government owned, 1.435-meter standard gauge, 1.676-meter broad gauge, 24,051 km 1.000-meter narrow gauge, single track; diesel operated Highways: 4,750 km; majority is bituminous surfaced Pipelines: crude oil 2,042 km; natural gas 742 km Ports: Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla Merchant marine: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,378 GRT/113,557 DWT; includes 2 passenger-cargo, 67 cargo, 2 oil tanker, 14 liquefied gas, 30 bulk, 2 short-sea passenger, 76 cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 181 oil tanker, 1 cargo Airports: total: 485 usable: 403 with permanent-surface runways: 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 1 Telecommunications: fair system of dikes and dams, nearly one-half of the former Army, Air Forces, Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense Manpower availability: males age 15-49 851,713; fit for military service 8,542,640; reach military age (19) annually 83,783 (1993 est.) Death rate: 11.22 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Birth rate: 39.59 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 53.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Birth rate: 48.09 births/1,000 population (1993
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