Transport and Communications

Transport
Table 5.1: Road Indicators Network
Table 5.2: Road Indicators Vehicles
Table 5.3: Road Indicators Safety
Table 5.4 : Rail Indicators
Table 5.5 : Railways, Passengers Carried, and Goods Transported
Table 5.6 : Air Transport
Table 5.7 : Container Port Traffic
Communications
Table 5.8 : Telephone and Internet Subscriptions
Table 5.9 : Telephone and Internet Subscription

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Table 5.1: Road Indicators Networka

(kilometers)
Regional Member
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China
South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau

Primary
2004

Class I

2012

2004

Class II
2012

2004

2012

358

357

142
82
8
72

1,116

255

10
147
290
74
557

1,116
20
60
1,195

621
377
1,012
788
767
464
160
289

765

2,519
721
1,174
897
5,407
303
254
978

1,101

4,140

466

16,554

457

189

197

2,659

309
8

2,749

244
440

6,689

72
1,702

90

20

484

72
7
4,069

45

441
6

311
269

1,553
116
1,675

218
525

335

795

11
182
0

409

795

11
182
0

18

67
147
17
8
2,572
408

604

61
270
17
8
3,049
343

398
1,600

733
144
27

1,226
1,915

610
3,044
357
817
393
27

1,723
1,829

Papua New Guinea

Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

1,111

1,138

= data not available at cutoff date, Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic Republic.
a

The road network refers to the Asian Highway that consists of highway routes of international importance within Asia, including highw
that connected neighbouring subregions; and highway routes located within member states that provide access to (a) capital cities; (
terminals and depots; and (e) major tourist attractions.

"Primary" class in the classification is access-controlled motorways. Access-controlled motorways are used exclusively by autom
ensure traffic safety and the high running speed of automobiles.
Class I refers to asphalt, cement, or concrete roads with four or more lanes.
Class II refers to double bituminous treated roads with two lanes.
Class III is also regarded as the minimum desirable standard usually described as two-lane (narrow) road.
Roads classified below class III are road sections below the minimum desirable standard.
Sum of reported available data.

Source: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. ESCAP Online Statistical Database. http://www.unes

Class III
2004

Below III

2012

2004

Other

2012

2004

Totalb
2012

2004

2012

77
479
348
358
10,004
511
2,569
603
2,180
1,618

58

182
6,389
1,324
2,475

2,120
670

3,549

2,346
720
1,174
1,033
24
328

1,718
40

475
136
1,138
914
24

228

4,247
998
1,670
1,154
13,189
1,695
5,377
1,925
2,204
2,966

4,247
966
1,464
1,153
12,828
1,763
5,340
1,912
2,204
2,966

2,008

345

1,482

158

1,443

3,501

2,450

15,400

25,929

907
4,286

27,389

838
4,318

476

10,869

1,003
190

94

5,699

1,082
71

868
161
105

12
191

22
47
117

13

160

1,805
167
11,458

1,326
650

1,741
170
11,810

1,313
641

743
1,965
2,375

983
2,872

1,128
104

1,348

2,307

1,708
2,872

155
337

199

1,729
451

251

193

1,983
451

2
76

34
3

150

34

1,340
3,952
2,378
1,595
3,003
3,517
19
5,112
2,678

1,958
4,091
2,857
1,673
4,354
3,367
19
5,111
2,585

1,111

1,138

n Asia, including highway routes substantially crossing more than one subregion; highway routes within subregions
ss to (a) capital cities; (b) main industrial and agricultural centers; (c) major air, sea, and river ports; (d) major container

d exclusively by automobiles. Motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians will not be allowed to enter the motorway to

abase. http://www.unescap.org/stat/data/statdb/DataExplorer.aspx (accessed 24 June 2015).

