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Middle East > Iran > Transportation

IRANIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Airports 24 [th of 231]
    (per $ GDP) 116 per $1 billion of GDP [th of 182]
    (per capita) 87 per 1 million people [th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 12 [th of 117]
    (per capita) 69 per 1 million people [th of 117]
    (per capita) 41 per 1 million people [th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m 50 [th of 126]
    (per capita) 73 per 1 million people [th of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 8 [th of 137]
    (per capita) 56 per 1 million people [th of 130]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 24 [th of 193]
Heliports 14 [th of 87]
Highways > Paved 20 km [th of 171]
Motor vehicles 96 motor vehicles per 100 p [th of 134]
Ports and harbors 0
Railways > Broad gauge 27
Railways > Total 26 km [th of 134]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international 0
Vehicle abundance 94 per square km [th of 141]
Waterways > A note 0

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SOURCES: 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 Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.; 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 ; 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), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces) ; Total number of established helicopter take-off and landing sites (which may or may not have fuel or other services). ; total length of the paved parts of the highway system; Motor vehicles per 1,000 people; The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. ; Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.; 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.; The individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran, iran (islamic rep. of), iran (islamic republic of), Iran, Islamic Rep. of, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Islamic Rep. of Iran

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