Compared with other member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Myanmar’s transport sector is considerably underdeveloped. For example, road density for ASEAN overall is about 11 km per 1,000 people, while Myanmar’s is about 2 km.
Since the late 1980s, Myanmar’s rail network has almost doubled from 1,976 km to 3,516 km; the number of bridges has doubled (to more than 11,000) and the number of tunnels has increased from zero to 12.