NationMaster - Bhutanese Transportation statistics

Aircraft departures	138	[th of 155]
(per capita)	114 per 1,000 people	[th of 155]
Airports	202	[th of 231]
(per $ GDP)	105 per $1 billion of GDP	[th of 182]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m	130	[th of 139]
(per capita)	82 per 1 million people	[th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > Total	208	[th of 227]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m	136	[th of 137]
(per capita)	100 per 1 million people	[th of 130]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total	189	[th of 193]
Highways > Paved	95 km	[th of 171]
(per capita)	100 km per 1,000 people	[th of 163]
Highways > Total	120 km	[th of 181]
Highways > Unpaved	108 km	[th of 168]
(per capita)	115 km per 1,000 people	[th of 161]
Railways	51 km	[th of 86]
(per capita)	46 km per 1,000 people	[th of 75]
Roadways > Paved	109 km	[th of 205]
Roadways > Total	139 km	[th of 222]
Vehicle abundance	108 per square km	[th of 141]

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SOURCES: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.; Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. ; Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.; Total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces) ; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces) ; total length of the paved parts of the highway system; total length of the paved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; total length of the highway system; total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system; total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions. ; Vehicles per populated land area
Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2)
Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

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