Germany:
Communications & Transportation

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Telephones - main lines in use	Definition - World rank and map 54.2 million (2006)
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map 658 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular	Definition - World rank and map 84.3 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map 1,023.4 (2006)
Telephone system	Definition general assessment: Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country, dating back to World War II, has been modernized and integrated with that of the western part domestic: Germany is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and includes roaming service to many foreign countries international: country code - 49; Germany's international service is excellent worldwide, consisting of extensive land and undersea cable facilities as well as earth stations in the Inmarsat, Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems (2001)
Radio broadcast stations	Definition AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4 (1998)
Television broadcast stations	Definition 373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995)
Internet country code	Definition .de
Internet hosts	Definition - World rank and map 16.494 million (2007)
Internet hosts per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map 200.2 (2007)
Internet users	Definition - World rank and map 38.6 million (2006)
Internet users per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map 468.6 (2006)

Airports	Definition - World rank and map 550 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	Definition total: 331 over 3,047 m: 14 2,438 to 3,047 m: 52 1,524 to 2,437 m: 58 914 to 1,523 m: 72 under 914 m: 135 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	Definition total: 219 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 34 under 914 m: 181 (2007)
Heliports	Definition 28 (2007)
Pipelines	Definition condensate 37 km; gas 25,094 km; oil 3,546 km; refined products 3,828 km (2007)
Railways	Definition - World rank and map total: 48,215 km standard gauge: 47,962 km 1.435-m gauge (20,278 km electrified) narrow gauge: 229 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)
Roadways	Definition - World rank and map total: 231,500 km paved: 231,500 km (includes 12,400 km of expressways) (2006)
Waterways	Definition 7,467 km note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea (2006)
Merchant marine	Definition - World rank and map total: 391 ships (1000 GRT or over) 12,948,287 GRT/15,211,242 DWT by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 47, chemical tanker 12, container 280, liquefied gas 5, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 27, petroleum tanker 11, roll on/roll off 3 foreign-owned: 10 (China 2, Cyprus 1, Finland 4, Ireland 1, Netherlands 1, Sweden 1) registered in other countries: 2,878 (Antigua and Barbuda 924, Australia 2, Bahamas 48, Bermuda 22, Brazil 6, Bulgaria 1, Burma 3, Canada 3, Cayman Islands 15, Cyprus 200, Denmark 9, Faroe Islands 1, Finland 2, France 1, Georgia 2, Gibraltar 120, Hong Kong 5, Isle of Man 56, Italy 3, Jamaica 2, Liberia 826, Luxembourg 8, Malaysia 2, Malta 78, Marshall Islands 224, Morocco 1, Netherlands 72, Netherlands Antilles 48, Norway 2, NZ 1, Panama 44, Portugal 22, Russia 1, Singapore 24, Slovakia 2, Spain 5, Sri Lanka 5, St Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Sweden 4, Turkey 1, UK 76, US 5) (2008)
Ports and terminals	Definition Bremen, Bremerhaven, Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Lubeck, Rostock, Wilhemshaven

Germany: Communications & Transportation

Germany:
Communications & Transportation