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Asia > China > Transportation

CHINESE TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, passengers carried 136,721,600 Time series [2nd of 164]
Aircraft departures 840,900 [3rd of 155]
Definition: Transportation > Aircraft departures
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports 467 Time series [15th of 247]
Definition: Transportation > Airports
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Container port traffic 88,548,470 TEU Time series [1st of 63]
Definition: Transportation > Container port traffic
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Definition: Transportation > Driving side of the road > Left or right
Source: World Development Indicators database
Heliports 35 Time series [6th of 99]
Definition: Transportation > Heliports
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Paved 314,204 km Time series [4th of 113]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Paved
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Total 1,402,698 km Time series [3rd of 118]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles 10 motor vehicles per 100 p [108th of 134]
Definition: Transportation > Motor vehicles
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines
gas 26,344 km; oil 17,240 km; refined products 6,106 km
Definition: Transportation > Pipelines
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ports and terminals
Dalian, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin
Definition: Transportation > Ports and terminals
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Standard gauge 75,438 km Time series [2nd of 64]
Definition: Transportation > Railways > Standard gauge
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total 75,438 km Time series [4th of 220]
Definition: Transportation > Railways > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 869,320 million ton-km Time series [1st of 52]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, goods transported > million ton-km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km 769,560 million passenger-km Time series [5th of 33]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roads, total network > km 1,930,543 km Time series [1st of 172]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, total network > km
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Paved 1,575,571 km Time series [3rd of 81]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Paved
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total 1,930,544 km Time series [3rd of 85]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance 1.77 per square km [93rd of 141]
Definition: Transportation > Vehicle abundance
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Waterways 124,000 km Time series [1st 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: China, People's Republic of China, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo, Zhong Guo, China; Peoples Republic of, China, People's Republic, China, People's Rep, China, People's Rep. of, China PR

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