Railways: total: 2,440 km broad gauge: 2,440 km 1.520-m gauge (2005)
Roadways: total: 24,000 km paved: 19,488 km unpaved: 4,512 km (1999)
Waterways:
1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal important inland waterways)
(2006)
Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1000 GRT or over) 22,870 GRT/25,801 DWT
by type: cargo 4, combination ore/oil 1, petroleum tanker 2,
refrigerated cargo 1 (2006)
Ports and terminals:
Turkmenbasy
Military Turkmenistan
Military branches:
Ground Forces, Artillery and Rocket Forces, Navy, Air and Air
Defense Forces (2006)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - two years (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,132,833
females age 18-49: 1,162,569 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 759,978
females age 18-49: 940,179 (2005 est.)