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Europe > France > Transportation

FRENCH TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 5,802.44 million tons/km Time series [9th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 52,477,180 Time series [6th of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 862.076 per 1,000 people Time series [38th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 728,081 Time series [6th of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 11.961 per 1,000 people Time series [40th of 177]
Airbus A400M > Orders > Date May 27, 2003
Airbus A400M > Orders > EIS 2009
Airbus A400M > Orders > Orders 50 [2nd of 10]
Aircraft departures 785,700 [4th of 155]
    Aircraft departures (per capita) 12.9534 per 1,000 people [36th of 155]
Airports 476 Time series [14th of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 0.214 per billion $ of GDP Time series [155th of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 7.815 per million people Time series [123rd of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 97 Time series [8th of 181]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 95 [6th of 139]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 47.938 per $1 trillion of GDP [133rd of 150]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 1.573 per million people Time series [61st of 178]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 1.56621 per 1 million people [46th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 28 [10th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 27 Time series [17th of 158]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.459 per million people Time series [90th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 0.46162 per 1 million people [67th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 82 [5th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 80 Time series [7th of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 1.327 per million people Time series [53rd of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 1.35189 per 1 million people [43rd of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 13 [10th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 14 Time series [15th of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.213 per million people Time series [93rd of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.214323 per 1 million people [70th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 292 Time series [10th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 0.131 per billion $ of GDP Time series [156th of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 4.784 per million people Time series [88th of 228]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m 74 Time series [7th of 129]
    Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 33.173 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [81st of 121]
    Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 1.212 per million people Time series [47th of 127]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 4 Time series [59th of 133]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 3 [54th of 99]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 1.997 per $1 trillion of GDP [115th of 118]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.066 per million people Time series [111st of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.0494592 per 1 million people [83rd of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 72 Time series [20th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 72 [14th of 137]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 1.18702 per 1 million people [68th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 1.196 per million people Time series [89th of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 184 Time series [25th of 204]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 82.933 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [144th of 165]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita) 3.031 per million people Time series [116th of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 108 Time series [23rd of 187]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 48.415 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [140th of 172]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 1.769 per million people Time series [108th of 184]
Cars 469 per 1,000 people [8th of 18]
Container port traffic 3,839,739 TEU Time series [20th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 3 Time series [46th of 99]
    Heliports (per $ GDP) 1.345 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [65th of 81]
    Heliports (per capita) 0.049 per million people Time series [72nd of 96]
Highways > Paved 894,000 km Time series [2nd of 113]
    Highways > Paved (per capita) 15.179 km per 1,000 people Time series [6th of 108]
Highways > Total 894,000 km Time series [4th of 118]
    Highways > Total (per capita) 15.179 km per 1,000 people Time series [12th of 113]
Highways > Unpaved 0 km Time series [63rd of 113]
    Highways > Unpaved (per capita) 0 km per 1,000 people Time series [56th of 108]
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: French Polynesia 2, Greece 1, Japan 1, Norway 1, Sweden 9 (2002 est.)
Merchant marine > By type
bulk carrier 2, cargo 1, chemical tanker 32, container 25, liquefied gas 12, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 33, petroleum tanker 23, roll on/roll off 7
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned 38 Time series [43rd of 122]
Merchant marine > Note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: French Polynesia 2, Greece 1, Japan 1, Norway 1, Sweden 9
Merchant marine > Registered in other countries 127 Time series [23rd of 118]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
cargo 4, chemical tanker 9, liquefied gas 4, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 10, roll on/roll off 2, short-sea passenger 4
Merchant marine > Total 138 Time series [43rd of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total (per $ GDP) 0.027 per billion $ of GDP Time series [123rd of 132]
    Merchant marine > Total (per capita) 0.999 per million people Time series [121st of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 7,533,631 Dwt Time series [26th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per $ GDP) 0.591 Dwt per million $ of GDP Time series [110th of 129]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita) 21.603 Dwt per 1,000 people Time series [94th of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 5,777,107 GRT Time series [24th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP) 0.393 GRT per million $ of GDP Time series [110th of 130]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per capita) 14.348 GRT per 1,000 people Time series [105th of 156]
Norwegian car number plates > Corpse Diplomatique Identifiers > Country identifier 34 [28th of 41]
Pipelines
gas 14,665 km; oil 3,032 km; refined products 4,947 km
Pipelines > All types
gas 14,232 km; oil 3,024 km; refined products 4,889 km (2004)
Pipelines > Gas 14,232 km [11th of 107]
    Pipelines > Gas (per $ GDP) 7.107 km per $1 billion of GDP [74th of 101]
    Pipelines > Gas (per capita) 233.786 km per 1 million people [45th of 107]
Pipelines > Oil 3,024 km [25th of 97]
    Pipelines > Oil (per $ GDP) 1.51 km per $1 billion of GDP [81st of 92]
    Pipelines > Oil (per capita) 49.675 km per 1 million people [59th of 97]
Pipelines > Refined products 4,889 km [4th of 53]
    Pipelines > Refined products (per $ GDP) 2.441 km per $1 billion of GDP [37th of 52]
    Pipelines > Refined products (per capita) 80.311 km per 1 million people [10th of 53]
Pipelines > Total length 22,145 km [13th of 120]
    Pipelines > Total length (per $ GDP) 11.058 km per $1 billion of GDP [97th of 113]
    Pipelines > Total length (per capita) 363.771 km per 1 million people [47th of 120]
Ports and terminals
Bordeaux, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg
Rail lines > total route-km 29,286 km Time series [9th of 111]
Rail usage statistics > Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year Kilometres/year 1,060 [4th of 38]
Rail usage statistics > Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers > Billion tonne-kilometres 41.9 [15th of 29]
Rail usage statistics > Passenger-km of rail transport, in billion/year > Billion passenger-kilometres 78.31 [5th of 31]
Railways > Narrow gauge 167 km 1.000-m gauge Time series
Railways > Standard gauge 29,203 km Time series [3rd of 64]
    Railways > Standard gauge (per $ GDP) 13.091 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [34th of 64]
Railways > Total 29,370 km Time series [8th of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 13.166 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [103rd of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 481.18 km per million people Time series [38th of 218]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 41,263 million ton-km Time series [15th of 84]
    Railways, goods transported > million ton-km (per capita) 677.854 million ton-km per 1 mi Time series [36th of 111]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km 77,219 million passenger-km Time series [5th of 83]
    Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km (per capita) 1,268.526 million passenger-km pe Time series [3rd of 108]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 197,000 million ton-km Time series [5th of 52]
    Roads, goods transported > million ton-km (per capita) 3.255 million ton-km per 1 mi Time series [8th of 72]
Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km 781,000 million passenger-km Time series [2nd of 33]
    Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km (per capita) 12.905 million passenger-km pe Time series [3rd of 50]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 100 % Time series [8th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 951,220 km Time series [5th of 172]
Roadways > Note
there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments
Roadways > Paved 951,500 km Time series [2nd of 81]
Roadways > Total 951,500 km Time series [5th of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 50
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Madagascar claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island; Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute between Suriname and French Guiana; territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land); Matthew and Hunter Islands, east of New Caledonia, claimed by France and Vanuatu
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 36.68 % Time series [84th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 29.72 % Time series [42nd of 153]
Vehicle abundance 60 per square km [13th of 141]
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code 2 [43rd of 44]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: Airbus A400M ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (CD ROM); World standards on users.pandora.be; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Norwegian car number plates ; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country ; Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations

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