in consenting countries for all transactions in
2002

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 3.47 million (1986 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: highly developed and efficient
international: satellite earth stations--2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean
and 1 Indian Ocean) and 2 Eutelsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 61 (several hundred
repeaters), shortwave 1 (Austria's single shortwave station, Radio
Austria International, transmits its programs to the world in six
languages using 12 frequencies and six communication satellite
relays) (1998)

Radios: 70% of all households had radiosaccoding to the 1993
census

Television broadcast stations: 51 (in addition, there are 920
repeaters) (1998)

Televisions: 2,418,584 (1984 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 5,849 km (there is also 594 km of private tracks)
standard gauge: 5,470 km 1.435-m gauge (3,418 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 379 km 1.000-m and 0.760-m gauge (84 km electrified)
(1997)

Highways: 129,061 km
paved: 129,061 km (including 1,613 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1997 est.)

Waterways: 358 km (1997)

Pipelines: crude oil 777 km; natural gas 840 km (1997)

Ports and harbors: Linz, Vienna, Enns, Krems

Merchant marine:
total: 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 67,066 GRT/95,693 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 18, combination bulk 2, container 1
(1998 est.)

Airports: 55 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 22
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 12 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 33
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 29 (1998 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army (includes Flying Division)

Military manpower--military age: 19 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 2,091,902 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,735,469 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 48,872 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $1.8 billion (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 0.82% (1999 est.)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: none

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and
South American cocaine destined for Western Europe

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