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Table 5.2: Road Indicators Vehicles

Numbe
Regional Member

Total
(thousands)

Developing Member Economies

Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

(per 1000
people)

731.4
300.1
982.6
736.5 (2011)
3,250.0
430.3
7,853.0
357.9

28.1
92.3
108.5
166.0
199.2
79.4
45.3
47.0

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,Chinaa

207,061.3

19,710.8
366.0
21,562.6 (2013)

155.0

398.9
133.6
922.5

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

1,624.9
57.6 (2011)
114,952.0 (2009)
50.1 (2011)
1,178.9 (2011)
3,954.3

10.9
81.4
98.6
123.2
44.3
191.5

349.3
1,652.5
72,693.0
1,008.8
20,188.6
2,326.6 (2011)
6,634.9
945.8
28,484.8
33,166.4

903.0
115.5
305.9
161.2
706.2
38.5
71.9
186.3
432.1
381.5

9.4
77.6 (2011)
1.6
1.9
8.3

398.3
90.9
15.7
34.9
81.1

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodiab
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Namc
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru

Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

5.8

15.0
16.8
9.7
5.8

5.2 (2011)

16,061.1
89,871.1
3,227.0

318.7

80.3
31.8
9.1
56.5

20.5

729.0
701.7
738.8

... = data not available at cutoff date, = magnitude equals zero, Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic Republic.
a
b
c

Combination of trucks and wagon in the category "Heavy Trucks."

Data for vehicle types do not add up to total.
Includes 439,644 destroyed or unaccounted vehicles.

Sources: World Health Organization. Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013; ADB staff estimates; and for Taipei,China: Nation

Number of Registered Vehicles in 2010

By Type
Cars and FourWheeled

Two- to Three-Wheeled Heavy Trucks

Buses

Others

471,804
247,723
815,683
610,537
2,686,748
400,838
1,849,229
297,341

84,507
28
1,643
2,585
64,103
7,744
4,506,948
8,480

120,082
40,924
118,460
106,119
287,509

216,119
37,395

54,644
11,396
29,569
17,229
93,956
21,732
198,790
14,653

391
20
17,198

117,650

1,081,936

13,631,769

6,236,879

1,825,474

14,195,123

3,203,808

1,037,666

1,049,725

31,960

61,017

529,215
37,538
15,313,000
6,539
133,992
619,500

975,682
9,094
82,402,000
41,095
891,018
2,630,375

81,561
7,116
6,041,000
2,299
47,930
296,692

38,101
277
1,486,000
119
35,100
84,280

303
3,593
9,710,000

70,871
323,464

244,267
8,148,330
167,882
9,114,920
269,423
2,770,591

9,887,706
556,945

1,372,525
60,152,752
812,629
9,441,907
1,911,040
3,482,149

17,322,538
31,452,503

32,775
3,296,315
2,825
966,177
65,579
347,182

816,844
552,244

3,240
1,095,554
25,452
69,149
21,578
34,933

137,943
97,468

596,412
59,019

319,798
67,607

4,470

975
1,715
7,356

4,849

480
37
96

55
747

25

163
85
138

95

13,491

1,684
4,411

3,974

153

7,370
62

118

1,028

586
1,285

227

293

20
48

834

14,729,873

2,979,000

660,107

113,000

397,871

112,000

86,367

8,300

186,880

14,700

ates; and for Taipei,China: National Development Council.

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Table 5.3: Road Indicators Safety

Regional Member
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Estimated Road Traffic Deaths in

2010
Death Rate
Total
(per 100,000 population)

Road Use
FourWheeled
Vehicle

Two- to ThreeWheeled Vehicle

558
1,202
685
3,514
1,022
30,131
1,244

18
13
16
22
19
17
18

54.1
62.6

68.4
21.7
16.1
53.0

2.4
0.6
38.6

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China

275,983

6,784
491

21

14
18

22.6

24.9
39.7

34.5

19.7
18.7

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

17,289
96
231,027
6
4,787
2,854

12
13
19
2
16
14

60.8
15.5
50.0

67.5

2.5
32.4
33.3

2,431
42,434
1,266
7,085
7,177
8,499
259
26,312
21,651

17
18
20
25
15
9
5
38
25

11.8
6.1
14.6
26.0
26.2

8.8
13.3

66.6
35.7
74.4
58.7
22.9

46.1
73.5

10

100.0

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands

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Table 5.3: Road Indicators Safety

Regional Member
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

Estimated Road Traffic Deaths in

2010
Death Rate
Total
(per 100,000 population)

6
6
4
7
2
2

3
15

30
16
79
15
219
20
6
6

39
16

1,363
6,625
398

6
5
9

Road Use
FourWheeled
Vehicle

16.7
25.0

100.0

22.2

50.0

33.3

Two- to ThreeWheeled Vehicle

33.3

16.7

67.9
31.2
69.1

16.4
17.7
13.3

... = data not available at cutoff date, = magnitude equals zero, Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Source: World Health Organization. Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013.

