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Asia > Mongolia > Transportation

MONGOLIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 6.07 million tons/km Time series [101st of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 295,252 Time series [116th of 164]
    Air transport, passengers carried (per capita) 115.604 per 1,000 people Time series [95th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 5,332 Time series [124th of 164]
    Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita) 2.088 per 1,000 people Time series [87th of 177]
Aircraft departures 17,600 [73rd of 155]
    Aircraft departures (per capita) 6.30598 per 1,000 people [53rd of 155]
Airports 44 Time series [101st of 247]
    Airports (per $ GDP) 16.36 per billion $ of GDP Time series [28th of 200]
    Airports (per capita) 14.906 per million people Time series [93rd of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 2 Time series [123rd of 181]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 655.738 per $1 trillion of GDP [44th of 150]
    Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 0.678 per million people Time series [96th of 178]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 10 [30th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 10 Time series [41st of 158]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per $ GDP) 6.557 per $1 billion of GDP [1st of 141]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 3.388 per million people Time series [20th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 3.58295 per 1 million people [15th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 1 [70th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 1 Time series [122nd of 157]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per $ GDP) 655.738 per $1 trillion of GDP [14th of 136]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.339 per million people Time series [67th of 156]
    Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.358295 per 1 million people [57th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 13 Time series [100th of 234]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 4.462 per billion $ of GDP Time series [22nd of 179]
    Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita) 4.404 per million people Time series [89th of 228]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m 1 Time series [95th of 129]
    Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 897.681 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [22nd of 121]
    Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 0.408 per million people Time series [66th of 127]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 23 Time series [16th of 133]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 11 [26th of 99]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP) 15,737.705 per $1 trillion of GDP [3rd of 118]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 7.792 per million people Time series [10th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita) 3.94124 per 1 million people [12th of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 5 [6th of 39]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 5 Time series [7th of 47]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per $ GDP) 1,967.213 per $1 trillion of GDP [1st of 40]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 1.79147 per 1 million people [4th of 38]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita) 1,693.89 per billion people Time series [4th of 46]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 1 Time series [158th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 2 [118th of 137]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP) 1,311.475 per $1 trillion of GDP [62nd of 152]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.716589 per 1 million people [88th of 130]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita) 0.339 per million people Time series [128th of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Over 3047 m 1 Time series [15th of 33]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Over 3047 m 2 [8th of 25]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Over 3047 m (per $ GDP) 1,311.475 per $1 trillion of GDP [1st of 26]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 0.716589 per 1 million people [3rd of 24]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita) 338.778 per billion people Time series [5th of 32]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 31 Time series [93rd of 204]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP) 11,898.454 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [28th of 165]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita) 10.502 per million people Time series [66th of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 1 Time series [170th of 187]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP) 371.827 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [98th of 172]
    Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita) 0.339 per million people Time series [147th of 184]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 1 Time series [64th of 99]
    Heliports (per $ GDP) 743.653 per trillion $ of GDP Time series [4th of 81]
    Heliports (per capita) 0.339 per million people Time series [37th of 96]
Highways > A note
there are also 45,862 km of rural roads that consist of rough, unimproved, cross-country tracks (2000)
Highways > Paved 1,724 km Time series [55th of 113]
    Highways > Paved (per capita) 0.719 km per 1,000 people Time series [45th of 108]
Highways > Total 49,250 km Time series [2nd of 118]
    Highways > Total (per capita) 19.862 km per 1,000 people Time series [4th of 113]
Highways > Unpaved 47,526 km Time series [14th of 113]
    Highways > Unpaved (per capita) 19.819 km per 1,000 people Time series [3rd of 108]
Merchant marine > By type
bulk carrier 20, cargo 44, chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 6, vehicle carrier 1
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned 53 Time series [35th of 122]
Merchant marine > Total 77 Time series [58th of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total (per $ GDP) 22.681 per billion $ of GDP Time series [17th of 132]
    Merchant marine > Total (per capita) 25.7 per million people Time series [43rd of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 668,689 Dwt Time series [71st of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per $ GDP) 178.176 Dwt per million $ of GDP Time series [18th of 129]
    Merchant marine > Total > Dwt (per capita) 226.537 Dwt per 1,000 people Time series [45th of 156]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 448,252 GRT Time series [73rd of 157]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per $ GDP) 118.632 GRT per million $ of GDP Time series [19th of 130]
    Merchant marine > Total > GRT (per capita) 151.858 GRT per 1,000 people Time series [49th of 156]
Ports and harbors none Time series
Rail lines > total route-km 1,810 km Time series [64th of 111]
Railways 1,815 km [1st of 86]
    Railways (per capita) 0.650305 km per 1,000 people [1st of 75]
Railways > Broad gauge 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge Time series
Railways > Total 1,810 km Time series [76th of 220]
    Railways > Total (per $ GDP) 673.006 km per billion $ of GDP Time series [2nd of 189]
    Railways > Total (per capita) 700.287 km per million people Time series [18th of 218]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 8,857 million ton-km Time series [36th of 84]
    Railways, goods transported > million ton-km (per capita) 3,467.894 million ton-km per 1 mi Time series [12th of 111]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km 1,128 million passenger-km Time series [52nd of 83]
    Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km (per capita) 441.66 million passenger-km pe Time series [26th of 108]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 1,889 million ton-km Time series [20th of 52]
    Roads, goods transported > million ton-km (per capita) 0.771 million ton-km per 1 mi Time series [30th of 72]
Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km 380.6 million passenger-km Time series [28th of 33]
    Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km (per capita) 0.155 million passenger-km pe Time series [38th of 50]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 3.5 % Time series [57th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 49,250 km Time series [35th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 1,724 km Time series [45th of 81]
Roadways > Total 49,250 km Time series [26th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 47,526 km Time series [15th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
none
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 56.22 % Time series [50th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 38.81 % Time series [17th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 0.91 per square km [105th of 141]
Waterways 580 km Time series [57th of 165]
Waterways > Note
only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2004)

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, 14 June, 2007 ; 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: Mongolia, Mongol Uls

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