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Asia > Bhutan > Transportation

BHUTANESE TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 0.25 million tons/km Time series [132nd of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 49,092 Time series [140th of 164]
Definition: Transportation > Air transport, passengers carried
Source: World Development Indicators database
Aircraft departures 1,300 [138th of 155]
Definition: Transportation > Aircraft departures
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports 2 Time series [209th of 247]
Definition: Transportation > Airports
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [130th of 139]
Definition: Transportation > Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Definition: Transportation > Driving side of the road > Left or right
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Highways > Paved 2,240 km Time series [67th of 113]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Paved
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Total 3,690 km Time series [88th of 118]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Unpaved 1,450 km Time series [83rd of 113]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Unpaved
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and harbors none Time series
Definition: Transportation > Ports and harbors
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways 0 km [51st of 86]
Definition: Transportation > Railways
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total 0 km Time series [207th of 220]
Definition: Transportation > Railways > Total
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Roads, paved > % of total roads 62 % Time series [44th of 163]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, paved > % of total roads
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km 8,050 km Time series [65th of 172]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, total network > km
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Paved 4,991 km Time series [50th of 81]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Paved
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total 8,050 km Time series [53rd of 85]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Unpaved 3,059 km Time series [44th of 79]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Unpaved
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
approximately 100,000 Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal, 90% of whom reside in seven UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees camps, place decades-long strains on Nepal
Definition: Transportation > Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance 0.71 per square km [108th of 141]
Definition: Transportation > Vehicle abundance
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001
Waterways 0 km Time series [150th of 165]
Definition: Transportation > Waterways
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

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