Democratic Republic of the Congo vs. Central African Republic

Transportation

	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Central African Republic
Roadways	total: 152,373 km (2015) paved: 3,047 km (2015) unpaved: 149,326 km (2015) urban: 7,400 km (2015) non-urban: 144,973 km	total: 24,000 km (2018) paved: 700 km (2018) unpaved: 23,300 km (2018)
Waterways	15,000 km (including the Congo River, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2011)	2,800 km (the primary navigable river is the Ubangi, which joins the River Congo; it was the traditional route for the export of products because it connected with the Congo-Ocean railway at Brazzaville; because of the warfare on both sides of the River Congo from 1997, importers and exporters preferred routes through Cameroon) (2011)
Ports and terminals	major seaport(s): Banana river or lake port(s): Boma, Bumba, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka (Congo) Kindu (Lualaba) Bukavu, Goma (Lake Kivu) Kalemie (Lake Tanganyika)	river port(s): Bangui (Oubangui) Nola (Sangha)
Airports	total: 198 (2013)	total: 39 (2013)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 26 (2017) over 3,047 m: 3 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2017) under 914 m: 1 (2017)	total: 1 (2019) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 172 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 87 (2013) under 914 m: 65 (2013)	total: 37 (2013) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 19 (2013) under 914 m: 6 (2013)
National air transport system	number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 13 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 932,043 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 890,000 mt-km (2018)	number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 46,364 (2015) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix	9Q	TL

Source: CIA Factbook