Road Users Deaths in 2010

(%)
Cyclists

Pedestrian

Others

0.7
0.3
0.4
0.2

4.6

43.9
36.0
25.0
24.4
17.7
40.9
42.1

2.0
0.8
74.7
4.4
59.8
4.4
0.2

10.4

5.3
0.2

25.0

37.8
25.1

7.6

12.3
16.3

4.6

5.1
8.7
16.7

32.5

31.7
38.7

4.0
1.7
1.3
2.8
8.6

8.3
3.0

12.0
21.1
6.3
9.1
26.5

28.5
7.8

5.7
35.4
3.4
3.4
15.9

8.3
2.5

Road Users Deaths in 2010

(%)
Cyclists

Pedestrian

Others

50.0
75.0

44.4

33.3

66.7

33.3

2.9
16.2
2.7

12.8
34.6
9.3

0.1
0.3
5.6

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Table 5.4 Rail Indicators

Regional Member
1990
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

845
2,117 (1998)
1,583
14,465

8,775

3,641 (1997)

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China

53,378

3,091
1,920
1,105

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

2,746

62,367

1,453

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

600
4,992 (1991)

1,668
3,336
479

3,861
2,832

6,612
20,254
4,029

Rail Lines
(total route, kilometers)
2000

Rail Network, Length per Land Area

(kilometers per thousand square kilometers)
1990
2000

2012

842
2,116
1,562
13,545
417 (2006)
7,791
616 (2005)
2,529 (2005)
3,645

58,656

826
2,068
1,566 (2011)
14,319
417
7,791
621
3,115
4,192

3,650
1,818
1,765

2,768

601
3,370 (2008)

2013

64,460

23.2

1,622

491

2,250

4,103
3,142

21.8

21.7

21.7

(2004)

2.6

6.8

6.8

10.4
7.6

0.9
55.6
15.3

2.6 (2008)

7.6
8.7

8,615 (2010)
20,140

21.8

5.1
5.1
1.6

5,327
2,347

9,499
20,165
3,913 (1999)

3.4
2.8 (1991)

4,684

37.5
1.2
109.0 (2013)

21.0

7.1

37.5
1.2
109.0

21.1

7.1

32.0
1.2
73.0

2,835

62,759

1,449 (2004)

8.6 (1997)

5.7

11.4

29.0
25.0
22.5 (2011)
5.3
2.2
10.1
4.4
6.6
9.9

29.0
25.0
22.5
5.3
2.2 (2006)
10.1
4.4 (2005)
6.6 (2005)
9.9

66,298

3,123
1,810
1,190

29.7
25.5 (1998)
22.8
5.4

2012

10.4
7.6

1.1
55.2
14.9 (1999)

1.1 (2010)
55.2

= data not available at cutoff date, Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Sources: The World Bank. World Development Indicators. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator (accessed 15 July 2015); ADB staff estimates; and for Taipei,China: National
Development Council. 2014.

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Table 5.5 : Railways, Passengers Carried, and Goods Transported

Regional Member
1990
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

316
791 (1995)
1,969
19,734

19,964

5,368 (1994)

Passengers Carried
(million passenger-km)
2000
2010

47
493
453
10,215
45 (2006)
18,495
50 (2005)
1,286 (2005)
2,163

50
917
655
15,448
99
24,731
33
1,811
2,905

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China

263,530

29,863
570
8,323

441,468

28,097
1,070
12,624

791,158

33,027
1,220
20,931

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

4,587

295,644

2,781

3,941

430,666

4,627 (2003)

7,305

903,465

34
9,290

1,840
3,702
341

11,612
1,913

45
25,535 (2005)

1,312
4,163 (2006)
171

9,935
3,200

20,283

1,527

8,037
4,378

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam

The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Southeast Asia
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

1,093 (1997)
237,551
370 (1991)

1,265
240,793

1,500
244,235

... = data not available at cutoff date, km = kilometer, Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Sources: The World Bank. World Development Indicators. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator (accessed 4 June 2015); for Taipe

Carried
nger-km)
2010

Goods Transported
(million ton-km)
2012

50
591

18,498
76
20,619
24
1,811
3,025

795,639

21,603
1,399
25,323 (2013)

(2011)

1990

4,884
37,288
15,477
406,963

5,709
10,657

18,868 (1994)

