Railways
total : 3,569 km
narrow gauge: 3,569 km 1.000-m gauge (1995)

Highways
total: 27,600 km
paved: 3,340 km
unpaved : 24,260 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 12,800 km; 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels

Pipelines crude oil 1,343 km; natural gas 330 km

Ports and harbors Bassein, Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina, Rangoon, Akyab(Sittwe), Tavoy

Merchant marine
total: 52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 657,498 GRT/901,418 DWT
ships by type : bulk 16, cargo 18, chemical tanker 5, container 2, oil tanker 5, passenger-cargo3, refrigerated cargo 1, vehicle carrier 2 (1996 est.)

Airports 73 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 54
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m : 9
under 914 m: 28 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 16 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Burma 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 Burma Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.