SOURCE
All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
Number of
airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway Per capita figures expressed per million population
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
Date
|
|
# 1
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: |
1,677.852 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 2
|
Christmas Island: |
713.267 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 3
|
Niue: |
670.241 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 4
|
Norfolk Island: |
473.037 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 5
|
Svalbard: |
451.671 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 6
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
142.126 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 7
|
Turks and Caicos Islands: |
137.956 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 8
|
Cook Islands: |
91.954 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 9
|
Nauru: |
73.921 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 10
|
Anguilla: |
73.115 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 11
|
Wallis and Futuna: |
61.316 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 12
|
Marshall Islands: |
48.532 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 13
|
Palau: |
47.98 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 14
|
Cayman Islands: |
42.918 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 15
|
Bahamas, The: |
39.26 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 16
|
Kiribati: |
37.1 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 17
|
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
37.084 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 18
|
Gibraltar: |
35.756 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 19
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
25.414 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 20
|
French Polynesia: |
17.924 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 21
|
Greenland: |
17.748 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 22
|
Man, Isle of: |
13.187 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 23
|
Northern Mariana Islands: |
11.828 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 24
|
Grenada: |
11.115 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 25
|
Jersey: |
10.95 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 26
|
Iceland: |
9.936 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 27
|
Virgin Islands: |
9.221 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 28
|
Sweden: |
8.305 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 29
|
Australia: |
6.753 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 30
|
Namibia: |
6.326 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 31
|
Saint Lucia: |
5.86 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 32
|
São Tomé and Príncipe: |
5.011 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 33
|
United States: |
4.822 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 34
|
Gabon: |
4.811 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 35
|
Mayotte: |
4.79 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 36
|
Cape Verde: |
4.721 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 37
|
Vanuatu: |
4.718 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 38
|
Netherlands Antilles: |
4.471 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 39
|
Canada: |
4.462 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 40
|
Guyana: |
3.901 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 41
|
Botswana: |
3.856 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 42
|
Libya: |
3.81 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 43
|
Belize: |
3.397 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 44
|
New Zealand: |
2.673 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 45
|
Norway: |
2.593 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 46
|
Cyprus: |
2.537 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 47
|
Papua New Guinea: |
2.416 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 48
|
United Kingdom: |
2.155 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 49
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
2.082 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 50
|
Bulgaria: |
2.048 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 51
|
Djibouti: |
2.015 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 52
|
Lithuania: |
1.958 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 53
|
Finland: |
1.909 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 54
|
Greece: |
1.868 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 55
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
1.814 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 56
|
Solomon Islands: |
1.764 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 57
|
Argentina: |
1.613 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 58
|
Azerbaijan: |
1.601 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 59
|
Switzerland: |
1.588 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 60
|
Cuba: |
1.58 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 61
|
France: |
1.573 per million people |
2006  |
|
|
# 62
|
Turkmenistan: |
1.57 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 63
|
Panama: |
1.542 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 64
|
Mauritania: |
1.529 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 65
|
Montenegro: |
1.46 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 66
|
Bahrain: |
1.411 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 67
|
Chile: |
1.351 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 68
|
Armenia: |
1.346 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 69
|
Latvia: |
1.328 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 70
|
Venezuela: |
1.307 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 71
|
Czech Republic: |
1.271 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 72
|
Ecuador: |
1.236 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 73
|
South Africa: |
1.159 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 74
|
Uruguay: |
1.156 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 75
|
Kazakhstan: |
1.112 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 76
|
Qatar: |
1.102 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 77
|
Israel: |
1.089 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 77
|
Fiji: |
1.089 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 79
|
Georgia: |
1.076 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 80
|
Poland: |
1.013 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 81
|
Angola: |
0.979 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 82
|
Ireland: |
0.973 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 83
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
0.946 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 84
|
Saudi Arabia: |
0.942 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 85
|
East Timor: |
0.922 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 86
|
Russia: |
0.912 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 87
|
Brazil: |
0.879 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 87
|
Colombia: |
0.879 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 87
|
Singapore: |
0.879 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 90
|
Tajikistan: |
0.848 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 91
|
Mexico: |