2000

354
5,770
3,912
124,983
715 (2006)
3,754
1,326
8,670 (2005)
15,441

2010

346
8,250
6,228
213,174
738
6,187
808
11,992
22,282

1,060,100

13,663
5,088
1,877

1,333,606

10,803
4,293
1,179

2,451,185

9,452
10,287
873

7,305

978,508

651

235,785

164

777

305,201

88

710

600,548

20,283

3,293

7,504
4,558

24
3,190

1,404
388
12

3,291
847

92
4,698 (2005)

907
885 (2006)
1 (2003)

3,384
1,902

7,166

1,384

3,161
3,901

244,591

22,579
26,803
2,744

34,050
22,313
4,078

64,172
20,432

essed 4 June 2015); for Taipei,China: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. 2014.

orted
m)
2010

2012

346
8,212

235,846
923
1,757
555
11,992
22,482

2,518,310

9,996
11,418
729 (2013)

710

625,723

(2011)

7,166

3,071

2,455
3,959

59,649
20,255

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Table 5.6 : Air Transport

Regional Member
1990
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Carrier Departure Worldwide

(number of takeoffs)
2000

2014

1990

5,300
2,200 (1996)
22,200 (1993)
1,300 (1994)
5,900 (1993)
10,400 (1993)
66,100
3,200 (1994)
12,500 (1994)
15,600 (1994)

3,409
4,406
8,012
1,906
8,041
6,051
63,956
3,953
21,858
30,075

25,389
857 (2013)
18,356
3,317
70,810
17,390
48,395
2,606
355
23,149

9.4
11.8
19.9
1.8
32.2
0.7
420.5
2.5
2.3
36.7

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China

196,000
124,500 (1991)
120,100
9,800 (1991)
251,823

572,921
79,182
226,910
6,200
586,560

3,356,756
212,731
377,749
5,600
426,635 (2013)

818.3
2,325.3
2,459.4
1.2
0.7

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

13,000
600
125,800
800
25,800
7,900

6,313
1,138
198,426
5,970
12,130
5,206

58,590
8,769
720,050

19,568
32,097

69.5

662.9
0.2
11.2
93.4

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam

4,400

205,400
3,400
130,500
13,800
70,100
30,500
69,500
1,800

12,739
4,648 (2002)
159,027
6,411
169,263
10,329
44,547
71,042
101,591
28,999

11,123
10,812
703,721
12,724
438,624
29,358
225,350
189,110
322,950
144,630

9.9

458.6
0.8
574.2
1.1
316.0
1,652.5
661.0
82.9

17,519

34,065

5.1
0.8
2.5

14.8

The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea

23,500
2,900
3,300

62,400

57,776

2,324

27,512

Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

6,500 (1996)
11,100

4,300

300

255,900
476,000
128,300

10,877
11,481

3,814

1,402

11,529

10,856

1.5
1.2

0.1

382,514
645,087
240,046

644,940
927,667
199,128

1,222.3
5,068.8
325.1

= data not available at cutoff date, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, km = kilometer, La

Source: The World Bank. World Development Indicators. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator (accessed 11 Aug
2014.

Freight
(million ton-km)
2000

(1996)
(1992)
(1994)
(1992)
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
(1992)

(1997)
(1991)

(1994)

(1996)

Passenger Carried
(thousands)
2000

2014

1990

2014

7.8
8.8
47.2
2.0
11.8
3.7
340.3
2.0
11.9
79.6

71.9
1.0 (2013)
31.3
0.4
45.5
0.2
226.8
0.5
2.1
110.2

241
358 (1996)
1,455 (1992)
170 (1994)
5,273 (1992)
464 (1993)
5,180
783 (1993)
748 (1993)
4,033 (1992)

150
298
546
118
461
241
5,294
168
1,284
1,745

2,144
45 (2013)
1,770
197
4,919
712
5,560
313
57
2,546

3,900.1
5,111.5
7,651.3
8.4
1.2

17,822.6
10,684.2
11,047.2
8.4
1.1 (2013)

16,596
5,957 (1997)
15,685
616 (1991)
18,723

61,892
14,378
34,331
254
46,430

390,879
37,455
59,067
683
46,730 (2013)

