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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	8.06 million tons/km		[97th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	16,743		[143rd of 164]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Aircraft departures	100		[156th of 155]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports	10		[157th 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	2		[49th of 99]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Paved	895 km		[87th of 113]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Total	11,330 km		[70th of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned	95		[25th of 122]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	11 motor vehicles per 100 p		[106th of 134]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and harbors	Bonthe, Freetown, Pepel
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ports and terminals Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total	84 km		[2nd of 220]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, paved > % of total roads	8 %		[55th of 163]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km	11,300 km		[53rd of 172]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Paved	904 km		[51st of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	11,300 km		[44th of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Unpaved	10,396 km		[28th of 79]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	0.35 per square km		[123rd of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Waterways	800 km		[49th of 165]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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