Infrastructure — Myanmar
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Myanmar: 64
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Transportation
- Airports - total
64
- Airports with Paved Runways
36
- Heliports
11
- Railways
3,126 Miles 5,031 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
21,361 Miles 34,377 Kilometers
- Waterways
7,954 Miles 12,800 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina, Pathein, Rangoon, Sittwe, Tavoy
Communications
- Telephones
812,000
- Cell Phones
214,200
- Internet Users
40,000
- Internet Country Code
.mm
- Internet Hosts
172
- Broadcast Media
- The government controls all domestic broadcast media
- 2 state-controlled TV stations with 1 of the stations controlled by the armed forces
- 2 pay-TV stations are joint state-private ventures
- access to satellite TV is limited
- 1 state-controlled domestic radio station and 9 FM stations that are joint state-private ventures
- transmissions of several international broadcasters are available in parts of Burma
- the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA), BBC Burmese service, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), and Radio Australia use shortwave to broadcast in Burma
- VOA, RFA, and DVB produce daily TV news programs that are transmitted by satellite to audiences in Burma
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: meets minimum requirements for loc
- al and intercity service for business and government Domestic: system barely capable of providing basic service; mobile-
- cellular phone system is grossly underdeveloped International: country code - 95; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and ShinSat
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
4,403,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
6,286,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
3,240,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
8,570,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
11,910,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
283,200,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
40,620
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
18,500
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
50,000,000