SOURCE
All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
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 million population
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
Date
|
|
# 1
|
Palau: |
95.96 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 2
|
Cook Islands: |
91.954 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 3
|
Tuvalu: |
83.389 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 4
|
Greenland: |
17.748 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 5
|
Bahamas, The: |
16.358 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 6
|
Oman: |
15.913 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 7
|
Namibia: |
10.705 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 8
|
Kiribati: |
9.945 per million people |
2006  |
|
|
# 9
|
Iceland: |
9.936 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 10
|
Tonga: |
8.553 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 11
|
Mongolia: |
7.792 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 12
|
Bolivia: |
6.251 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 13
|
Gabon: |
4.811 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 14
|
Djibouti: |
4.029 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 15
|
Paraguay: |
3.899 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 16
|
Mauritania: |
2.752 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 17
|
Saudi Arabia: |
2.645 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 18
|
Western Sahara: |
2.614 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 19
|
Libya: |
2.485 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 20
|
Angola: |
2.446 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 21
|
Central African Republic: |
2.289 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 22
|
Suriname: |
2.215 per million people |
2006  |
|
|
# 23
|
Somalia: |
2.193 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 24
|
Canada: |
2.037 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 25
|
Congo, Republic of the: |
1.842 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 26
|
Solomon Islands: |
1.764 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 27
|
Papua New Guinea: |
1.725 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 28
|
Botswana: |
1.652 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 29
|
Chad: |
1.619 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 30
|
Liberia: |
1.564 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 31
|
Estonia: |
1.52 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 32
|
Bahrain: |
1.397 per million people |
2004  |
|
|
# 33
|
Guyana: |
1.3 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 34
|
Cyprus: |
1.268 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 35
|
Eritrea: |
1.223 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 36
|
Argentina: |
1.092 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 37
|
Slovenia: |
0.995 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 38
|
Australia: |
0.93 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 39
|
United Arab Emirates: |
0.9 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 40
|
Uruguay: |
0.867 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 41
|
Peru: |
0.837 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 42
|
Korea, North: |
0.815 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 43
|
Algeria: |
0.78 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 44
|
South Africa: |
0.773 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 45
|
Colombia: |
0.766 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 46
|
Chile: |
0.737 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 47
|
New Zealand: |
0.729 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 48
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
0.679 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 49
|
Guinea: |
0.603 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 50
|
Mexico: |
0.58 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 51
|
Venezuela: |
0.576 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 52
|
Albania: |
0.555 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 53
|
Sudan: |
0.508 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 53
|
United States: |
0.508 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 55
|
Afghanistan: |
0.502 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 56
|
Russia: |
0.488 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 57
|
Senegal: |
0.479 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 58
|
Guatemala: |
0.471 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 59
|
Moldova: |
0.463 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 60
|
Côte d'Ivoire: |
0.444 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 61
|
Brazil: |
0.437 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 61
|
Latvia: |
0.437 per million people |
2006  |
|
|
# 63
|
Tanzania: |
0.432 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 64
|
Mozambique: |
0.431 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 65
|
Mali: |
0.417 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 66
|
Kuwait: |
0.399 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 67
|
Kazakhstan: |
0.393 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 68
|
Turkmenistan: |
0.392 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 69
|
Zambia: |
0.349 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 70
|
Armenia: |
0.337 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 71
|
Cameroon: |
0.332 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Kenya: |
0.325 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Zimbabwe: |
0.325 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 74
|
Dominican Republic: |
0.32 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 75
|
Panama: |
0.308 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 76
|
Hungary: |
0.301 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 77
|
Burma: |
0.296 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 78
|
Lithuania: |
0.294 per million people |
2006  |
|
|
# 79
|
Bulgaria: |
0.273 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 80
|
Honduras: |
0.267 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 80
|
Morocco: |
0.267 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 82
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0.259 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 83
|
Puerto Rico: |
0.254 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 84
|
Ukraine: |
0.238 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 85
|
Yemen: |
0.225 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 86
|
Croatia: |
0.223 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 87
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
0.22 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 88
|
Georgia: |
0.215 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 89
|
Burkina Faso: |
0.209 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 90
|
Uganda: |
0.198 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 91
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
0.197 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 92
|
Tunisia: |
0.195 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 93
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
0.189 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 94
|
Denmark: |
0.186 per million people |
2002  |
|
|
# 95
|
Nicaragua: |
0.176 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 96
|
Israel: |
0.156 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 97
|
Niger: |
0.155 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 98
|
Tajikistan: |
0.153 per million people |
2005  |
|
|
= 98
|
Laos: |
0.153 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 98
|
Iran: |
0.153 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 101
|
Iraq: |
0.145 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 102
|
El Salvador: |
0.144 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 102
|
Ethiopia: |
0.144 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 104
|
Switzerland: |
0.137 per million people |
2002  |
|
|
# 105
|
Benin: |
0.124 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 106
|
Austria: |
0.122 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 107
|
Azerbaijan: |
0.121 per million people |
2003  |
|
|
# 108
|
Poland: |
0.104 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 109
|
Belarus: |
0.103 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 109
|
Madagascar: |
0.103 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 111
|
Czech Republic: |
0.098 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 112
|
Pakistan: |
0.097 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 113
|
Romania: |
0.09 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 114
|
Cuba: |
0.088 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 115
|
Uzbekistan: |
0.076 per million people |
2005  |
|
|
# 116
|
Malawi: |
0.074 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 117
|
Cambodia: |
0.071 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 118
|
France: |
0.066 per million people |
2006  |
|
|
# 119
|
Syria: |
0.052 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 120
|
Spain: |
0.049 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 121
|
Philippines: |
0.044 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 121
|
Taiwan: |
0.044 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 123
|
Malaysia: |
0.04 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 124
|
Egypt: |
0.037 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 125
|
Germany: |
0.036 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 126
|
Nepal: |
0.035 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 127
|
United Kingdom: |
0.033 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 128
|
Turkey: |
0.028 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 129
|
Indonesia: |
0.021 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 130
|
Italy: |
0.017 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 131
|
Thailand: |
0.015 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 132
|
Vietnam: |
0.012 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 133
|
China: |
0.01 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 134
|
Japan: |
0.008 per million people |
2003  |
|
|
= 135
|
Nigeria: |
0.007 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
= 135
|
Bangladesh: |
0.007 per million people |
2007  |
|
|
# 137
|
India: |
0.006 per million people |
2007  |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
3.3 per million people |
|
|
DEFINITION: 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 million population
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008