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Transport Stats: compare key data on Australia & Pitcairn Islands

Definitions

  • Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
  • Airports > Per capita: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Highways > Paved: total length of the paved parts of the highway system
  • Highways > Paved > Per capita: total length of the paved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Highways > Total: total length of the highway system
  • Highways > Total > Per capita: total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Highways > Unpaved: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system
  • Highways > Unpaved > Per capita: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Ports and harbors: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
  • Ports and terminals: This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
  • Roadways > Total: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
  • Roadways > Unpaved: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
  • Transnational Issues > Disputes > International: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
STAT Australia Pitcairn Islands HISTORY
Airports 480
Ranked 16th.
0.0
Ranked 242nd.

Airports > Per capita 22.56 per 1 million people
Ranked 69th.
0.0
Ranked 229th.

Highways > Paved 314,090 km
Ranked 6th.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Paved > Per capita 16.6 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Total 811,603 km
Ranked 3rd. 126813 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 17th.
Highways > Total > Per capita 42.88 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Australia
Highways > Unpaved 497,513 km
Ranked 3rd. 77736 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 14th.
Highways > Unpaved > Per capita 26.29 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Australia
Ports and harbors Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Ports and terminals Brisbane, Cairns, Dampier, Darwin, Fremantle, Gladstone, Geelong, Hay Point, Hobart, Jervis Bay, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Dalrymple, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Lincoln, Port Walcott, Sydney Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Roadways > Total 823,217 km
Ranked 9th. 137203 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 49th.
Roadways > Unpaved 466,874 km
Ranked 2nd. 77812 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 31st.
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International the 1999 maritime delimitation established partial maritime boundaries with <a href=/country/tt>East Timor</a> over part of the Timor Gap but temporary resource-sharing agreements over an unreconciled area grant <a href=/country/as>Australia</a> 90% share of exploited gas reserves and hamper creation of a southern maritime boundary with <a href=/country/id>Indonesia</a> (see <a href=/country/at>Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a> disputes); <a href=/country/as>Australia</a> asserts a territorial claim to <a href=/country/ay>Antarctica</a> and to its continental shelf (see <a href=/country/ay>Antarctica</a>) <a href=/country/vt>none</a>

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

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