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Nigeria vs. Niger

Transportation

NigeriaNiger
Roadwaystotal: 195,000 km (2017)

paved: 60,000 km (2017)

unpaved: 135,000 km (2017)
total: 18,949 km (2010)

paved: 3,912 km (2010)

unpaved: 15,037 km (2010)
Waterways8,600 km (Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2011)300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2012)
Pipelines124 km condensate, 4045 km gas, 164 km liquid petroleum gas, 4441 km oil, 3940 km refined products (2013)464 km oil
Merchant marinetotal: 728

by type: general cargo 15, oil tanker 110, other 603 (2020)
total: 1

by type: general cargo 1 (2020)
Airportstotal: 54 (2013)total: 30 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 40 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 10 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2017)

under 914 m: 3 (2017)
total: 10 (2017)

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

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

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 14 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013)

under 914 m: 3 (2013)
total: 20 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 15 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Heliports5 (2013)1 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 13 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 104

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 8,169,192 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 19.42 million mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 3
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix5N5U

Source: CIA Factbook