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age structure 0-14 years
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airports
airports with paved runways 1524 to 2437 m
airports with paved runways 2438 to 3047 m
airports with paved runways 914 to 1523 m
airports with paved runways over 3047 m
airports with paved runways total
airports with paved runways under 914 m
airports with unpaved runways 1524 to 2437 m
airports with unpaved runways 2438 to 3047 m
airports with unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m
airports with unpaved runways over 3047 m
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airports with unpaved runways under 914 m
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1
United Kingdom
40
2
Spain
22 coaxial submarine cables; 2 earth stations for INTELSAT
3
Denmark
19 submarine coaxial cables; 7 INTELSAT EUTELSAT and INMARSAT earth stations
4
United States
16 satellites and 24 ocean cable systems in use; 61 INTELSAT
5
Portugal
6 submarine cables; 3 INTELSAT
6
Japan
5 INTELSAT
7
Belgium
5 submarine cables; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations and 1 EUTELSAT earth station
8
Morocco
5 submarine cables; 2 INTELSAT
9
Mozambique
5 INTELSAT
10
China
5 INTELSAT earth stations
11
Canada
5 coaxial submarine cables; 5 INTELSAT earth stations
12
Sweden
5 submarine coaxial cables; 1 INTELSAT
13
The Netherlands
5 submarine cables; 3 INTELSAT
14
Tunisia
5 submarine cables; 1 INTELSAT
15
Mexico
5 INTELSAT
16
Algeria
5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy France Spain Morocco and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; 2 INTELSAT
17
Federated States of Micronesia
4 INTELSAT
18
Jersey
3 submarine cables
19
Luxembourg
3 channels leased on TAT-6 coaxial submarine cable
20
Pakistan
3 INTELSAT
21
Venezuela
3 submarine coaxial cables; 1 INTELSAT
22
Senegal
3 submarine cables; 1 INTELSAT
23
Vietnam
3 satellite earth stations
24
Faroe Islands
3 coaxial submarine cables
25
Nigeria
3 INTELSAT earth stations
26
South Korea
3 INTELSAT
27
Brazil
3 coaxial submarine cables; 3 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
28
Yemen
3 INTELSAT
29
India
3 INTELSAT
30
Israel
3 submarine cables; 3 INTELSAT
31
Gabon
3 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
32
Bermuda
3 submarine cables; 2 INTELSAT
33
United Arab Emirates
3 INTELSAT
34
Hong Kong
3 INTELSAT
35
Iran
3 INTELSAT
36
Angola
2 INTELSAT
37
Côte d'Ivoire
2 INTELSAT
38
Peru
2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
39
Libya
2 INTELSAT
40
Bahrain
2 INTELSAT
41
Egypt
2 INTELSAT
42
Malawi
2 INTELSAT
43
Oman
2 INTELSAT
44
Northern Mariana Islands
2 INTELSAT
45
Niger
2 INTELSAT
46
France
2 INTELSAT earth stations
47
Mali
2 INTELSAT
48
Guam
2 INTELSAT
49
Marshall Islands
2 INTELSAT
50
Zambia
2 INTELSAT earth stations
51
Norway
2 buried coaxial cable systems; 4 coaxial submarine cables; EUTELSAT INTELSAT
52
Iceland
2 earth stations carry all international traffic through an Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT satellite
53
Indonesia
2 INTELSAT
54
Switzerland
2 INTELSAT
55
Turkey
2 INTELSAT
56
Uruguay
2 INTELSAT
57
Turks and Caicos Islands
2 submarine cables; 1 INTELSAT
58
Thailand
2 INTELSAT
59
Tanzania
2 satellite earth stations - 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT
60
Taiwan
2 INTELSAT
61
Honduras
2 INTELSAT
62
Iraq
2 INTELSAT
63
Cabo Verde
2 coaxial submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
64
Kenya
2 INTELSAT
65
Argentina
2 INTELSAT
66
Cameroon
2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
67
Jordan
2 INTELSAT
68
Suriname
2 INTELSAT
69
Jamaica
2 INTELSAT
70
Chile
2 INTELSAT
71
Colombia
2 INTELSAT
72
Bangladesh
2 INTELSAT
73
Lebanon
2 INTELSAT
74
Austria
2 INTELSAT
75
Liberia
1 INTELSAT
76
Malta
1 submarine cable and 1 INTELSAT
77
Kiribati
1 INTELSAT
78
Laos
1 earth station
79
Mauritania
1 INTELSAT
80
Maldives
1 INTELSAT
81
Zimbabwe
1 INTELSAT
82
Mauritius
1 INTELSAT
83
Solomon Islands
1 INTELSAT
84
Vanuatu
1 INTELSAT
85
Uganda
1 INTELSAT
86
Trinidad and Tobago
1 INTELSAT
87
Tonga
1 INTELSAT
88
Togo
1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 SYMPHONIE earth station
89
The Gambia
1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
90
Syria
1 INTELSAT
91
Swaziland
1 INTELSAT
92
Sudan
1 INTELSAT
