Railways
total: 5,138 km (1995); note - severely reduced route-distance in use because of damage to facilities by civil strife
narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge

Highways
total: 145,000 km
paved: 2,500 km
unpaved: 142,500 km (1993 est.)

Waterways 15,000 km including the Congo, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes

Pipelines petroleum products 390 km

Ports and harbors Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka

Merchant marine none

Airports 234 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 24
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 210
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 96
under 914 m: 94 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Congo, Democratic Republic of the 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 Congo, Democratic Republic of the Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Congo, Democratic Republic of the Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.