(2003)

Highways:
total: 65,877 km
paved: 49,935 km (including 1,192 km of expressways)
unpaved: 15,942 km (1999)

Waterways:
7,200 km
note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km, Sabah 1,500 km, Sarawak 2,500 km
(2004)

Pipelines:
condensate 279 km; gas 5,047 km; oil 1,841 km; refined products 114
km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuching, Kudat, Labuan, Lahad
Datu, Lumut, Miri, Pasir Gudang, George Town (Penang), Port Dickson,
Port Kelang, Sandakan, Sibu, Tanjung Berhala, Tanjung Kidurong, Tawau

Merchant marine:
total: 360 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,389,397 GRT/7,539,178 DWT
foreign-owned: China 1, Germany 2, Hong Kong 8, Indonesia 2, Japan
2, South Korea 1, Liberia 1, Monaco 1, Norway 1, Philippines 2,
Singapore 81, Vietnam 1
registered in other countries: 75 (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 59, cargo 100, chemical tanker 38, container 66,
liquefied gas 25, livestock carrier 1, passenger 2, petroleum tanker
56, roll on/roll off 5, vehicle carrier 8

Airports:
117 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 38
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 79
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 72 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)

Military Malaysia

Military branches:
Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force,
Royal Malaysian Marine Police, Sarawak Border Scouts

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 6,193,587 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 3,746,960 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 223,466 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$1.69 billion (FY00 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.03% (FY00)

Transnational Issues Malaysia

Disputes - international:
involved in complex dispute with China, Philippines, Taiwan,
Vietnam and possibly Brunei over the Spratly Islands; the 2002
"Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has
eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of
conduct" desired by several of the disputants; disputes over
deliveries of fresh water to Singapore, Si