93
South Africa
1 submarine cable; 3 INTELSAT
94
Sierra Leone
1 INTELSAT
95
Myanmar
1 INTELSAT
96
Seychelles
1 INTELSAT
97
Serbia and Montenegro
1 INTELSAT
98
Romania
1 INTELSAT earth station; new digital international direct dial exchanges are in Bucharest
99
Paraguay
1 INTELSAT
100
Panama
1 coaxial submarine cable; 2 INTELSAT
101
Palau
1 INTELSAT
102
North Korea
1 earth station near P'yongyang uses an Indian Ocean INTELSAT satellite; other international connections through Moscow and Beijing
103
Nicaragua
1 Intersputnik and 1 INTELSAT
104
New Caledonia
1 INTELSAT
105
Nauru
1 INTELSAT
106
Puerto Rico
1 INTELSAT earth station and submarine cable
107
Lesotho
1 INTELSAT
108
Cuba
1 INTELSAT
109
Burkina Faso
1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
110
Benin
1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station submarine cable
111
Bolivia
1 INTELSAT
112
Ghana
1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
113
Botswana
1 INTELSAT
114
British Indian Ocean Territory
1 INTELSAT
115
French Polynesia
1 INTELSAT
116
Finland
1 submarine cable; INTELSAT satellite transmission service via Swedish earth station and a receive-only INTELSAT earth station near Helsinki for TV programs
117
Bulgaria
1 earth station using Intersputnik; INTELSAT link used through a Greek earth station
118
Falkland Islands
1 INTELSAT
119
Gibraltar
1 INTELSAT
120
Burundi
1 INTELSAT
121
Cayman Islands
1 submarine coaxial cable; 1 INTELSAT
122
El Salvador
1 INTELSAT
123
Ecuador
1 INTELSAT
124
Central African Republic
1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
125
Chad
1 INTELSAT
126
Dominican Republic
1 coaxial submarine cable; 1 INTELSAT
127
Congo
1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
128
Cook Islands
1 INTELSAT
129
Belize
1 INTELSAT
130
Germany
1 INTELSAT earth station and 1 Intersputnik system
131
Guadeloupe
1 INTELSAT
132
Ireland
1 INTELSAT
133
American Samoa
1 INTELSAT
134
Barbados
1 INTELSAT
135
Guernsey
1 submarine cable
136
Haiti
1 INTELSAT
137
Antigua and Barbuda
1 coaxial submarine cable; 1 INTELSAT
138
Guinea
1 INTELSAT
139
Hungary
1 INTELSAT and Intersputnik earth stations
140
Aruba
1 submarine cable to Sint Maarten
141
Spratly Islands
NA
142
Wake Island
NA
143
Wallis and Futuna
NA
144
West Bank
NA
145
Western Sahara
tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay troposcatter and 2 INTELSAT
146
Sri Lanka
submarine cables extend to Indonesia and Djibouti; 2 INTELSAT
147
Comoros
high frequency radio
148
Christmas Island
NA
149
Cocos Islands
linked by telephone telex and facsimile communications via satellite with Australia
150
Somalia
NA
151
Andorra
landline circuits to France and Spain
152
Slovenia
NA
153
Slovakia
NA
154
Singapore
submarine cables extend to Malaysia
155
Costa Rica
connection into Central American Microwave System; 1 INTELSAT
156
Croatia
no satellite links
157
Svalbard
satellite communication with Norwegian mainland
158
Antarctica
NA
159
Cambodia
international service limited to Vietnam and other adjacent countries
160
Saudi Arabia
microwave radio relay to Bahrain Jordan Kuwait Qatar UAE Yemen and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; submarine cable to Djibouti Egypt and Bahrain; earth stations - 5 INTELSAT
161
Tuvalu
NA
162
Belarus
international traffic is carried by the Moscow international gateway switch and also by 2 satellite earth stations near Minsk - INTELSAT
163
Turkmenistan
linked by cable and microwave to other CIS republics and to other countries by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; a new telephone link from Ashgabat to Iran has been established; a new exchange in Ashgabat switches international traffic through Turkey via INTELSAT; 1 Orbita and 1 INTELSAT earth station
164
Ukraine
calls to other CIS countries are carried by land line or microwave; other international calls to 167 countries are carried by satellite or by the 150 leased lines through the Moscow gateway switch; INTELSAT INMARSAT and Intersputnik earth stations
165
Bhutan
international telephone and telegraph service is by land line through India; an earth station was planned
166
Azerbaijan
