Germany |
|
| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
50.9
million (March 2001) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
55.3 million
(June 2001) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 51, FM
787, shortwave 4 (1998) |
| Television
broadcast stations |
373 (plus
8,042 repeaters) (1995) |
| Internet
country code |
.de |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
200 (2001)
|
| Internet
users |
32.1 million
(2002) |
| Railways |
total: 45,514
km (21,000 km electrified)
standard gauge: 45,276 km 1.435-m gauge (20,084 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 214 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24
km 0.750-m gauge (2002) |
| Highways |
total: 230,735
km
paved: 230,735 km (including 11,515 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
| Waterways |
7,500 km
note: major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal
is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North
Sea (1999) |
| Ports
and harbors |
Berlin, Bonn,
Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden,
Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Luebeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Rostock,
Stuttgart |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 337
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,036,397 GRT/7,334,067 DWT
ships by type: cargo 94, chemical tanker 15, container 203,
liquefied gas 3, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 5, railcar
carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 4, short-sea
passenger 7
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as
a flag of convenience: Chile 1, Finland 5, Iceland 1, Netherlands
3, Switzerland 1 (2002 est.) |
| Airports |
551 (2002)
|
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