Data set

Chapter 3 / Investigation 7

Representing and describing

data: descriptive statistics
The source of the data used in this investigation: CIA Factbook 2013.

Position Country Number of airports

1 United States 13,513
2 Brazil 4,093
3 Mexico 1,714
4 Canada 1,467
5 Russia 1,218
6 Argentina 1,138
7 Bolivia 855
8 Colombia 836
9 Paraguay 799
10 Indonesia 673
11 South Africa 566
12 Papua New Guinea 561
13 Germany 539
14 China 507
15 Chile 481
16 Australia 480
17 France 464
18 United Kingdom 460
19 Venezuela 444
20 Ecuador 432
21 India 346
22 Iran 319
23 Guatemala 291
24 Philippines 247
25 Sweden 231
26 Saudi Arabia 214
27 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 198
28 Kenya 197
29 Zimbabwe 196
30 Peru 191
31 Ukraine 187
32 Angola 176
33 Japan 175
34 Tanzania 166
35 Costa Rica 161
36 Algeria 157
37 Pakistan 151
38 Spain 150
39 Finland 148
40 Nicaragua 147
41 Libya 146
42 Uruguay 133
43 Cuba 133
44 Oman 132
45 Italy 129
46 Czechia 128
47 Poland 126
48 New Zealand 123
49 Panama 117
50 Guyana 117
51 Malaysia 114
52 Namibia 112
53 Korea, South 111
54 Honduras 103
55 Iraq 102
56 Thailand 101
57 Mozambique 98
58 Turkey 98
59 Kazakhstan 96
60 Iceland 96
61 Norway 95
62 Syria 90
63 Zambia 88
64 South Sudan 85
65 Madagascar 83
66 Egypt 83
67 Korea, North 82
68 Denmark 80
69 Greece 77
70 Botswana 74
71 Sudan 74
72 Croatia 69
73 Bulgaria 68
74 El Salvador 68
75 Belarus 65
76 Burma 64
77 Portugal 64
78 Switzerland 63
79 Lithuania 61
80 Bahamas, The 61
81 Somalia 61
82 Chad 59
83 Ethiopia 57
84 Yemen 57
85 Suriname 55
86 Morocco 55
87 French Polynesia 54
88 Nigeria 54
89 Uzbekistan 53
90 Austria 52
91 Afghanistan 52
92 Belize 47
93 Uganda 47
94 Israel 47
95 Nepal 47
96 Romania 45
97 Vietnam 45
98 Mongolia 44
99 Gabon 44
100 United Arab Emirates 43
101 Latvia 42
102 Belgium 41
103 Laos 41
104 Hungary 41
105 Ireland 40
106 Central African Republic 39
107 Taiwan 37
108 Azerbaijan 37
109 Solomon Islands 36
110 Dominican Republic 36
111 Slovakia 35
112 Cameroon 33
113 Malawi 32
114 Vanuatu 31
115 Niger 30
116 Mauritania 30
117 Liberia 29
118 Tunisia 29
119 Puerto Rico 29
120 Netherlands 29
121 Fiji 28
122 Kyrgyzstan 28
123 Jamaica 28
124 Cote d'Ivoire 27
125 Congo, Republic of the 27
126 Turkmenistan 26
127 Serbia 26
128 New Caledonia 25
129 Mali 25
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24
131 Tajikistan 24
132 Lesotho 24
133 Burkina Faso 23
134 Antarctica 23
135 Georgia 22
136 Senegal 20
137 Sri Lanka 19
138 Kiribati 19
139 Bangladesh 18
140 Jordan 18
141 Estonia 18
142 Cambodia 16
143 Slovenia 16
144 Guinea 16
145 Cyprus 15
146 Marshall Islands 15
147 Greenland 15
148 Haiti 14
149 Swaziland 14
150 Seychelles 14
151 Eritrea 13
152 Djibouti 13
153 Cook Islands 11
154 Armenia 11
155 Macedonia 10
156 Ghana 10
157 Cabo Verde 9
158 Singapore 9
159 Maldives 9
160 Guinea-Bissau 8
161 Lebanon 8
162 Turks and Caicos Islands 8
163 Togo 8
164 Sierra Leone 8
165 Burundi 7
166 Equatorial Guinea 7
167 Rwanda 7
168 Kuwait 7
169 Moldova 7
170 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 7
171 Benin 6
172 Kosovo 6
173 Micronesia, Federated States of 6
174 Western Sahara 6
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6
176 Timor-Leste 6
177 Tonga 6
178 Qatar 6
179 Guam 5
180 Northern Mariana Islands 5
181 Montenegro 5
182 Mauritius 5
183 Albania 4
184 Bahrain 4
185 British Virgin Islands 4
186 Comoros 4
187 Trinidad and Tobago 4
188 Samoa 4
189 Spratly Islands 4
190 Svalbard 4
191 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 4
192 American Samoa 3
193 Antigua and Barbuda 3
194 Palau 3
195 Grenada 3
196 Cayman Islands 3
197 Anguilla 2
198 Bhutan 2
199 Dominica 2
200 Guernsey 2
201 Hong Kong 2
202 Luxembourg 2
203 West Bank 2
204 Saint Lucia 2
205 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2
206 Sao Tome and Principe 2
207 Virgin Islands 2
208 Wallis and Futuna 2
209 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2
210 Aruba 1
211 Wake Island 1
212 Bermuda 1
213 British Indian Ocean Territory 1
214 Brunei 1
215 Christmas Island 1
216 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1
217 Faroe Islands 1
218 Gambia, The 1
219 Gaza Strip 1
220 Gibraltar 1
221 Isle of Man 1
222 Jan Mayen 1
223 Jersey 1
224 Macau 1
225 Malta 1
226 Montserrat 1
227 Nauru 1
228 Niue 1
229 Norfolk Island 1
230 Paracel Islands 1
231 Saint Barthelemy 1
232 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 1
233 Saint Martin 1
234 Sint Maarten 1
235 Tuvalu 1
236 Barbados 1