evisions:
2.54 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.gr

Internet hosts:
208,977 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
27 (2000)

Internet users:
1,718,400 (2003)

Transportation Greece

Railways:
total: 2,571 km (764 km electrified)
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge
dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail
system) (2003)

Highways:
total: 117,000 km
paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,594 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
6 km
note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens
sea voyage by 325 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 1,166 km; oil 94 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyra,
Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus),
Thessaloniki, Volos

Merchant marine:
total: 793 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,186,624 GRT/52,943,968 DWT
registered in other countries: 2,443 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Belgium 1, Cyprus 1, Israel 1, Italy 1, Liberia 3,
Malta 1, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 2, Panama 3, Singapore 1, Sweden
1, United Kingdom 2, United States 5
by type: bulk 298, cargo 57, chemical tanker 38, combination bulk 5,
combination ore/oil 3, container 49, liquefied gas 5, passenger 10,
petroleum tanker 267, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 19,
short-sea/passenger 38, specialized tanker 3

Airports:
79 (note - new Athens airport at Spata opened in March 2001) (2003
est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 66
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
7 (2003 est.)

Military Greece

Military branches:
Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force (EPA), National
Guard

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the
law allows for recruitment after reaching January of the year of
inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years of
age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 12 months for the
Army, 14 months for the Air Force, 15 months for the Navy (April
2003)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,638,949 (20