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Transport Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & 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 Malaysia Pitcairn Islands HISTORY
Airports 114
Ranked 51st.
0.0
Ranked 242nd.

Airports > Per capita 4.28 per 1 million people
Ranked 81st.
0.0
Ranked 229th.

Highways > Paved 49,935 km
Ranked 23th.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Paved > Per capita 2.22 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 33th.
0.0
Ranked 15th.
Highways > Total 65,877 km
Ranked 31st. 10293 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 17th.
Highways > Total > Per capita 2.93 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 65th.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 47 times more than Malaysia
Highways > Unpaved 15,942 km
Ranked 38th. 2491 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6.4 km
Ranked 14th.
Highways > Unpaved > Per capita 0.709 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 82nd.
139.13 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 196 times more than Malaysia
Ports and harbors Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuching, Kudat, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Lumut, Miri, Pasir Gudang, George Town (Penang), Port Dickson, Port Kelang, Sandakan, Sibu, Tanjung Berhala, Tanjung Kidurong, Tawau Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Ports and terminals Bintulu, Johor Bahru, George Town (Penang), Port Kelang (Port Klang), Tanjung Pelepas Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Roadways > Total 144,403 km
Ranked 32nd. 24067 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 49th.
Roadways > Unpaved 28,234 km
Ranked 18th. 4706 times more than Pitcairn Islands
6 km
Ranked 31st.
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International involved in <a href=/encyclopedia/complex-number>complex</a> dispute with <a href=/country/ch>China</a>, <a href=/country/rp>Philippines</a>, <a href=/country/tw>Taiwan</a>, <a href=/country/vm>Vietnam</a> and possibly <a href=/country/bx>Brunei</a> over the <a href=/country/pg>Spratly Islands</a>; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South <a href=/country/ch>China</a> Sea" has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants; disputes over deliveries of fresh water to <a href=/country/sn>Singapore</a>, Singapore's land reclamation, bridge construction, maritime boundaries, and Pedra Branca Island/Pulau Batu Putih persist - parties agree to ICJ arbitration on island dispute within three years; ICJ awarded Ligitan and Sipadan islands off the coast of Sabah, also claimed by <a href=/country/id>Indonesia</a> and <a href=/country/rp>Philippines</a>, to <a href=/country/my>Malaysia</a>; a 1 kilometer segment at the mouth of the Golok River remains in dispute with <a href=/country/th>Thailand</a>; <a href=/country/rp>Philippines</a> retains a now dormant claim to Malaysia's Sabah <a href=/encyclopedia/U.S.-State>State</a> in northern Borneo based on the Sultanate of Sulu's granting the <a href=/country/rp>Philippines</a> <a href=/cat/Government>Government</a> power of attorney to pursue the Sultanate's sovereignty claim; in 2003 <a href=/country/bx>Brunei</a> and <a href=/country/my>Malaysia</a> ceased gas and oil exploration in their offshore and deepwater seabeds until negotiations progress to an agreement over allocation of disputed areas; Malaysia's land boundary with <a href=/country/bx>Brunei</a> around Limbang is in dispute <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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