Infrastructure — United Kingdom
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for United Kingdom: 460
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Transportation
- Airports - total
460
- Airports with Paved Runways
271
- Heliports
9
- Railways
10,224 Miles 16,454 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
245,086 Miles 394,428 Kilometers
- Waterways
1,988 Miles 3,200 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
- Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England)
- Forth Ports (Scotland)
- Milford Haven (Wales) oil terminals: Fawley Marine terminal, Liverpool Bay terminal (England)
- Braefoot Bay terminal, Finnart oil terminal, Hound Point terminal (Scotland)
Communications
- Telephones
33,230,000
- Cell Phones
81,612,000
- Internet Users
51,444,000
- Internet Country Code
.uk
- Internet Hosts
8,107,000
- Broadcast Media
- public service broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world
- BBC operates multiple TV networks with regional and local TV service
- a mixed system of public and commercial TV broadcasters along with satellite and cable systems provide access to hundreds of TV stations throughout the world
- BBC operates multiple national, regional, and local radio networks with multiple transmission sites
- a large number of commercial radio stations as well as satellite radio services are available
- Telephone System
- general assessment: techno
- logically advanced domestic and international system domestic: equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay,
- and fiber-optic systems international: country code - 44; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
325,800,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
4,481,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
7,144,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
352,700,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
51,630,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
8,949,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
48,260,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
38,480,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
244,000,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,217,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
637,800
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,053,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,099,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
3,122,000,000