Transportation
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Railways:
total: 1,806 km (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km; Sabah 134 km; Sarawak
0 km)
narrow gauge: 1,806 km 1.000-m gauge (Peninsular Malaysia 1,672 km;
Sabah 134 km)

Highways:
total: 92,545 km
paved: 69,409 km (including 574 km of expressways)
unpaved: 23,136 km (1992 est.)

Waterways:
Peninsular Malaysia: 3,209 km
Sabah: 1,569 km
Sarawak: 2,518 km

Pipelines: crude oil 1,307 km; natural gas 379 km

Ports: Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuching, Kudat, Lahad Datu, Labuan,
Lumut, Miri, Pasir Gudang, Penang, Port Dickson, Port Kelang,
Sandakan, Sibu, Tanjong Berhala, Tanjong Kidurong, Tawau

Merchant marine:
total: 248 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,035,684
GRT/4,494,476 DWT
ships by type: bulk 43, cargo 83, chemical tanker 13, container 31,
liquefied gas tanker 12, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 55,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 5, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 4
(1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 105
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 3
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 5
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 11
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 6
with paved runways under 914 m: 74
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 5 (1995 est.)

Heliports: 2 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 2,550,957 (1992 est.)

Telephone system: international service good
domestic: good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia
mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio
relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic
satellite system with 2 earth stations
international: submarine cables to India, Hong Kong and Singapore;
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific
Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 28, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios: 8.08 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 33

Televisions: 2 million (1993 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian
Air Force, Royal Malaysian Police Force, Marine Police, Sarawak
Border Scouts

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 5,160,884
males fit for military service: 3,129,626
males reach military age (21) annually: 184,236 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.4 billion,
2.9% of GDP (1995)

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