_#_Inland waterways: 430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft
_#_Pipelines: crude and refined products, 62 km (1987)
_#_Ports: Colombo, Trincomalee
_#_Merchant marine: 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 364,466 GRT/551,686 DWT; includes 18 cargo, 6 refrigerated cargo, 5 container, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 bulk
_#_Civil air: 8 major transport (including 1 leased)
_#_Airports: 14 total, 13 usable; 12 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: good international service; 114,000 telephones (1982); stations—12 AM, 5 FM, 5 TV; submarine cables extend to Indonesia and Djibouti; 2 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 4,636,767; 3,625,289 fit for military service; 178,010 reach military age (18) annually
_#Defense expenditures: $300 million, 5% of GDP (1991) % @Sudan *Geography #_Total area: 2,505,810 km2; land area: 2,376,000 km2