Roadways of the World - statistics and charts as map, diagram and table

Rank (total)	Country	Roadways (km)	per Capita (m)	per Square km (m)	Date
1	United States of America	6,430,366	21.74	701.9	2005
2	India	3,383,344	3.24	1,138.0	2002
3	China	1,930,544	1.48	207.0	2005
4	Brazil	1,751,868	9.41	207.2	2004
5	Japan	1,193,000	9.36	3,183.5	2005
6	Canada	1,042,300	31.49	114.6	2006
7	France	950,985	15.68	1,742.9	2005
8	Russia	854,000	5.98	50.2	2006
9	Australia	812,972	40.47	106.7	2004
10	Spain	681,224	16.86	1,363.7	2006
11	Italy	484,688	8.34	1,648.5	2004
12	Turkey	426,906	6.13	553.9	2004
13	Sweden	425,300	47.02	1,035.0	2008
14	Poland	423,997	11.00	1,392.6	2006
15	Indonesia	391,009	1.62	214.1	2005
16	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	388,008	6.42	1,606.1	2005
17	South Africa	362,099	8.30	296.8	2002
18	Mexico	356,945	3.36	185.6	2005
19	Pakistan	259,758	1.60	333.6	2005
20	Bangladesh	239,226	1.73	1,786.5	2003
21	Germany	231,500	2.81	662.9	2006
22	Argentina	231,374	5.85	84.5	2004
23	Vietnam	222,179	2.66	682.9	2004
24	Philippines	200,037	2.36	670.9	2003
25	Romania	198,817	8.90	863.1	2004
26	Nigeria	193,200	1.50	212.1	2004
27	Iran	179,388	2.63	109.7	2003
28	Ukraine	169,477	3.57	280.7	2004
29	Saudi Arabia	167,600	6.20	78.0	2006
30	Colombia	164,257	3.82	158.1	2005
31	Hungary	159,568	15.95	1,728.0	2005
32	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	153,497	2.63	67.7	2004
33	Belgium	150,567	14.53	4,972.8	2004
34	Netherlands	134,981	8.18	3,983.7	2006
35	Austria	133,910	16.35	1,624.3	2003
36	Czech Republic	127,865	12.49	1,654.7	2006
37	Greece	117,533	11.02	898.6	2005
38	Algeria	108,302	3.33	45.5	2004
39	Korea (South)	102,293	2.10	1,041.8	2005
40	Malaysia	98,721	4.12	300.5	2004
41	Zimbabwe	97,440	8.56	252.0	2002
42	Sri Lanka	97,286	4.93	1,502.7	2003
43	Ireland	96,602	24.62	1,402.3	2003
44	Venezuela	96,155	4.08	109.0	1999
45	Syria	94,890	5.14	515.6	2004
46	Belarus	94,797	9.20	456.6	2005
47	New Zealand	93,460	23.16	347.8	2005
48	Norway	92,946	20.08	302.3	2007
49	Burkina Faso	92,495	6.64	337.8	2004
50	Egypt	92,370	1.19	92.8	2004
51	Zambia	91,440	9.36	123.4	2001
52	Kazakhstan	90,018	5.93	33.7	2004
53	Libya	83,200	16.26	47.3	2000
54	Uzbekistan	81,600	3.30	191.8	1999
55	Cote d'Ivoire	80,000	4.53	251.6	2006
56	Lithuania	79,984	22.31	1,224.9	2006
57	Chile	79,605	5.19	106.3	2001
58	Tanzania	78,891	2.20	89.0	2003
59	Peru	78,829	2.82	61.6	2004
60	Finland	78,821	15.03	258.9	2008
61	Portugal	78,470	7.43	853.4	2004
62	Uruguay	77,732	22.76	447.7	2004
63	Denmark	72,362	13.28	1,706.9	2006
64	Yemen	71,300	3.44	135.0	2005
65	Switzerland	71,296	9.52	1,792.7	2004
66	Uganda	70,746	2.76	354.2	2003
67	Latvia	69,829	30.49	1,098.1	2005
68	Kenya	63,265	1.87	111.1	2004
69	Bolivia	62,479	7.05	57.6	2004
70	Thailand	62,401	0.97	121.9	2006
71	Ghana	62,221	2.78	269.4	2006
72	Cuba	60,858	5.46	549.0	2000
73	Azerbaijan	59,141	7.47	686.9	2004
74	Morocco	57,626	1.76	129.1	2005
75	Estonia	57,016	42.78	1,319.5	2005
76	Angola	51,429	4.96	41.3	2001
77	Cameroon	50,000	3.05	106.5	2004
78	Madagascar	49,827	3.21	85.7	2000
79	Mongolia	49,250	18.28	31.7	2002
80	Iraq	45,550	2.01	105.4	2000
81	Guinea	44,348	4.91	180.4	2003
82	Bulgaria	44,033	5.91	398.3	2004
83	Ecuador	43,197	3.23	156.0	2004
84	Slovakia	42,993	7.92	881.0	2004
85	Namibia	42,237	23.20	51.2	2002
86	Taiwan (Rep. of China)	40,262	1.76	1,248.0	2007
