_*Communications #_Highways: 5,900 km total; 400 km paved, 2,500 km gravel or laterite, 3,000 km improved or unimproved earth
_#_Inland waterways: Lake Tanganyika
_#_Ports: Bujumbura (lake port) connects to transportation systems of Tanzania and Zaire
_#_Civil air: 1 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 8 total, 7 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; none with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: sparse system of wire, radiocommunications, and low-capacity radio relay links; 8,000 telephones; stations—2 AM, 2 FM, 1 TV; 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army (includes naval and air units); paramilitary Gendarmerie
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 1,268,342; 661,888 fit for military service; 64,538 reach military age (16) annually
_#Defense expenditures: $33 million, 3.1% of GDP (1988) % @Cambodia *Geography #_Total area: 181,040 km2; land area: 176,520 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Oklahoma