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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	241.62 million tons/km		[43rd of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	2,433,213		[58th of 164]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Aircraft departures	16,700		[74th of 155]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports	7		[169th of 247]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Heliports	4		[37th of 99]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Paved	3,587 km		[60th of 113]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Total	4,450 km		[84th of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines gas 269 km; oil 540 km; refined products 57 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and harbors Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and terminals Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Az Zawr (Mina' Sa'ud), Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways	0 km		[81st of 86]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total	0 km		[215th of 220]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Roads, total network > km	5,749 km		[68th of 172]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Paved	4,887 km		[60th of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	5,749 km		[71st of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Unpaved	862 km		[63rd of 79]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue negotiating a joint maritime boundary with Iran; no maritime boundary exists with Iraq in the Persian Gulf
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	39.69 per square km		[20th of 141]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001
Waterways	0 km		[159th of 165]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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