Internet users:
28.87 million (2005)
Transportation Italy
Airports: 133 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 98 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 30 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16 914 to 1,523 m: 31 under 914 m: 14 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 35 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 19 (2006)
Heliports:
5 (2006)
Pipelines:
gas 17,589 km; oil 1,136 km (2006)
Railways:
total: 19,459 km
standard gauge: 18,037 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (122 km electrified); 1,299 km
0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2005)
Roadways:
total: 479,688 km
paved: 479,688 km (including 6,478 km of expressways) (2004)
Waterways:
2,400 km
note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared
to road and rail (2004)