Laos vs. Burma
Transportation
| Laos | Burma |
|---|
| Roadways | total: 39,586 km (2009)
paved: 5,415 km (2009)
unpaved: 34,171 km (2009) | total: 157,000 km (2013)
paved: 34,700 km (2013)
unpaved: 122,300 km (2013) |
| Waterways | 4,600 km (primarily on the Mekong River and its tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m) (2012) | 12,800 km (2011) |
| Pipelines | 540 km refined products (2013) | 3739 km gas, 1321 km oil (2017) |
| Merchant marine | total: 1
by type: general cargo 1 (2020) | total: 93
by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 37, oil tanker 5, other 49 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 41 (2013) | total: 64 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 8 (2017)
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2017)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017)
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017) | total: 36 (2017)
over 3,047 m: 12 (2017)
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11 (2017)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 (2017)
under 914 m: 1 (2017) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 33 (2013)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2013)
914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013)
under 914 m: 22 (2013) | total: 28 (2013)
over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)
914 to 1,523 m: 10 (2013)
under 914 m: 13 (2013) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,251,961 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.53 million mt-km (2018) | number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 42
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 3,407,788 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.74 million mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | RDPL | XY |
Source: CIA Factbook
