Basic Conditions of Transport
Item 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002  
Length of Transport Routes (10 000 km)
Railways in Operation 6.64 6.74 6.87 7.01 7.19
National Electrified Railways 1.30 1.40 1.49 1.69  
Highways 127.85 135.17 140.27 169.80 176.52
Expressways 0.87 1.16 1.63 1.94  
Navigable Inland Waterways 11.03 11.65 11.93 12.15 12.16
Total Civil Aviation Routes 150.58 152.22 150.29 155.36 163.77
International Routes 50.44 52.33 50.84 51.69 57.40
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 2.31 2.49 2.47 2.76 2.98
Total Passenger Traffic
(10 000 persons)
1378717 1394413 1478573 1534122 1608150
Railways 95085 100164 105073 105155 105606
National Railways 92991 97725 101847 101680  
Local Railways 629 528 519 558  
Joint-venture Railways 1465 1911 2707 2917  
Highways 1257332 1269004 1347392 1402798 1475257
Waterways
20545 19151 19386 18645 18693
Civil Aviation 5755 6094 6722 7524 8594
Total Passenger-Kilometers
(100 million passenger-km)
10636.7 11299.7 12261.0 13155.1 14126
Railways 3773.4 4135.9 4532.6 4766.8 4969
National Railways 3691.0 4046.3 4414.7 4636.6  
Local Railways 5.0 4.4 4.6 5.2  
Joint-venture Railways 77.4 85.3 113.3 125.1  
Highways 5942.8 6199.2 6657.4 7207.1 7806
Waterways 120.3 107.3 100.5 89.9 82
Civil Aviation 800.2 857.3 970.5 1091.4 1269
Total Freight Traffic (10 000 tons) 1267200 1292650 1358124 1401177 1486396
Railways 164082 167196 178023 192580 204246
National Railways 153208 156881 165498 178592  
Local Railways 8035 7296 8369 9542  
Joint-venture Railways 2839 3019 4156 4446  
Highways 976004 990444 1038813 1056312 1116324
Waterways 109555 114608 122391 132675 141832
Civil Aviation 140.1 170.0 196.7 171.0  
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 17419 20232 18700 19439  
Total Freight Ton-kilometers
(100 million ton-km)
38046 40496 44212 47591 50867
Railways 12517 12838 13663 14575 15516
National Railways 12261 12578 13336 14250  
Local Railways 51 38 44 55  
Joint-venture Railways 205 223 283 270  
Highways 5483 5724 6129 6330 6782
Waterways 19406 21263 23734 25989 27511
Civil Aviation 33.5 42.3 50.3 43.7  
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 606 628 636 653  
Number of Civil Motor Vehicles Owned (10 000 units) 1319.30 1452.94 1608.91 1802.04 2053.17
Number of Buses and Cars 654.83 740.23 853.73 993.96 1202.37
Number of Trucks 627.89 676.95 716.32 765.24 812.22
Ordinary Trucks 609.31 655.74 697.59 740.98  
Number of Working Motor Vehicles Owned by Highway Departments 31.88 501.77 702.82 764.39  
Number of Private Motor Vehicles 423.65 533.88 625.33 770.78 968.98
Number of Other Motor Vehicles
(10 000 units)
2770.72 3456.96 4168.06 4724.05  
Number of Civil Transport Vessels (unit)
Motor Vessels 212093 194590 185018 169329  
Barges 48115 47453 44658 41457  
Number of Private Transport Vessels (unit)  
Motor Vessels 127130 113359 128654 111633 115108
Barges 7290 7262 13463 10088  
Volume of Freight Handled in Major Coastal Ports (10 000 tons) 92237 105162 125603 142634  
The statistical coverage of number of working motor vehicles owned by highway departments
extended to the working motor vehicles of all society in 1999, and the motor vehicle of all society
(including working or non-working) in 2000.