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Southeast Asia > Burma > Transportation

BURMESE TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 2.72 million tons/km Time series [108th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 1,503,624 Time series [75th of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 29.763 per 1,000 people Time series [124th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 26,460 Time series [67th of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 0.524 per 1,000 people Time series [125th of 177]
Aircraft departures 9,700 [94th of 155]
    Aircraft departures (per capita) 0.206396 per 1,000 people [133rd of 155]
Airports 86 Time series [69th of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 1.06 per billion $ of GDP Time series [146th of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 1.815 per million people Time series [190th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 5 Time series [80th of 181]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 2 [88th of 139]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.106 per million people Time series [169th of 178]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.0425559 per 1 million people [129th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 5 [54th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 10 Time series [44th of 158]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.211 per million people Time series [127th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.10639 per 1 million people [105th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 1 Time series [150th of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.021 per million people Time series [149th of 156]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 2 [67th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 8 Time series [28th of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.169 per million people Time series [106th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.0425559 per 1 million people [110th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 25 Time series [70th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 0.109 per billion $ of GDP Time series [141st of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 0.528 per million people Time series [197th of 228]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m 1 Time series [123rd of 129]
    Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 0.021 per million people Time series [120th of 127]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 14 Time series [29th of 133]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 16 [19th of 99]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.296 per million people Time series [73rd of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.340447 per 1 million people [55th of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 14 Time series [60th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 20 [41st of 137]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.425559 per 1 million people [104th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.296 per million people Time series [135th of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Over 3047 m 1 Time series [23rd of 33]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Over 3047 m 2 [11th of 25]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.0425559 per 1 million people [15th of 24]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 21.109 per billion people Time series [22nd of 32]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 61 Time series [60th of 204]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita) 1.288 per million people Time series [147th of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 32 Time series [55th of 187]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 461.392 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [116th of 172]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 0.675 per million people Time series [137th of 184]
Heliports 4 Time series [38th of 99]
    Heliports (per $ GDP) 13.417 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [64th of 81]
    Heliports (per capita) 0.084 per million people Time series [75th of 96]
Investment in transport with private participation > current US$ 50,000,000 $ Time series [16th of 30]
    Investment in transport with private participation > current US$ (per capita) 1.106 $ per 1,000 people Time series [55th of 70]
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 5, Japan 4 (2002 est.)
Merchant marine > By type
bulk carrier 1, cargo 17, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 3, specialized tanker 1
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned 3 Time series [92nd of 122]
Merchant marine > Note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 5, Japan 4
Merchant marine > Registered in other countries 1 Time series [103rd of 118]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 7, cargo 21, container 1, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 1
Merchant marine > Total 24 Time series [89th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total (per capita) 0.503 per million people Time series [127th of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 549,310 Dwt Time series [74th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita) 11.595 Dwt per 1,000 people Time series [108th of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 364,447 GRT Time series [77th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per capita) 7.693 GRT per 1,000 people Time series [116th of 156]
Motor vehicles 6 motor vehicles per 100 p [114th of 134]
Pipelines gas 2,790 km; oil 558 km Time series
Pipelines > All types
gas 2,056 km; oil 558 km (2004)
Pipelines > Gas 2,056 km [47th of 107]
    Pipelines > Gas (per capita) 43.391 km per 1 million people [74th of 107]
Pipelines > Oil 558 km [61st of 97]
    Pipelines > Oil (per capita) 11.776 km per 1 million people [81st of 97]
Pipelines > Total length 2,614 km [58th of 120]
    Pipelines > Total length (per capita) 55.168 km per 1 million people [93rd of 120]
Ports and harbors
Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina, Pathein, Rangoon, Sittwe, Tavoy
Ports and terminals Moulmein, Rangoon, Sittwe Time series
Rail lines > total route-km 3,335.94 km Time series [35th of 111]
Rail usage statistics > Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year Kilometres/year 90 [34th of 38]
Railways > Narrow gauge 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge Time series
Railways > Total 3,955 km Time series [42nd of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 53.066 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [86th of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 77.607 km per million people Time series [94th of 218]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 449.18 million ton-km Time series [68th of 84]
    Railways, goods transported > million ton-km (per capita) 10.824 million ton-km per 1 mi Time series [99th of 111]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km 3,938.7 million passenger-km Time series [35th of 83]
    Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km (per capita) 94.912 million passenger-km pe Time series [62nd of 108]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 11.44 % Time series [119th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 27,966 km Time series [77th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 3,200 km Time series [44th of 81]
Roadways > Total 27,000 km Time series [39th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 23,800 km Time series [19th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
despite continuing border committee talks, significant differences remain with Thailand over boundary alignment and the handling of ethnic rebels, refugees, and illegal cross-border activities; groups in Burma and Thailand express concern over China's construction of 13 hydroelectric dams on the Salween River in Yunnan Province; India seeks cooperation from Burma to keep out Indian Nagaland insurgents
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 36.18 % Time series [92nd of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 6.5 % Time series [142nd of 153]
Vehicle abundance 0.12 per square km [133rd of 141]
Waterways 12,800 km Time series [4th of 165]
Waterways > A note
3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Burma, Union of Burma, Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar), Myanma Naingngandaw, burma (myanmar), myanmar (burma), myanmar

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