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Transportation of Brazil

Airports:4,276 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 714
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 24
1,524 to 2,437 m: 164
914 to 1,523 m: 464
under 914 m: 54 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 3,562
1,524 to 2,437 m: 81
914 to 1,523 m: 1,634
under 914 m: 1,847 (2006)
Heliports:417 (2006)
Pipelines:condensate/gas 244 km; gas 11,669 km; liquid petroleum gas 341 km; oil 5,212 km; refined products 4,755 km (2006)
Railways:total: 29,295 km
broad gauge: 4,932 km 1.600-m gauge (939 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,773 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)
dual gauge: 396 km 1.000 m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 1,751,868 km
paved: 96,353 km
unpaved: 1,655,515 km (2004)
Waterways:50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 137 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,038,923 GRT/3,057,820 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 21, cargo 21, chemical tanker 8, container 8, liquefied gas 12, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 47, roll on/roll off 8
foreign-owned: 15 (Chile 1, Germany 7, Norway 2, Spain 4, UK 1)
registered in other countries: 5 (Ghana 1, Liberia 3, Marshall Islands 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Gebig, Itaqui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, San Sebasttiao, Santos, Sepetiba Terminal, Tubarao, Vitoria

Brazil Quickstats

  • Population: 190,010,647
  • Area: 8,511,965 sq km
  • Density: 22 /km² (182nd)
  • GDP (total): $1.803 trillion (9th)
  • GDP (per capita): $9,488 (68th)
  • Literacy: 88.6%

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  • Currency: Real (R$) (BRL)
  • Dial code: +55

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