Railways
total: 2,745 km
broad gauge: 923 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2000 est.)

Highways
total: 201,182 km
paved: 19,112 km
unpaved: 182,070 km (1997)

Waterways up to 8,046 km depending on season
note: includes 3,058 km main cargo routes

Pipelines natural gas 1,250 km

Ports and harbors Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port, Narayanganj (2001)

Merchant marine
total: 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 269,932 GRT/379,271 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 26, container 3, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1, includes s foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Singapore 5 (2002 est.)

Airports 18 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 5 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.