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Europe > Ireland > Transportation

IRISH TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 164,300 [24th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 3 [59th of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 4 [98th of 137]
Cars 272 per 1,000 people [18th of 18]
Highways > Paved 87,043 km [21st of 171]
Highways > Total 92,500 km [29th of 181]
Motor vehicles 359 motor vehicles per 100 p [25th of 134]
Ports and harbors
Arklow, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Foynes, Galway, Limerick, New Ross, Waterford
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 6,500 million ton-km ... [18th of 52]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 100 % ... [8th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 96,602 km ... [26th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 96,602 km [25th of 205]
Roadways > Total 96,602 km [43rd of 222]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 50
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
disputes with Iceland, Denmark, and the UK over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 nm
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 8.32 % ... [130th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 8.68 % ... [125th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 16.21 per square km [39th of 141]
Waterways 753 km [72nd of 106]
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code 24 [22nd of 44]

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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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ireland, ireland republic, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic

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