Internet users:
18.5 million (2003)
Transportation Italy
Railways:
total: 19,319 km (11,613 km electrified)
standard gauge: 18,001 km 1.435-m gauge (11,333 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (122 km electrified); 1,195 km
0.950-m gauge (158 km electrified) (2004)
Highways:
total: 479,688 km
paved: 479,688 km (including 6,621 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999)
Waterways:
2,400 km
note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared
to road and rail (2004)
Pipelines:
gas 17,335 km; oil 1,136 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Augusta, Genoa, Livorno, Melilli Oil Terminal, Ravenna, Taranto,
Trieste, Venice
Merchant marine:
total: 565 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 8,970,017 GRT/10,354,685 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 38, cargo 43, chemical tanker 128, combination
ore/oil 1, container 19, liquefied gas 38, livestock carrier 2,
passenger 16, passenger/cargo 152, petroleum tanker 53, refrigerated
cargo 4, roll on/roll off 34, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier
26
foreign-owned: 47 (France 3, Greece 7, Monaco 2, Switzerland 5,
Taiwan 8, Turkey 2, United Kingdom 5, United States 15)
registered in other countries: 125 (2005)
Airports:
134 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 96 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 32 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16 914 to 1,523 m: 30 under 914 m: 12 (2004 est.)