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Railwaystotal: 5,031 km (2008)

narrow gauge: 5,031 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Roadwaystotal: 157,000 km (2013)

paved: 34,700 km (2013)

unpaved: 122,300 km (2013)
Waterways12,800 km (2011)
Pipelines3739 km gas, 1321 km oil (2017)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Mawlamyine (Moulmein), Sittwe

river port(s): Rangoon (Yangon) (Rangoon River)
Merchant marinetotal: 93

by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 37, oil tanker 5, other 49 (2020)
Airportstotal: 64 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 36 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 12 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 11 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 (2017)

under 914 m: 1 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 28 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 10 (2013)

under 914 m: 13 (2013)
Heliports11 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 42

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 3,407,788 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.74 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixXY

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

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