, 1.6595 (1991), 1.6157 (1990), 1.8800
(1989), 1.7562 (1988), 1.7974 (1987)
Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September

:United States Communications

Railroads:
270,312 km
Highways:
6,365,590 km, including 88,641 km expressways
Inland waterways:
41,009 km of navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes (est.)
Pipelines:
petroleum 275,800 km, natural gas 305,300 km (1985)
Ports:
Anchorage, Baltimore, Beaumont, Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Cleveland,
Duluth, Freeport, Galveston, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville,
Long Beach, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Mobile, New Orleans, New York,
Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), Richmond (California), San Francisco,
Savannah, Seattle, Tampa, Wilmington
Merchant marine:
396 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,969 GRT/20,179 DWT; includes 3
passenger-cargo, 38 cargo, 25 bulk, 174 tanker, 13 tanker tug-barge, 14
liquefied gas, 129 intermodal; in addition, there are 231 government-owned
vessels
Civil air:
8,252 commercial multiengine transport aircraft (weighing 9,000 kg and over)
including 6,036 jet, 831 turboprop, 1,382 piston (December 1989)
Airports:
14,177 total, 12,417 usable; 4,820 with permanent-surface runways; 63 with
runways over 3,659 m; 325 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 2,524 with runways
1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
182,558,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 4,892 AM, 5,200 FM (including
3,915 commercial and 1,285 public broadcasting), 7,296 TV (including 796
commercial, 300 public broadcasting, and 6,200 commercial cable);
495,000,000 radio receivers (1982); 150,000,000 TV sets (1982); satellite
ground stations - 45 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 16 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT

:United States Defense Forces

Branches:
Department of the Army, Department of the Navy (including Marine Corps),
Department of the Air Force
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 66,458,000; NA fit for military service
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $323.5 billion, 5.7% of GNP (1991)

:Uruguay Geography

Total area:
176,220 km2
Land area:
173,620 km2
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than Washington State
Land boundaries:
1,564 km total; Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km
Coastline:
660 km
Maritime claims:
Continental shelf:
200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
Territorial sea:
200 nm (overfli