Transportation of Bahrain

Airports: 3 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 3
over 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)
Heliports: 1 (2006)
Pipelines: gas 20 km; oil 52 km (2006)
Roadways: total: 3,498 km
paved: 2,768 km
unpaved: 730 km (2003)
Merchant marine: total: 8 ships (1000 GRT or over) 235,449 GRT/339,728 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 3 (Kuwait 3) (2006)
Ports and terminals: Mina' Salman, Sitrah

Bahrain Quickstats

  • Population: 708,573
  • Area: 665 sq km
  • Density: 987 /km² (10th)
  • GDP (total): $14.08 billion (117th)
  • GDP (per capita): $20,500 (35th)
  • Literacy: 86.5%

Languages of Bahrain

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  • Currency: Bahraini dinar (BHD)
  • Dial code: +973

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