193.9
0.2 (2002)
547.7
13.2
17.0
255.7

260.3
0.9
1,739.0

4.6
384.5

1,044
8
10,862
9
679
892

1,331
34
17,299
315
643
1,756

3,116
302
82,752

518
4,756

140.2
4.1 (2002)
408.5
1.7
1,863.8
0.8
289.9
6,004.9
1,712.9
117.3

121.8
0.8
886.8
1.4
2,160.2
4.0
344.3
6,335.8
2,530.2
587.5

307

9,223
115
10,242
319
5,639
7,046
8,201
89

864
125 (2002)
9,916
211
16,561
438
5,756
16,704
17,392
2,878

1,088
1,090
94,504
1,310
47,556
1,272
30,933
32,883
44,039
24,704

71.7

33.4

433
25
66

931

90.8

0.2

22.3

586

16

1,100

1,249

2,074

(1996)
(1993)

2.2
1.0

0.0

1.8

3.2

1.9

1,730.7
8,672.0
817.1

1,909.3
8,661.8
951.5

270 (1996)
69

35

19

17,553
76,224
5,866

164
75

52

102

330

320

32,578
109,123
10,781

67,687
110,544
15,051

eter, Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic Republic.

11 August 2015); for Taipei,China: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics.

Transport and Communications

Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015
www.adb.org/statistics
Table 5.7 : Container Port Traffic

Regional Member
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China
South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea

Container Port Tra

(thousand teu)
2008

2000

2005

2006

2007

1,686

1,777

185

1,936

254

1,938

41,000

9,030

67,245
22,602
15,113

12,791

84,811
23,539
15,514

13,102

103,823
23,998
17,086

13,720

115,942
24,494
17,418

12,971

456

2,451

1,733

809

4,982

2,455

902

6,141

3,079

978

7,398
48

3,687

1,091

7,672
54

3,687

3,798

4,642

3,032
17,100
3,179
1,190

5,503

12,198

3,634
23,192
5,115
2,537

4,316

13,419

3,676
24,792
5,574
3,000

253
6,583

14,829
170
4,351
28,768
6,339
4,009

90
259
7,405

16,094
180
4,471
30,891
6,726
4,394

282

255

Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

3,543
13,100
1,067

5,191
17,055
1,603

5,742
18,470
1,807

6,290
19,165
2,312

6,102
18,944
2,318

= data not available at cutoff date, teu = twenty foot equivalent units, Lao PDR = Lao People's Democ

Sources: The World Bank. World Development Indicators. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator (accessed 4 June 2015); For Taipei,C
Development (UNCTAD). UNCTAD Review of Maritime Statistics 2008 and 2010; from 20082013: UNCTAD. UNCTADstat. http://u

Container Port Traffic

(thousand teu)
2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

182

2,058

226

2,149

239

2,193

257

2,375

277

2,563

108,800
21,040
15,700

11,352

130,290
23,699
18,543

12,737

144,642
24,384
20,834

14,076

160,059
23,117
21,610

14,976

174,080
22,352
22,583

15,353

1,182

8,014
56

3,464

1,356

9,753
65

4,000

1,432

10,285
69

4,263

1,436

10,290
74

4,180

1,571

10,653
80

4,306

86
208
7,255

15,923
164
4,307
26,593
5,898
4,937

99
224
8,483

18,267
190
4,947
29,179
6,649
5,984

105
237
8,966

20,139
201
5,289
30,728
7,171
6,930

113
255
9,639

20,898
216
5,686
32,499
7,469
2,937

122
275
10,790

21,427
233
5,860
33,516
7,702
8,121

262

295

314

337

364

6,200
16,286
2,325

6,668
18,098
2,463

7,012
19,422
2,517

7,259
20,115
2,867

7,313
19,688
3,093

Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic Republic.

or (accessed 4 June 2015); For Taipei,China from 20052007: United Nations Conference on Trade and
2013: UNCTAD. UNCTADstat. http://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/ (accessed 18 June 2015).

Transport and Communications

Communications
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015
www.adb.org/statistics
Table 5.8 : Telephone and Internet Subscriptions
Fixed Telephone Lines
(thousands)

Regional Member
2000
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China
South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR

