Transport and infrastructure in French Polynesia
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of French Polynesia with the average of all countries in Oceania.› Airports in French Polynesia
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Road traffic
The network of roads and highways has a total length of 2,590 km. For each of the country's 282,534 inhabitants, this corresponds to 9.17 meters. This puts French Polynesia in 59th place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 71 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants on the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population. In French Polynesia, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.French Polynesia | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 2,600 km | 9,167.04 km | 647.50 m |
| Railroads | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
| Waterways | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
| Commercial harbors | 24 | 84.95 | 0.006 |
| Airports | 28 | 99.10 | 7.000 |
Oceania | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 30,900 km | 2,461.92 km | 55.93 m |
| Railroads | 600 km | 47.56 km | 1.08 m |
| Waterways | 11,200 km | 892.96 km | 20.29 m |
| Commercial harbors | 5,397 | 429.99 | 0.010 |
| Airports | 216 | 17.21 | 0.000 |
Data sources used
• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)
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