger and Mekrou River islands; several villages along the Okpara River are in dispute with Nigeria; a joint boundary commission continues to resurvey the boundary with Togo to verify Benin's claim that Togo moved boundary stones
Vehicle abundance	0.41 per square km		[120th of 141]
Waterways	150 km		[66th of 165]

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