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Transport Stats: compare key data on Japan & Pitcairn Islands

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  • 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 Japan Pitcairn Islands HISTORY
Airports 175
Ranked 33th.
0.0
Ranked 242nd.

Airports > Per capita 1.38 per 1 million people
Ranked 202nd.
0.0
Ranked 229th.

Highways > Paved 534,471 km
Ranked 3rd.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Paved > Per capita 4.22 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 18th.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Total 1.16 million km
Ranked 2nd. 181546 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 17th.
Highways > Total > Per capita 9.17 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 12th.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Japan
Highways > Unpaved 627,423 km
Ranked 2nd. 98035 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 14th.
Highways > Unpaved > Per capita 4.95 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 13th.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 28 times more than Japan
Ports and harbors Akita, Amagasaki, Chiba, Hachinohe, Hakodate, Higashi-Harima, Himeji, Hiroshima, Kawasaki, Kinuura, Kobe, Kushiro, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Sakai, Sakaide, Shimizu, Tokyo, Tomakomai Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Ports and terminals Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yokohama Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Roadways > Total 1.21 million km
Ranked 6th. 201709 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 49th.
Roadways > Unpaved 237,017 km
Ranked 1st. 39503 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 31st.
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International The sovereignty dispute over the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, and Shikotan, and the Habomai group, known in <a href=/country/ja>Japan</a> as the "Northern Territories" and in <a href=/country/rs>Russia</a> as the "Southern Kuril Islands", occupied by the <a href=/country/sr>Soviet Union</a> in 1945, now administered by <a href=/country/rs>Russia</a> and claimed by <a href=/country/ja>Japan</a>, remains the primary sticking point to signing a peace treaty formally ending World War II hostilities; intensified <a href=/cat/Media>media</a> coverage and protests highlight dispute over the fishing-rich Liancourt <a href=/encyclopedia/Rocks-(album)>Rocks</a> (Tok-do/Take-shima) also claimed by <a href=/country/ks>South Korea</a>; <a href=/country/ch>China</a> and <a href=/country/tw>Taiwan</a> have intensified their claims to the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Tai) administered by <a href=/country/ja>Japan</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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