connections to other former USSR republics by cable and microwave and to other countries via the Moscow international gateway switch; INTELSAT link installed in late 1992 in Baku with Turkish financial assistance with access to 200 countries through Turkey; since August 1993 an earth station near Baku has provided direct communications with New York through Russia's Stationar-11 satellite
167
Tokelau
radiotelephone service to Western Samoa
168
Bosnia and Herzegovina
no earth stations
169
Anguilla
radio relay microwave link to island of Saint Martin
170
Australia
submarine cables to New Zealand Papua New Guinea and Indonesia; 10 INTELSAT
171
The Bahamas
tropospheric scatter and submarine cable links to Florida; 3 coaxial submarine cables; 1 INTELSAT
172
British Virgin Islands
submarine cable communication links to Bermuda
173
Brunei
INTELSAT
174
Armenia
international connections to other former republics of the USSR are by landline or microwave and to other countries by satellite and by leased connection through the Moscow international gateway switch; 1 INTELSAT satellite link
175
Uzbekistan
linked by landline or microwave with CIS member states and by leased connection via the Moscow international gateway switch to other countries; new INTELSAT links to Tokyo and Ankara give Uzbekistan international access independent of Russian facilities; Orbita and INTELSAT earth stations
176
Tajikistan
linked by cable and microwave to other CIS republics and by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; Dushanbe linked by INTELSAT to international gateway switch in Ankara; 1 Orbita and 2 INTELSAT earth stations
177
U.S. Virgin Islands
NA
178
Johnston Atoll
NA
179
Cyprus
international service by tropospheric scatter 3 submarine cables and 2 INTELSAT
180
San Marino
microwave and cable links into Italian networks; no communication satellite facilities
181
Madagascar
submarine cable to Bahrain; 1 earth station for Indian Ocean INTELSAT
182
Mongolia
at least 1 satellite earth station
183
Monaco
no satellite links; served by cable into the French communications system
184
Moldova
international connections to the other former Soviet republics by land line and microwave radio relay through Ukraine and to other countries by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; 1 EUTELSAT and 1 INTELSAT earth station
185
Midway Islands
NA
186
Mayotte
radio relay and high-frequency radio communications for links to Comoros and international communications
187
Greece
tropospheric links 8 submarine cables; 2 INTELSAT
188
Grenada
SHF VHF and UHF radio communications
189
Martinique
interisland microwave radio relay links to Guadeloupe Dominica and Saint Lucia; 2 INTELSAT
190
Guatemala
connection into Central American Microwave System; 1 INTELSAT
191
Guinea-Bissau
NA
192
Malaysia
submarine cables extend to India and Sarawak; SEACOM submarine cable links to Hong Kong and Singapore; satellite earth stations - 2 INTELSAT
193
Macau
high-frequency radio communication facility; access to international communications carriers provided via Hong Kong and China; 1 INTELSAT
194
Georgia
links via landline to CIS members and Turkey; low-capacity satellite link and leased international connections via the Moscow international gateway switch with other countries; international electronic mail and telex service available
195
Guyana
tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad; 1 INTELSAT
196
Lithuania
international connections no longer depend on the Moscow gateway switch but are established by satellite through Oslo from Vilnius and through Copenhagen from Kaunas; 1 EUTELSAT and 1 INTELSAT earth station; an NMT-450 analog cellular network operates in Vilnius and other cities and is linked internationally through Copenhagen by EUTELSAT; international electronic mail is available; land lines or microwave to former USSR republics
197
Liechtenstein
linked to Swiss networks by cable and radio relay
198
Holy See
uses Italian system
199
Albania
inadequate; carried through the Tirane exchange and transmitted through Italy on 240 microwave radio relay circuits and through Greece on 150 microwave radio relay circuits
200
Latvia
international traffic carried by leased connection to the Moscow international gateway switch and through the new Ericsson AXE local/transit digital telephone exchange in Riga and through the Finnish cellular net; electronic mail capability by Sprint data network
201
Kyrgyzstan
