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Tanzania vs. Malawi

Transportation

TanzaniaMalawi
Railwaystotal: 4,567 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

2707 km 1.000-m gauge
total: 767 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 767 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 87,581 km (2015)

paved: 10,025 km (2015)

unpaved: 77,556 km (2015)
total: 15,452 km (2015)

paved: 4,074 km (2015)

unpaved: 11,378 km (2015)
Waterways(Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) are the principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; the rivers are not navigable) (2011)700 km (on Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi] and Shire River) (2010)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Dar es Salaam, Zanzibarlake port(s): Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba (Lake Nyasa)
Airportstotal: 166 (2013)total: 32 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 10 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 2
total: 7 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 4
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 156 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 98 (2013)

under 914 m: 33 (2013)
total: 25 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 11 (2013)

under 914 m: 13 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 11 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 91

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,481,557 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 390,000 mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 9

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 10,545 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 10,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix5H7Q

Source: CIA Factbook