by the Central Intelligence Agency

“ Highways: 1,346,500 km total; 373,000 km asphalt, concrete, stone block; 554,000 km asphalt treated, gravel, crushed stone; 419,500 km earth (1980)
Inland waterways: 142,000 km navigable, exclusive of Caspian Sea (1980)
Freight carried: rail—3,728.0 million metric tons, 3,439.9 billion metric ton/km (1980) ; highways—24.1 billion metric tons, 432.3 billion metric ton/km (1980) ; waterway—568. 1 million metric tons, 244.9 billion metric ton/km, excluding Caspian Sea (1980)
Pipelines: 70,000 km crude oil; 20,000 km refined products ”

“ Communists: over 17 million party members
Other political or pressure groups: Komsomol, trade unions, and other organizations which facilitate Communist control
Member of: CEMA, Geneva Disarmament Conference, IAEA, IBEC, ICAC, ICAO, ICCAT, ICCO, ICES, ILB, 1LO, IMCO, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, INRO, IPU, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC—International Whaling Commission, IWC—International Wheat Council, UN, UNESCO, UPU, Warsaw Pact, WFTU, WHO, W1PO, WMO, WTO
ECONOMY GNP: $1,392.5 billion (1980, in 1980 US prices) , $5,245 per capita ”

“ Fishing: catch 9.5 million metric tons (1980) ; exports 483,504 metric tons (1980) , imports 181,938 metric tons (1980)
Major industries: diversified, highly developed capital goods industries; consumer goods industries comparatively less developed
Shortages: natural rubber, bauxite and alumina, tantalum, tin, tungsten, fluorspar, and molybdenum
Crude steel: 163 million metric ton capacity as of 1 January 1979; 149 million metric tons produced in 1981, 555 kg per capita
Electric power: 279,500,000 kW capacity (1981) ”