e cellular:
160,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: the limited services available are found almost
exclusively in the capital Monrovia
domestic: fully automatic system with very low density of .23 fixed
main lines per 100 persons; limited wireless service available
international: country code - 231; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 7, shortwave 2 (2001)

Radios:
790,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2001)

Televisions:
70,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.lr

Internet hosts:
8 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2001)

Internet users:
1,000 (2002)

Transportation Liberia

Airports:
53 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 51
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 38 (2006)

Railways:
total: 490 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: railway is inoperable because of damage suffered during the
civil war (2005)

Roadways:
total: 10,600 km
paved: 657 km
unpaved: 9,943 km (1999)

Merchant marine:
total: 1,687 ships (1000 GRT or over) 62,522,787 GRT/96,776,521 DWT
by type: barge carrier 3, bulk carrier 322, cargo 83, chemical
tanker 199, combination ore/oil 2, container 477, liquefied gas 75,
passenger 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 397, refrigerated
cargo 76, roll on/roll off 4, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier
35
foreign-owned: 1,611 (Argentina 7, Australia 2, Austria 13, Bahamas,
The 1, Bermuda 1, Brazil 3, Canada 2, China 35, Croatia 7, Cyprus 3,
Denmark 8, Estonia 1, France 3, Germany 587, Greece 267, Hong Kong
37, India 3, Indonesia 1, Isle of Man 5, Israel 5, Italy 16, Japan
102, South Korea 3, Kuwait 1, Latvia 14, Lebanon 2, Mexico 1, Monaco
10, Netherlands 29, Norway 38, Poland 14, Qatar 2, Russia 77, Saudi
Arabia 24, Singapore 28, Slovenia 2, Sweden 8, Switzerland 7, Taiwan
69, Turkey 1, UAE 18, UK 41, Ukraine 16, Uruguay 3, US 93, unknown
1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Buchanan, Monrovia

Military Liberia

Military branches:
Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Navy, Air Force

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription