_#_Highways: 146,500 km total; 2,550 km bituminous, 46,450 km gravel and improved earth; remainder unimproved earth
_#_Inland waterways: 15,000 km including the Congo, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes
_#_Pipelines: refined products 390 km
_#_Ports: Matadi, Boma, Banana
_#_Merchant marine: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 41,802 GRT/60,496 DWT; includes 1 passenger cargo, 3 cargo
_#_Civil air: 38 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 308 total, 255 usable; 24 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 71 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: barely adequate wire and radio relay service; 31,200 telephones; stations—10 AM, 4 FM, 18 TV; satellite earth stations—1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 14 domestic
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary National Gendarmerie, paramilitary Civil Guard
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 8,240,412; 4,192,991 fit for military service