connections with other CIS countries by landline or microwave and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway switch and by satellite; 1 GORIZONT and 1 INTELSAT satellite link through Ankara to 200 other countries
202
Kuwait
earth stations destroyed during Gulf war and not rebuilt yet; temporary mobile satellite antennae provide international telecommunications; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; service to Iraq is nonoperational
203
Isle of Man
NA
204
Italy
international service by 21 submarine cables 3 satellite earth stations operating in INTELSAT with 3 Atlantic Ocean antennas and 2 Indian Ocean antennas; also participates in INMARSAT and EUTELSAT systems
205
Kazakhstan
international traffic with other former USSR republics and China carried by landline and microwave and with other countries by satellite and through 8 international telecommunications circuits at the Moscow international gateway switch; INTELSAT earth station; new satellite earth station established at Almaty with Turkish financial help
206
Montserrat
NA
207
Namibia
NA
208
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
VHF/UHF interisland links from Saint Vincent to Barbados; new SHF links to Grenada and to Saint Lucia
209
Philippines
submarine cables extended to Hong Kong Guam Singapore Taiwan and Japan; 3 INTELSAT
210
Saint Lucia
direct microwave link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; interisland troposcatter link to Barbados
211
Saint Kitts and Nevis
international calls are carried by radio to Antigua and Barbuda and there switched to submarine cable or to INTELSAT or carried to Saint Martin by radio and switched to INTELSAT
212
Saint Helena
major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South Africa Portugal and UK at Ascension; 2 INTELSAT
213
Rwanda
international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; 1 INTELSAT
214
Russia
international traffic is handled by an inadequate system of satellites land lines microwave radio relay and outdated submarine cables; this traffic passes through the international gateway switch in Moscow which carries most of the international traffic for the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States; a new Russian Raduga satellite will link Moscow and St
. Petersburg with Rome from whence calls will be relayed to destinations in Europe and overseas; satellite earth stations - INTELSAT Intersputnik Eutelsat
215
Jan Mayen
NA
216
Qatar
tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to Bahrain and UAE; 2 INTELSAT
217
Czech Republic
NA
218
Djibouti
international connections via submarine cable to Saudi Arabia and by satellite link to other countries; 1 INTELSAT
219
Poland
INTELSAT EUTELSAT INMARSAT and Intersputnik earth stations
220
Pitcairn Islands
NA
221
Dominica
SHF radio and microwave radio relay links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radio links to Saint Lucia
222
Gaza Strip
NA
223
Paracel Islands
NA
224
Papua New Guinea
submarine cables extend to Australia and Guam; 1 INTELSAT
225
Equatorial Guinea
international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and European countries; 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station
226
Eritrea
NA
227
Estonia
international traffic is carried to the other former USSR republics by land line or microwave and to other countries partly by leased connection to the Moscow international gateway switch and partly by a new Tallinn-Helsinki fiber optic submarine cable which gives Estonia access to international circuits everywhere; substantial investment has been made in cellular systems which are operational throughout Estonia and also Latvia and which have access to the international packet switched digital network via Helsinki
228
Ethiopia
open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; 3 INTELSAT
229
Norfolk Island
radio link service with Sydney
230
Niue
NA
231
Fiji
important COMPAC cable link between US-Canada and NZ-Australia; 1 INTELSAT
232
New Zealand
submarine cables extend to Australia and Fiji; 2 INTELSAT
233
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
NA
234
Nepal
international radio communication service is fair; 1 INTELSAT
235
Afghanistan
one link between western Afghanistan and Iran
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