58,200 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 161
19.487 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 52
state-owned TV broadcast station with near national coverage; more than a dozen privately owned TV stations with 2 having near national coverage; 2 state-owned radio stations are supplemented by more than 100 private radio stations; transmissions of at le
290,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 132
total: 4,007 km
country comparison to the world: 44
narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
total: 153,497 km
country comparison to the world: 32
paved: 2,794 km
unpaved: 150,703 km (2004)
15,000 km (including the Congo, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 8
major seaport(s): Banana river or lake port(s): Boma, Bumba, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka (Congo);
Kindu (Lualaba); Bukavu, Goma (Lake Kivu); Kalemie (Lake Tanganyika)
total: 1
country comparison to the world: 151
by type: petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Republic of the Congo 1) (2010)
198 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 27