2014

29.0
533.4
801.2
508.8
1,834.2
376.1
3,053.5
218.5
364.4
1,655.0

101.9
564.5
1,795.4
1,097.4
4,338.2
443.1
4,897.8
440.7
624.4
2,507.7

144,829.0
3,925.8
25,863.0
117.5
12,642.2

249,430.0
4,434.8
29,481.2
228.3
14,044.6

491.3
14.1
32,436.1
24.4
266.9
767.4

1,086.5
23.8
27,000.1
21.5
838.9
2,678.7

80.5
30.9
6,662.6
40.9

48.2
438.1
29,637.6
920.8

Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

4,628.0
271.4
3,061.4
1,946.0
5,591.1
2,542.7

86.4
3.4
4.0
9.6
1.8
7.8 (2004)
64.8
8.5
7.7
2.0 (2003)
9.7
0.7
6.6

10,050.0
61,957.1
1,831.0

4,410.2
526.8
3,093.2
1,959.8
5,690.0
5,562.2

74.7
9.2
2.4
7.0
1.9
7.1
145.1
11.8
7.5
3.0
12.0
1.5
5.7

9,190.0
63,610.2
1,850.0

= data not available at cutoff date, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Source: International Telecommunication Union. International Telecommunication Union World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database. http://www.itu.int/e

Note: Series text applies only to data across years for the country and subject combination containing the comment box.

Lines

Mobile Phones
(thousands)

)
2014

2000

25.0 (2002)
17.5
420.4
194.7
197.3
9.0
306.5
1.2
7.5
53.1

Fixed Bro
(th
2014

2000

23,423.7
3,459.1
10,552.5
5,400.8
28,003.0
7,563.4
135,762.0
7,999.1
7,206.1
21,639.2

0.2
0.0
1.0
0.4
1.0
0.0
14.6
0.0
0.1
2.8

1,286,093.0
17,372.0
57,208.0
3,027.2
30,358.4

22.7
444.5
3,870.0
0.0
229.0

279.0
19.1 (2003)
3,577.1
7.6
10.2
430.2

120,350.5
628.3
944,008.7
665.8
23,196.0
22,123.0

43.7
2.1
50.0
0.2
1.0
0.3

95.0
130.5
3,669.3
12.7

465.8
23,900.0
319,000.0
4,618.6

1.9
0.1
4.0
0.0

85,260.0
5,447.3
26,816.4
154.6
17,873.8

5,121.7
13.4
6,454.4
2,747.4
3,056.0
788.6

(2009)

55.1
0.3
0.4
0.1 (2002)
1.2
3.9 (2004)
8.6
2.5
1.2
20.1 (2003)
0.2
0.5 (2004)
0.4

8,562.0
66,784.4
1,542.0

44,928.6
26,575.7
111,326.0
8,724.2
97,096.0
136,148.1

876.2
18.1
15.5
31.4 (2013)
6.8 (2012)
19.1
3,358.9
106.5
376.7
676.9
68.0
3.8
156.1

31,010.0
152,695.7
5,100.0

le's Democratic Republic.

ation/ICT Indicators Database. http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx (accessed 9 July 2015).

4.0
0.2
10.0
69.0
1.6
1.1

7.0
0.3

0.0

0.1
3.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0

122.8
854.7
4.7

bination containing the comment box.

Fixed Broadband Internet

(thousands)
2000

(2004)
(2001)
(2002)
(2001)
(2003)
(2002)
(2005)
(2003)
(2008)
(2003)

(2001)

2014

1.5
272.5
1,887.1
525.4
2,148.0
233.9
2,008.7
6.1
2.3
389.0

200,483.0
2,268.6
19,198.9
197.2
7,436.6

(2007)
(2008)
(2001)
(2002)
(2006)
(2001)

1,893.2
25.0
15,745.5
19.8
228.1
567.6

(2001)
(2002)

30.3
31.9
3,009.2
11.3

(2003)

(2001)
(2005)
(2001)
(2001)
(2002)

(2005)
(2005)
(2003)
(2004)
(2008)
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
(2002)
(2004)
(2003)

(2001)

3,061.0
143.6
23,241.7
1,533.0
5,517.4
6,000.5

12.4
1.2
1.4
3.1
1.0 (2010)
2.0
13.2
2.0
1.3
0.8
1.8
0.9
4.6

6,086.0
37,224.7
1,386.0

Transport and Communications

Communications
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015
www.adb.org/statistics
Table 5.9: Telephone and Internet Subscriptions
(per 100 people)

Regional Member
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China
South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar

