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Transportation of Belgium

Airports:43 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 25
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 7 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 16 (2006)
Heliports:1 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 1,561 km; oil 158 km; refined products 535 km (2006)
Railways:total: 3,536 km
standard gauge: 3,536 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 150,567 km
paved: 117,442 km (includes 1,747 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,125 km (2004)
Waterways:2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 66 ships (1000 GRT or over) 3,952,159 GRT/6,521,645 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 19, cargo 4, chemical tanker 2, container 10, liquefied gas 15, petroleum tanker 12, roll on/roll off 4
foreign-owned: 10 (Denmark 4, Greece 4, UK 2)
registered in other countries: 113 (Antigua and Barbuda 4, Bahamas 13, Bermuda 4, Cyprus 1, French Southern and Antarctic Lands 6, Georgia 1, Gibraltar 2, Greece 12, Hong Kong 3, Luxembourg 9, Malta 10, Mozambique 2, Netherlands 2, Netherlands Antilles 4, Panama 11, Portugal 8, Russia 4, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Singapore 12, Sweden 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Antwerp, Brussels, Gent, Liege, Oostende, Zeebrugge

Belgium Quickstats

  • Population: 10,392,226 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 30,528 sq km
  • Density: 344.32 /km² (2006)
  • GDP (total): $316.2 billion (30th)
  • GDP (per capita): $31,400 (13th)
  • Literacy: 99%

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  • Currency: Euro (€) (EUR)
  • Dial code: +32

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