Infrastructure — Germany
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Germany: 539
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Transportation
- Airports - total
539
- Airports with Paved Runways
318
- Heliports
23
- Railways
26,086 Miles 41,981 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
400,784 Miles 645,000 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
397,677 Miles 640,000 Kilometers
- Waterways
4,640 Miles 7,467 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Bremen, Bremerhaven, Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Lübeck, Neuss-Düsseldorf, Rostock, Wilhelmshaven Oil Terminals: Brunsbuttel Canal terminals
Communications
- Telephones
51,800,000
- Cell Phones
108,700,000
- Internet Users
65,125,000
- Internet Country Code
.de
- Internet Hosts
20,043,000
- Broadcast Media
- A mixture of publicly operated and privately owned TV and radio stations
- national and regional public broadcasters compete with nearly 400 privately owned national and regional TV stations
- more than 90% of households have cable or satellite TV
- hundreds of radio stations including multiple national radio networks, regional radio networks, and a large number of local radio stations
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country, dating back to World War II, has been mod
- ernized and integrated with that of the western part Domestic: Germany is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and inc
- ludes roaming service to many foreign countries International: country code - 49; Germany's international service is excellent worldwide, consisting of extensive land and undersea cable facilities as well as earth stations in the Inmarsat, Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
549,100,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
57,920,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
42,960,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
558,000,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
75,200,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
18,170,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
87,960,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
9,000,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
125,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,400,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
14,260
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,876,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
165,300
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
254,200,000