Communications, Transportation, Military in Madagascar
| Communications | Madagascar |
| Telephones - main lines in use: |
59,600 (2003) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
279,500 (2003) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: system is above average for the region domestic: open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter links connect regions international: country code - 261; submarine cable to Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) |
| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 2 (plus a number of repeater stations), FM 9, shortwave 6 (2001) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001) |
| Internet country code: |
.mg |
| Internet hosts: |
773 (2003) |
| Internet users: |
70,500 (2003) |
| Transportation | Madagascar |
| Railways: |
total: 732 km narrow gauge: 732 km 1.000-m gauge (2003) |
| Highways: |
total: 49,827 km paved: 5,780 km unpaved: 44,047 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways: |
600 km (2004) |
| Ports and harbors: |
Antsiranana, Antsohimbondrona, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara |
| Merchant marine: |
total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 14,865 GRT/17,936 DWT by type: cargo 5, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2 registered in other countries: 1 (2005) |
| Airports: |
116 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with paved runways: |
total: 29 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 20 under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total: 87 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 42 under 914 m: 43 (2004 est.) |
| Military | Madagascar |
| Military branches: |
18 years of age (est.); conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004) |
| Military manpower - availability: |
males age 18-49: 3,542,797 (2005 est.) |
| Military manpower - fit for military service: |
males age 18-49: 2,218,662 (2005 est.) |
| Military manpower - reaching military age annually: |
males: 187,000 (2005 est.) |
| Military expenditures - dollar figure: |
$44.6 million (2004) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
1.2% (2004) |
| Transnational Issues | Madagascar |
| Disputes - international: |
illicit producer of cannabis (cultivated and wild varieties) used mostly for domestic consumption; transshipment point for heroin |
This page was last updated on 17 May, 2005
