Infrastructure — Central African Republic
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Central African Republic: 39
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Transportation
- Airports - total
39
- Airports with Paved Runways
2
- Roadways- total
12,600 Miles 20,278 Kilometers
- Waterways
1,740 Miles 2,800 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Bangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga
Communications
- Telephones
12,000
- Cell Phones
130,000
- Internet Users
13,000
- Internet Country Code
.cf
- Internet Hosts
20
- Broadcast Media
- Government-owned network, Radiodiffusion Television Centrafricaine, provides domestic TV broadcasting
- licenses for 2 private TV stations are pending
- the state-owned radio network is supplemented by a small number of privately owned broadcast stations as well as a few community radio stations
- transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: network consists principally of microwave radio relay and low-capacity,
- low-powered radiotelephone communication Domestic: limited telephone service with less than 1 fixed-line connection per 100 persons; spurred by the presence of multiple mobile-cellular service providers, cellular usage is increasing from a low base; most fixed-line and mobile-cellula
- r telephone services are concentrated in Bangui International: country code - 236; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
107,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
115,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
3,175