:
593,850 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
13 (2000)

Internet users:
2.288 million (2002)

Transportation Norway

Railways:
total: 4,077 km
standard gauge: 4,077 km 1.435-m gauge (2,518 km electrified) (2003)

Highways:
total: 91,454 km
paved: 69,505 km (including 143 km of expressways)
unpaved: 21,949 km (2000)

Pipelines:
condensate 411 km; gas 6,199 km; oil 2,213 km; oil/gas/water 746
km; unknown (oil/water) 38 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Bergen, Drammen, Floro, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund,
Kristiansand, Larvik, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Stavanger, Tromso,
Trondheim

Merchant marine:
total: 693 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 18,820,495 GRT/27,449,456 DWT
foreign-owned: Cyprus 3, Denmark 23, Estonia 2, Germany 12, Greece
15, Hong Kong 1, Iceland 2, Japan 10, Lithuania 1, Malta 1, Marshall
Islands 1, Monaco 33, Poland 1, Saudi Arabia 3, Singapore 12, Sweden
31, United Kingdom 4, United States 5
registered in other countries: 695 (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 62, cargo 128, chemical tanker 124, combination bulk
7, combination ore/oil 32, container 15, liquefied gas 84,
multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 6, petroleum tanker
113, refrigerated cargo 5, roll on/roll off 48, short-sea/passenger
22, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 43

Airports:
101 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 65
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
under 914 m: 26 (2004 est.)
914 to 1,523 m: 14

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 36
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 29 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)

Military Norway

Military branches:
Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy (including Coast Artillery and
Coast Guard), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske
Luftforsvaret, RNoAF), Home Guard

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age in
wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for
women; 16 years of age for volunteers to the Home Guard; conscript
service obligation - 12 months (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,106,484 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 916,155 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 27,252 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$4,033.5 mil