Railroads: 20,638 km route distance total; 20,324 km of 1.067-meter gauge trackage (counts double and multiple tracking as single track); 314 km of 610 mm gauge; substantial electrification of 1.067 meter gauge

Highways:
total: 188,309 km
paved: 54,013 km
unpaved: crushed stone, gravel, improved earth 134,296 km
Pipelines: crude oil 931 km; petroleum products 1,748 km; natural gas 322 km

Ports: Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha, Mosselbaai
Merchant marine: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 213,273 GRT/201,043 DWT, container 4, vehicle carrier 1

Airports:
total: 886
usable: 718
with permanent-surface runways: 140
with runways over 3,659 m: 5
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 10
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 213

NOTE: The information regarding South Africa on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Africa Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Africa Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.