Railways
total: 2,892 km
broad gauge: 978 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,914 km 1.000-m gauge (1992)

Highways
total : 168,513 km
paved: 15,672 km
unpaved: 152,841 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 5,150-8,046 km navigable waterways (includes 2,575-3,058 km main cargoroutes)

Pipelines natural gas 1,220 km

Ports and harbors Chittagong, Dhaka, Chalna Port (Mongla)

Merchant marine
total: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 323,057 GRT/464,090 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 32, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-offcargo 2 (1996 est.)

Airports 15 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 14
over 3,047 m : 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 6 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.