0.773 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 92
|
Estonia: |
0.76 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 93
|
Paraguay: |
0.75 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 94
|
Denmark: |
0.732 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 95
|
Germany: |
0.704 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 96
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
0.679 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 97
|
Mongolia: |
0.678 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 98
|
Laos: |
0.613 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 99
|
Ukraine: |
0.583 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 100
|
Senegal: |
0.559 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 101
|
Slovakia: |
0.551 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 102
|
Bolivia: |
0.548 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 103
|
Romania: |
0.539 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 104
|
Congo, Republic of the: |
0.526 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 105
|
Puerto Rico: |
0.507 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 106
|
Slovenia: |
0.498 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 107
|
Peru: |
0.488 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 108
|
Costa Rica: |
0.484 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 109
|
Taiwan: |
0.481 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 110
|
Mozambique: |
0.478 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 111
|
Portugal: |
0.47 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 112
|
Moldova: |
0.463 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 113
|
Central African Republic: |
0.458 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 114
|
United Arab Emirates: |
0.45 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 115
|
Spain: |
0.445 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 115
|
Croatia: |
0.445 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 117
|
Bhutan: |
0.43 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 118
|
Dominican Republic: |
0.427 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 119
|
Belarus: |
0.411 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 120
|
Hungary: |
0.402 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 121
|
Kuwait: |
0.399 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 122
|
West Bank: |
0.394 per million people |
2004  |
|
|
= 122
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
0.394 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 124
|
Niger: |
0.388 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 125
|
Belgium: |
0.385 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 126
|
Jamaica: |
0.382 per million people |
2002  |
|
|
# 127
|
Iran: |
0.367 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 128
|
Thailand: |
0.353 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 129
|
Nicaragua: |
0.352 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 130
|
Zambia: |
0.349 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 131
|
Korea, North: |
0.343 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 132
|
Mali: |
0.333 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 133
|
Albania: |
0.325 per million people |
2002  |
|
|
= 133
|
Zimbabwe: |
0.325 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 135
|
Malaysia: |
0.322 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 136
|
Japan: |
0.314 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 137
|
Liberia: |
0.313 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 138
|
Oman: |
0.312 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 139
|
Madagascar: |
0.309 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 140
|
Guinea: |
0.302 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 141
|
Algeria: |
0.3 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 142
|
Sri Lanka: |
0.287 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 143
|
Philippines: |
0.285 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 143
|
Korea, South: |
0.285 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 145
|
Honduras: |
0.267 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 145
|
Turkey: |
0.267 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 147
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0.259 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 148
|
Italy: |
0.258 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 149
|
Lebanon: |
0.252 per million people |
2004  |
|
|
# 150
|
Côte d'Ivoire: |
0.222 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 151
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
0.22 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 152
|
Indonesia: |
0.217 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 153
|
Morocco: |
0.207 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 154
|
Egypt: |
0.199 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 155
|
Tunisia: |
0.195 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 156
|
Iraq: |
0.182 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 157
|
Netherlands: |
0.181 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 158
|
Uzbekistan: |
0.18 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 159
|
Pakistan: |
0.176 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 160
|
Ghana: |
0.174 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 161
|
Cameroon: |
0.166 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 162
|
Guatemala: |
0.157 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 163
|
Vietnam: |
0.152 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 164
|
El Salvador: |
0.144 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 165
|
Cambodia: |
0.143 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 165
|
Hong Kong: |
0.143 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 167
|
Yemen: |
0.135 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 168
|
Tanzania: |
0.127 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 169
|
Afghanistan: |
0.125 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 170
|
Benin: |
0.124 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 171
|
Austria: |
0.122 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 172
|
Somalia: |
0.11 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 173
|
Kenya: |
0.108 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 174
|
Burma: |
0.106 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 175
|
Sudan: |
0.102 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 176
|
Chad: |
0.101 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 177
|
China: |
0.098 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 178
|
Malawi: |
0.074 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 178
|
Nigeria: |
0.074 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 180
|
India: |
0.066 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 181
|
Ethiopia: |
0.065 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 182
|
Nepal: |
0.038 per million people |
2004  |
|
|
# 183
|
Uganda: |
0.033 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 184
|
Bangladesh: |
0.027 per million people |
2007  |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
28.1 per million people |
|
|
DEFINITION: Number of
airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway Per capita figures expressed per million population
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008