South Sudan vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo

Transportation

	South Sudan	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Railways	total: 248 km (2018) note: a narrow gauge, single-track railroad between Babonosa (Sudan) and Wau, the only existing rail system, was repaired in 2010 with $250 million in UN funds, but is not currently operational	total: 4,007 km (2014) narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified) (2014) 125 1.000-m gauge
Roadways	total: 90,200 km (2019) paved: 300 km (2019) unpaved: 89,900 km (2019) note: most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair	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
Waterways	see entry for Sudan	15,000 km (including the Congo River, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2011)
Airports	total: 89 (2020)	total: 198 (2013)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 4 (2020) over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1	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)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 84 (2020) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 38 under 914 m: 33	total: 172 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 87 (2013) under 914 m: 65 (2013)
Heliports	3 (2020)	1 (2013)
National air transport system	number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 mt-km	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)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix	Z8	9Q

Source: CIA Factbook