Railways
total: 2,848 km (499 km privately owned and operated)
standard gauge: 2,848 km 1.435-m gauge (326 km electrified; 760 km double track) (1995)

Highways
total : 71,420 km
paved: 71,420 km (including 830 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 417 km

Pipelines crude oil 110 km; petroleum products 578 km; natural gas 700 km

Ports and harbors Alborg, Arhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Grenaa, Koge, Odense,Struer

Merchant marine
total: 328 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,180,729 GRT/7,400,870 DWT
ships by type: bulk 15, cargo 114, chemical tanker 20, container 68, liquefied gastanker 25, livestock carrier 6, oil tanker 29, railcar carrier 1, refrigeratedcargo 16, roll-on/roll-off cargo 24, short-sea passenger 9, specialized tanker1
note: Denmark has created its own internal register, called the Danish InternationalShip register (DIS); DIS ships do not have to meet Danish manning regulations,and they amount to a flag of convenience within the Danish register (1996est.)

Airports 109 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 102
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m : 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 77 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (1996 est.)

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