Laos vs. China
Transportation
| Laos | China | |
|---|---|---|
| Roadways | total: 39,586 km (2009) paved: 5,415 km (2009) unpaved: 34,171 km (2009) | total: 4,960,600 km (2017) paved: 4,338,600 km (includes 136,500 km of expressways) (2017) unpaved: 622,000 km (2017) |
| Waterways | 4,600 km (primarily on the Mekong River and its tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m) (2012) | 110,000 km (navigable waterways) (2011) |
| Pipelines | 540 km refined products (2013) | 76000 km gas, 30400 km crude oil, 27700 km refined petroleum products, 797000 km water (2018) |
| Merchant marine | total: 1 by type: general cargo 1 (2020) | total: 6,197 by type: bulk carrier 1,515, container ship 322, general cargo 862, oil tanker 968, other 2,530 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 41 (2013) | total: 507 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 8 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017) | total: 510 (2019) over 3,047 m: 87 2,438 to 3,047 m: 187 1,524 to 2,437 m: 109 914 to 1,523 m: 43 under 914 m: 84 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 33 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013) under 914 m: 22 (2013) | total: 23 (2019) over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 0 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 13 |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,251,961 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.53 million mt-km (2018) | number of registered air carriers: 56 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2,890 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 436,183,969 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 611,439,830 mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | RDPL | B |
Source: CIA Factbook
