osts:
103,700 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
15 (2000)

Internet users:
6,971,500 (2003)

Transportation Thailand

Railways:
total: 4,071 km
narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 57,403 km
paved: 56,542 km
unpaved: 861 km (2000 est.)

Waterways:
4,000 km
note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2003)

Pipelines:
gas 3,112 km; refined products 265 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha

Merchant marine:
total: 386 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,038,597 GRT/3,104,712 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 57, cargo 142, chemical tanker 12, combination
ore/oil 1, container 21, liquefied gas 25, passenger 3,
passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 89, refrigerated cargo 30, roll
on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 55 (Indonesia 1, Japan 3, Norway 45, Singapore 6)
registered in other countries: 35 (2005)

Airports:
109 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 65
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 6 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 44
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 28 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
3 (2004 est.)

Military Thailand

Military branches:
Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal Thai Marine
Corps), Royal Thai Air Force

Military service age and obligation:
21 years of age for compulsory military service; males are
registered at 18 years of age; conscript service obliation - 2
years; 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 21-49: 14.984 million (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 21-49: 10,342,337 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 530,493 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$1.775 billion (FY00)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.8% (2003)

Transnational Issues Thailand

Disputes - international:
separatist violence in Thailand's predominantly Muslim southern
provinces prompt border closures and controls with Malaysia to stem
terrorist activities; southeast Asian states have enhanced border
surveillance to check the spread of avian flu; Laos and Thailand
pledge to complete demarcation of their boundary in 2005; despite
continui