Railroads: 5,924 km total; Finnish State Railways (VR) operate a total of 5,863 km 1.524-meter gauge, of which 480 km are multiple track and 1,445 km are electrified

Highways: about 103,000 km total, including 35,000 km paved (bituminous, concrete, bituminous-treated surface) and 38,000 km unpaved (stabilized gravel, gravel, earth); additional 30,000 km of private (state-subsidized) roads

Inland waterways: 6,675 km total (including Saimaa Canal); 3,700 km suitable for steamers

Pipelines: natural gas, 580 km

Ports: Helsinki, Oulu, Pori, Rauma, Turku; 6 secondary, numerous minor ports

Merchant marine: 79 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 691,712 GRT/717,946 DWT; includes 1 passenger, 12 short-sea passenger, 16 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 20 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 14 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 6 bulk, 1 combination bulk

Civil air: 39 major transport

Airports: 161 total, 158 usable; 55 with permanent-surface runways; 23 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 20 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: good service from cable and radio relay network; 3,140,000 telephones; stations--6 AM, 40 (101 relays) FM, 69 (200 relays) TV; 2 submarine cables; satellite service via Swedish ground stations and 1 EUTELSAT station

NOTE: The information regarding Finland on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Finland Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Finland Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.