15-1 BASIC CONDITIONS OF TRANSPORTATION
Item 1998 1999
Length of Transportation Routes (10 000 km)
Railways in Operation 0.4 0.4
Highways 8.16 8.93
Navigable Inland Waterways 0.6 0.6
Total Civil Aviation Routes 22.4 21.4
Total Passenger Traffic (10 000 persons) 128846 135985
Railways 2720 2948
Highways 123486 130182
Waterways 2048 2224
Civil Aviation 592 631
Total Passenger-Kilometers (100 million passenger-km) 528 560
Railways 93 99
Highways 353 374
Waterways 3 3.5
Civil Aviation 78.3 82.2
Total Freight Traffic (10 000 tons) 50759 50142
Railways 5453 5452
Highways 43697 42801
Waterways 1596 1874
Civil Aviation 13 15
Total Freight Ton-kilometers (100 million ton-km) 568 574
Railways 341 338
Highways 212 222
Waterways 12 11
Civil Aviation 2.1 2.8
Number of Civil Motor Vehicles Owned (10 000 units) 64.6 68.8
Number of Buses and Cars 34.2 37.2
Number of Trucks (10 000 units) 27.8 28.6
Number of Other Motor Vehicles (10000units) 11.6 9.7
Number of Motor Vehicles Owned by Highway Departments 26.1 28.8
Number of Civil Transport Vessels (unit) 7492 9319
    Motor Vessels 5812 7285
    Barges 1680 2034