16-2 Basic Conditions of Transport
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Length of Transport Routes                          (10 000 km)
Railways in Operation	7.54	7.71	7.80	7.97	8.55
Highways	334.52	345.70	358.37	373.02	386.08
Expressway	4.10	4.53	5.39	6.03	6.51
Navigable Inland Waterways	12.33	12.34	12.35	12.28	12.37
Total Civil Aviation Routes	199.85	211.35	234.30	246.18	234.51
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	4.40	4.81	5.45	5.83	6.91
Total Passenger Traffic                          (10 000 persons)	1847018	2024157.641	2227761.211	2867891.964	2976897.831
Railways	115583	125656	135670	146193	152451
Highways	1697381	1860487	2050680	2682114	2779081
Waterways	20227	22047	22835	20334	22314
Civil Aviation	13827	15968	18576	19251	23052
Total Passenger-Kilometers(100 million passenger-km)	17466.7	19197.2	21592.6	23196.7	24834.9
Railways	6062.0	6622.1	7216.3	7778.6	7878.9
Highways	9292.1	10130.8	11506.8	12476.1	13511.4
Waterways	67.8	73.6	77.8	59.2	69.4
Civil Aviation	2044.9	2370.7	2791.7	2882.8	3375.2
Total Freight Traffic                                    (10 000 tons)	1862066	2037060	2275822	2585937	2825222
Railways	269296	288224	314237	330354	333348
Highways	1341778	1466347	1639432	1916759	2127834
Waterways	219648	248703	281199	294510	318996
Civil Aviation	306.7	349.4	401.8	407.6	445.5
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	31037	33436	40552	43906	44598
Total Freight Ton-kilometers         (100 million ton-km)	80258	88840	101419	110300	122133
Railways	20726	21954	23797	25106	25239
Highways	8693	9754	11355	32868	37189
Waterways	49672	55486	64285	50263	57557
Civil Aviation	78.9	94.3	116.4	119.6	126.2
Petroleum and Gas Pipelines	1088	1551	1866	1944	2022
Possession of Civil Motor Vehicles          (10 000 units)	3159.66	3697.35	4358.36	5099.61	6280.61
Private Vehicles	1848.07	2333.32	2876.22	3501.39	4574.91
Possession of Other Motor Vehicles         (10 000 units)	8595.42	8797.67	9434.03	9756.92	10489.01
Possession of Civil Transport Vessels                    (unit)	207294	194360	191771	184190	176932
Motor Vessels	165900	157805	157544	152247	149367
Barges	41394	36555	34227	31943	27565
Possession of Private Transport Vessels	95838	70292	70017	64552
Motor Vessels	83380	62839	62228	57490
Barges	12458	7453	7789	7062
Volume of Freight Handled in Coastal Ports above	292777	342191	388200	429599	475481
Designated Size                                       (10 000 tons)
a) Since 2004, inland waterways refers to navigable inland waterways. The same applies to the tables followings.
b) Length of highways include the village road since 2005.
c) In 2008, data on total passenger traffic and freight traffic of highway and waterways have changed. The same applies to the following tables.
d) Since 2009, statistical coverage above designated size refers to coastal seaport with capacity over 10 million tons yearly and inland port over
2 million tons yearly. The same applies to the tables following.