Length of Transportation Routes
Unit: 10 000 km
Year Length of Railways in   Length of Highways Length of Navigable Inland Waterways Length of Civil   Length of Petroleum and Gas Pipelines  
Operation Electrified Railways Aviation Routes International Routes
1952 2.29   12.67 9.50 1.31 0.51  
1957 2.67
25.46 14.41 2.64 0.43 ...
1962 3.46 0.01 46.35 16.19 3.53 0.44 0.02
1965 3.64 0.01 51.45 15.77 3.94 0.45 0.04
1970 4.10 0.03 63.67 14.84 4.06 0.44 0.12
1975 4.60 0.07 78.36 13.56 8.42 3.71 0.53
1978 4.86 0.10 89.02 13.60 14.89 5.53 0.83
1980 4.99 0.17 88.33 10.85 19.53 8.12 0.87
1985 5.21 0.42 94.24 10.91 27.72 10.60 1.17
1986 5.25 0.44 96.28 10.94 32.43 10.76 1.30
1987 5.26 0.46 98.22 10.98 38.91 14.89 1.38
1988 5.28 0.57 99.96 10.94 37.38 12.83 1.43
1989 5.32 0.64 101.43 10.90 47.19 16.64 1.51
1990 5.34 0.69 102.83 10.92 50.68 16.64 1.59
1991 5.34 0.78 104.11 10.97 55.91 17.74 1.62
1992 5.36 0.84 105.67 10.97 83.66 30.30 1.59
1993 5.38 0.89 108.35 11.02 96.08 27.87 1.64
1994 5.40 0.90 111.78 10.27 104.56 35.19 1.68
1995 5.46 0.97 115.70 11.06 112.90 34.82 1.72
1996 5.67 1.01 118.58 11.08 116.65 38.63 1.93
1997 5.76 1.20 122.64 10.98 142.50 50.44 2.04
1998 5.76 1.30 127.85 11.03 150.58 50.44 2.31
1999 5.79 1.40 135.17 11.65 152.22 52.33 2.49
2000 6.87 1.49 140.27 11.93 150.29 50.84 2.47
2001 7.01 1.69 169.80 12.15 155.36 51.69 2.76
2002 7.19   176.52 12.16 163.77 57.40 2.98