Mali vs. Guinea

Transportation

	Mali	Guinea
Railways	total: 593 km (2014) narrow gauge: 593 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)	total: 1,086 km (2017) standard gauge: 279 km 1.435-m gauge (2017) narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge (2017)
Roadways	total: 139,107 km (2018)	total: 44,301 km (2018) paved: 3,346 km (2018) unpaved: 40,955 km (2018)
Waterways	1,800 km (downstream of Koulikoro; low water levels on the River Niger cause problems in dry years; in the months before the rainy season the river is not navigable by commercial vessels) (2011)	1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft in the northern part of the Niger River system) (2011)
Ports and terminals	river port(s): Koulikoro (Niger)	major seaport(s): Conakry, Kamsar
Airports	total: 25 (2013)	total: 16 (2013)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 8 (2019) over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1	total: 4 (2019) over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 17 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013) under 914 m: 5 (2013)	total: 12 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2013) under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix	TZ, TT	3X