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Railwaystotal: 2,460 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge: 659 km 1.676-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 369,105 km (2018)

paved: 110,311 km (2018)

unpaved: 258,794 km (2018)
Waterways8,370 km (includes up to 3,060 km of main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200 km in the dry season) (2011)
Pipelines2950 km gas (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Chattogram (Chittagong)

container port(s) (TEUs): Chattogram (Chittagong) (3,088,187) (2019)

river port(s): Mongla Port (Sela River)
Merchant marinetotal: 427

by type: bulk carrier 46, container ship 4, general cargo 118, oil tanker 142, other 117 (2020)
Airportstotal: 18 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 16 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017)

under 914 m: 5 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 2 (2013)

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

under 914 m: 1 (2013)
Heliports3 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 30

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,984,155 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 63.82 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixS2

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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