France vs. Germany
Transportation
| France | Germany | |
|---|---|---|
| Railways | total: 29,640 km (2014) standard gauge: 29,473 km 1.435-m gauge (15,561 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified) (2014) | total: 33,590 km (2017) standard gauge: 33,331 km 1.435-m gauge (19,973 km electrified) (2015) narrow gauge: 220 km 1.000-m gauge (79 km electrified) 15 km 0.900-m gauge, 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2015) |
| Roadways | total: 1,053,215 km (2011) urban: 654,201 km (2011) non-urban: 399,014 km (2011) | total: 625,000 km (2017) paved: 625,000 km (includes 12,996 km of expressways) (2017) note: includes local roads |
| Waterways | metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km navigable by craft up to 3,000 metric tons) (2010) | 7,467 km (Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea) (2012) |
| Pipelines | 15322 km gas, 2939 km oil, 5084 km refined products (2013) | 37 km condensate, 26985 km gas, 2400 km oil, 4479 km refined products, 8 km water (2013) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Brest, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, container port(s) (TEUs): Le Havre (2,822,910) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): Fos Cavaou, Fos Tonkin, Montoir de Bretagne river port(s): Paris, Rouen (Seine) cruise/ferry port(s): Calais, Cherbourg, Le Havre Strasbourg (Rhine) Bordeaux (Garronne) | major seaport(s): Baltic Sea - Kiel, Rostock North Sea - Bremerhaven, Brunsbuttel, Emden, Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven oil terminal(s): Brunsbuttel Canal terminals container port(s) (TEUs): Bremen/Bremerhaven (4,856,900), Hamburg (9,274,215) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): Hamburg river port(s): Bremen (Weser); Bremerhaven (Geeste); Duisburg, Karlsruhe, Neuss-Dusseldorf (Rhine); Lubeck (Wakenitz); Brunsbuttel, Hamburg (Elbe) |
| Merchant marine | total: 545 by type: container ship 30, general cargo 50, oil tanker 28, other 437 (2020) note: includes Monaco | total: 607 by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 84, general cargo 86, oil tanker 37, other 399 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 464 (2013) | total: 539 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 294 (2017) over 3,047 m: 14 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 25 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 97 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 83 (2017) under 914 m: 75 (2017) | total: 318 (2017) over 3,047 m: 14 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 49 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 60 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 70 (2017) under 914 m: 125 (2017) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 170 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 64 (2013) under 914 m: 105 (2013) | total: 221 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 35 (2013) under 914 m: 185 (2013) |
| Heliports | 1 (2013) | 23 (2013) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 19 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 553 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 70,188,028 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4,443,790,000 mt-km (2018) | number of registered air carriers: 20 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1,113 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 109,796,202 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 7,969,860,000 mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | F | D |
Source: CIA Factbook
