peaters) (1995)

Televisions:
51.4 million (1998)

Internet country code:
.de

Internet hosts:
2,686,119 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
200 (2001)

Internet users:
39 million (2003)

Transportation Germany

Railways:
total: 46,039 km (20,100 km electrified)
standard gauge: 45,801 km 1.435-m gauge (20,084 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 214 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km
0.750-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 230,735 km
paved: 230,735 km (including 11,515 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999)

Waterways:
7,300 km
note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North
Sea and Black Sea (2004)

Pipelines:
condensate 325 km; gas 25,293 km; oil 3,540 km; refined products
3,827 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden,
Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Luebeck, Magdeburg,
Mannheim, Rostock, Stuttgart

Merchant marine:
total: 278 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,721,495 GRT/6,810,631 DWT
by type: cargo 71, chemical tanker 14, container 169, liquefied gas
3, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 3, petroleum
tanker 5, rail car carrier 2, roll on/roll off 3,
short-sea/passenger 7
registered in other countries: 2,295 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Finland 4, Iceland 1, Netherlands 3

Airports:
550 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 331
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 51
914 to 1,523 m: 71
under 914 m: 134 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 62

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 219
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 185 (2004 est.)
914 to 1,523 m: 31

Heliports:
34 (2003 est.)

Military Germany

Military branches:
Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine; including Naval Air arm), Air
Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Support Service, Central Medical Service

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (conscripts serve a nine-month tour of compulsory
military service) (2004 est.)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 20,468,942 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 17,338,435 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 484,837 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$35.063 billion (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.5% (2003)