My World Factbook
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Transportation
81 (2010)
country comparison to the world: total: 26
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 13 (2010)
total: 55
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 51 (2010)
gas 1,695 km; refined products 114 km (2009)
total: 1,768 km
country comparison to the world: broad gauge: 1,746 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2009)
total: 81,030 km
country comparison to the world: paved: 71,563 km (includes 309 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,467 km (2008)
441 km (navigable year round) (2007)
country comparison to the world: total: 42
country comparison to the world: by type: cargo 22, container 1, passenger/cargo 6, refrigerated cargo 11, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 8 (Denmark 8)
registered in other countries: 29 (Antigua and Barbuda 4, Belize 2, Comoros 3, Cook Islands 2, Norway 1, Panama 4, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10, unknown 3) (2010)
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