Mongolia vs. China
Transportation
| Mongolia | China | |
|---|---|---|
| Railways | total: 1,815 km (2017) broad gauge: 1,815 km 1.520-m gauge (2017) note: national operator Ulaanbaatar Railway is jointly owned by the Mongolian Government and by the Russian State Railway | total: 131,000 km 1.435-m gauge (80,000 km electrified); 102,000 traditional, 29,000 high-speed (2018) |
| Roadways | total: 113,200 km (2017) paved: 10,600 km (2017) unpaved: 102,600 km (2017) | total: 4,960,600 km (2017) paved: 4,338,600 km (includes 136,500 km of expressways) (2017) unpaved: 622,000 km (2017) |
| Waterways | 580 km (the only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol) (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers ice free from May to September) (2010) | 110,000 km (navigable waterways) (2011) |
| Merchant marine | total: 294 by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 4, general cargo 113, oil tanker 70, other 104 (2020) | total: 6,197 by type: bulk carrier 1,515, container ship 322, general cargo 862, oil tanker 968, other 2,530 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 44 (2013) | total: 507 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 15 (2017) over 3,047 m: 2 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 10 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2017) | total: 510 (2019) over 3,047 m: 87 2,438 to 3,047 m: 187 1,524 to 2,437 m: 109 914 to 1,523 m: 43 under 914 m: 84 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 29 (2013) over 3,047 m: 2 (2013) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 (2013) under 914 m: 1 (2013) | total: 23 (2019) over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 0 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 13 |
| Heliports | 1 (2013) | 39 (2019) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 670,360 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 7.82 million mt-km (2018) | number of registered air carriers: 56 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2,890 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 436,183,969 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 611,439,830 mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | JU | B |
Source: CIA Factbook
