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: 223,391 km
paved: 16,084 km
unpaved: 207,307 km (1995 est.)

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

Pipelines natural gas 1,220 km

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

Merchant marine
total: 39 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 310,728 GRT/444,245 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 31, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1997 est.)

Airports 16 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 15
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: 7 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.