Transport and infrastructure in Syria
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Syria with the average of all countries in Asia. The net of streets and highways has a total length of 69,873 km. Theoretically, this is 4.09 meter for each of the 17.07 millions inhabitants of the country. Syria hereby ranks 125th in a worldwide comparison.With a length of 0.12 meters of railway tracks per person Syria come 78th worldwide.
The given waterways are refered to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of harbours additionally includes the ones on the 193 km long coastline.
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Syria | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
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Roadways | 69,900 km | 4,093.29 km | 377.32 m |
Railroads | 2,100 km | 120.21 km | 11.08 m |
Waterways | 900 km | 52.72 km | 4.86 m |
Commercial harbors | 25 | 1.46 | 0.000 |
Airports | 90 | 5.27 | 0.486 |
Asia | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
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Roadways | 14,699,500 km | 3,219.35 km | 459.66 m |
Railroads | 345,900 km | 75.76 km | 10.82 m |
Waterways | 260,300 km | 57.01 km | 8.14 m |
Commercial harbors | 44,130 | 9.66 | 0.001 |
Airports | 4,349 | 0.95 | 0.000 |