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Botswana vs. South Africa

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BotswanaSouth Africa
Railwaystotal: 888 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
total: 20,986 km (2014)

standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge (80 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge: 19,756 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified) (2014)

other: 1,150 km (passenger rail, gauge unspecified, 1,115.5 km electrified) (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 31,747 km (2017)

paved: 9,810 km (2017)

unpaved: 21,937 km (2017)
total: 750,000 km (2016)

paved: 158,124 km (2016)

unpaved: 591,876 km (2016)
Airportstotal: 74 (2013)total: 407 (2020)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 10 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017)
total: 130 (2020)

over 3,047 m: 11

2,438 to 3,047 m: 6

1,524 to 2,437 m: 46

914 to 1,523 m: 60

under 914 m: 7
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 64 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 46 (2013)

under 914 m: 13 (2013)
total: 277 (2020)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 19

914 to 1,523 m: 178

under 914 m: 79
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 6

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 253,417 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 110,000 mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 17 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 243

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 23,921,748 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 716.25 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixA2ZS

Source: CIA Factbook