1990

Telephone subscribers
2000
2010

2014

0.3
15.8
8.6
9.9
8.1
7.2
0.8
4.5
6.0
6.8

0.1
17.3
9.9
10.7
12.6
7.6
2.1
3.5
8.1
6.7

0.1
20.0
16.6
25.3
25.5
9.2
3.5
4.8
10.3
6.8

0.3
18.9
18.9
25.4
26.1
7.9
2.6
5.2
11.8
8.6

0.6
42.7
30.9
3.0
31.1

11.3
57.4
56.3
4.9
57.6

21.6
61.9
58.9
7.1
70.8

17.9
61.1
59.5
7.9
60.2

0.2
0.3
0.6
2.8
0.3
0.7

0.4
2.5
3.1
9.0
1.2
4.1

0.8
3.7
2.9
8.7
3.1
17.2

0.7
3.1
2.1
6.1
3.0
12.5

13.9
0.0
0.6
0.2
8.7
0.2

24.3
0.3
3.2
0.8
19.8
0.6

19.9
2.5
17.0
1.6
16.3
0.9

11.4
2.8
11.7
13.4
14.6
1.0

Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

1.0
34.9
2.3
0.2

3.9
49.7
9.0
3.1

3.6
39.3
10.3
16.1

3.1
35.5
8.5
6.0

17.0
5.8
1.7
1.1
2.5
13.1
...
0.7
2.5
1.5
...
4.6
1.3
1.8

31.9
10.6
4.1
7.7
9.0
17.9

1.2
4.9
1.9

9.9
7.0
3.6

35.6
15.1
8.6

8.2

34.1
1.8
4.3
1.6
0.3
29.8
12.2
3.0

8.4
8.9
4.5
6.8

33.9
1.9
6.1
1.3
0.3
11.3
15.2
2.2

45.6
44.6
43.2

52.2
49.3
47.5

47.4
51.5
43.0

38.9
50.1
40.6

= data not available at cutoff date, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, = magnitude equals zero, Lao PDR = Lao People's Democratic

Source: International Telecommunication Union. International Telecommunication Union World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database. http://www.itu.i

Mobile Phone Subscribers

1990
2000
2010

2014

1990

Internet Users
2000
2010

0.6
5.2
4.1
1.4
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.2

45.8
130.4
100.1
90.6
121.9
98.9
57.3
77.9
63.4
75.5

74.9
115.9
110.9
124.9
168.6
134.5
73.3
95.1
135.8
73.8

0.0
3.2
5.2
4.2
5.5

0.5
0.1
0.0

2.3
0.2

0.4

6.7
79.7
58.3
6.4
81.5

63.2
195.7
104.8
92.5
119.9

92.3
239.3
115.5
105.1
130.2

...

0.0
6.5
8.4

1.0

9.3
30.7
35.5
2.8
22.9

0.2

0.3
2.8
0.0
2.3

44.9
55.0
62.4
151.8
34.3
83.6

75.9
82.1
74.5
189.4
82.5
103.2

1.2
0.9
4.8
0.2
1.1

0.7

0.0

0.5

28.6
1.1
1.8
0.2
21.9
0.0

108.6
56.7
87.8
62.6
119.7
1.1

110.1
155.1
126.2
67.0
148.8
49.5

0.0

5.4
0.2
0.9
0.1
7.4
0.0


1.7
0.1

8.3
70.1
4.9
1.0

89.0
145.4
108.0
125.3

111.2
158.1
144.4
147.1

1.8

1.8
26.4
4.9
4.1

...

3.1
6.8
0.4
0.9

11.9

0.2
1.4
0.3

0.2

0.2

38.5
81.1
10.8

26.6
61.8
70.9
27.8
48.4
21.9
43.8
52.2
16.3
71.9

98.8
17.4
29.4

90.6
44.9
55.5
65.8
58.7
64.3
38.4
60.4

15.7

35.7
2.7
0.9

1.0
4.0
1.2
0.1

0.5
0.0
1.1
2.4
0.2

1.1
0.7
1.6

44.5
53.1
40.0

100.4
96.8
107.8

131.2
120.2
112.1

0.6
0.0

0.7
0.1

24.6
26.8
25.0

= Lao People's Democratic Republic.

ors Database. http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx (accessed 9 July 2015).

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2014

0.0
9.1
19.8
12.2
12.9
4.2
1.1
0.1
0.0
1.3

14.4
31.2
38.8
6.8
31.9

1.2
3.3
1.2
5.6
0.8
2.6

7.1
0.2
1.2
0.2
10.1
0.3

23.2
27.8
8.2
6.5

1.4
1.2
2.6
3.0

9.4
0.2
1.1
0.2
0.1
1.7
9.1
1.8

25.8
29.3
30.5