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Finland vs. Sweden

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FinlandSweden
Railwaystotal: 5,926 km (2016)

broad gauge: 5,926 km 1.524-m gauge (3,270 km electrified) (2016)
total: 14,127 km (2016)

standard gauge: 14,062 km 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified) (2016)

narrow gauge: 65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2016)
Roadwaystotal: 454,000 km (2012)

highways: 78,000 km (50,000 paved, including 700 km of expressways; 28,000 unpaved) (2012)

private and forest roads: 350,000 km (2012)

urban: 26,000 km (2012)
total: 573,134 km (includes 2,050 km of expressways) (2016)

paved: 140,100 km (2016)

unpaved: 433,034 km (2016)

note: includes 98,500 km of state roads, 433,034 km of private roads, and 41,600 km of municipal roads
Waterways8,000 km (includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia; water transport used frequently in the summer and widely replaced with sledges on the ice in winter; there are 187,888 lakes in Finland that cover 31,500 km); Finland also maintains 8,200 km of coastal fairways (2013)2,052 km (2010)
Pipelines1288 km gas transmission pipes, 1976 km distribution pipes (2016)1626 km gas (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Helsinki, Kotka, Naantali, Porvoo, Raahe, Raumamajor seaport(s): Brofjorden, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Stockholm, Trelleborg, Visby

LNG terminal(s) (import): Brunnsviksholme, Lysekil
Merchant marinetotal: 274

by type: bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 77, oil tanker 4, other 183 (2020)
total: 368

by type: general cargo 49, oil tanker 20, other 299 (2020)
Airportstotal: 148 (2013)total: 231 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 74 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 3 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 26 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 21 (2017)

under 914 m: 14 (2017)
total: 149 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 3 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 75 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 22 (2013)

under 914 m: 37 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 74 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2013)

under 914 m: 71 (2013)
total: 82 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2013)

under 914 m: 77 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 77

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 13,364,839 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 957.64 million mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 11 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 316
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixOHSE

Source: CIA Factbook