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Transportation of Pakistan

Airports:139 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 91
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 21
1,524 to 2,437 m: 33
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 8 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 48
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 23 (2006)
Heliports:18 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 10,257 km; oil 2,001 km (2006)
Railways:total: 8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 258,340 km
paved: 167,146 km (includes 711 km of expressways)
unpaved: 91,194 km (2004)
Merchant marine:total: 16 ships (1000 GRT or over) 397,740 GRT/657,656 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 10, container 1, petroleum tanker 4
registered in other countries: 11 (Comoros 2, North Korea 3, Malta 1, Nigeria 1, Panama 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Karachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim

Pakistan Quickstats

  • Population: 164,741,924 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 803,940 sq km
  • Density: 206 /km² (53rd)
  • GDP (total): $475.6 billion (25th)
  • GDP (per capita): $3,004.5 (128th)
  • Literacy: 49.9%

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  • Currency: Rupee (₨) (PKR)
  • Dial code: +92

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