87	Slovenia	38,558	19.18	1,913.5	2006
88	Cambodia	38,257	2.81	216.7	2004
89	Serbia	36,875	3.92	476.0	2006
90	Ethiopia	36,469	0.50	32.6	2004
91	Costa Rica	35,330	8.80	697.4	2004
92	Oman	34,965	13.33	164.6	2001
93	Afghanistan	34,782	1.16	53.7	2004
94	Chad	33,400	3.96	26.5	2000
95	Laos	31,210	5.27	135.2	2003
96	Mozambique	30,400	1.59	38.8	2000
97	Paraguay	29,500	5.28	74.3	2000
98	Croatia	28,788	6.40	510.3	2006
99	Tajikistan	27,767	4.31	194.6	2000
100	Myanmar	27,000	0.57	41.0	2005
101	Puerto Rico	25,735	6.58	2,901.4	2005
102	Korea (North)	25,554	1.11	212.2	2006
103	Botswana	24,455	14.91	41.8	2004
104	Central African Republic	24,307	6.92	39.0	2000
105	Turkmenistan	24,000	5.31	49.2	1999
106	Somalia	22,100	3.05	35.2	2000
107	Bosnia & Herzegovina	21,846	4.86	426.7	2006
108	Jamaica	21,552	7.88	1,989.8	2005
109	Georgia	20,247	4.33	290.5	2004
110	Papua New Guinea	19,600	3.98	43.3	2000
111	Tunisia	19,232	1.91	123.8	2004
112	Nicaragua	19,036	3.48	158.3	2005
113	Mali	18,709	1.52	15.3	2004
114	Kyrgyzstan	18,500	3.95	96.7	2000
115	Niger	18,423	1.51	14.5	2005
116	Albania	18,000	5.08	657.0	2002
117	Israel	17,686	2.78	869.9	2006
118	Congo (Republic)	17,289	5.77	50.6	2004
119	Nepal	17,280	0.62	120.7	2004
120	Benin	16,000	2.03	144.6	2006
121	Malawi	15,451	1.33	164.2	2003
122	Cyprus	14,630	18.65	1,583.3	2006
123	Guatemala	14,095	1.12	130.0	2000
124	Rwanda	14,008	1.66	561.5	2004
125	Honduras	13,600	2.18	121.5	2000
126	Senegal	13,576	1.28	70.7	2003
127	Macedonia	13,182	6.42	530.3	2002
128	Iceland	13,058	43.25	130.3	2007
129	Moldova	12,666	2.93	379.6	2007
130	Dominican Republic	12,600	1.49	260.4	2000
131	Burundi	12,322	1.93	480.4	2004
132	Sudan	11,900	0.34	5.0	2000
133	Panama	11,643	4.15	153.2	2000
134	Sierra Leone	11,300	2.01	157.8	2002
135	El Salvador	10,886	1.78	525.4	2000
136	Liberia	10,600	3.35	110.0	2000
137	Gabon	9,170	6.60	35.6	2004
138	Trinidad & Tobago	8,320	7.08	1,622.5	2000
139	Bhutan	8,050	3.76	171.3	2003
140	Guyana	7,970	11.43	40.5	2000
141	Qatar	7,761	8.99	678.6	2005
142	Armenia	7,700	2.59	270.6	2006
143	Mauritania	7,660	2.87	7.4	2000
144	Jordan	7,601	1.32	82.6	2005
145	Togo	7,520	1.50	138.3	2000
146	Montenegro	7,368	11.69	533.4	2006
147	Lebanon	6,970	1.82	681.3	2005
148	East Timor	6,040	5.80	402.5	2005
149	Lesotho	5,940	2.77	195.7	2000
150	Kuwait	5,749	2.46	322.6	2004
151	New Caledonia	5,432	26.92	292.4	2000
152	Luxembourg	5,227	11.16	2,021.3	2004
153	Palestinian Territories	4,996	1.33	832.7	2004
154	Suriname	4,304	9.88	26.7	2003
155	Haiti	4,160	0.61	150.9	2000
156	Eritrea	4,010	0.97	33.1	2000
157	Gambia	3,742	2.35	374.2	2004
158	Brunei	3,650	9.80	692.6	2005
159	Swaziland	3,594	3.20	208.9	2002
160	Bahrain	3,498	5.24	5,260.2	2003
161	Guinea-Bissau	3,455	2.57	123.4	2002
162	Fiji Islands	3,440	4.13	188.3	2000
163	Singapore	3,262	0.73	4,778.1	2006
164	Djibouti	3,065	6.79	133.4	2000
165	Equatorial Guinea	2,880	6.07	102.7	2000
166	Belize	2,872	11.53	125.9	2000
167	Bahamas	2,693	9.13	267.4	2000
168	French Polynesia	2,590	10.40	707.7	1999
169	Samoa	2,337	13.05	796.5	2001
170	Malta	2,227	5.59	7,047.5	2004
171	Marshall Islands	2,028	32.81	11,204.4	2007
171	Mauritius	2,028	1.62	999.0	2007
173	Hong Kong	2,009	0.29	1,928.0	2007
174	Kosovo	1,924	...	176.7	2006
175	Barbados	1,600	5.73	3,712.3	2004
176	Solomon Islands	1,391	2.98	50.5	2000
177	Cape Verde	1,350	3.36	334.7	2000
178	Virgin Islands of the US	1,257	11.56	3,632.9	2004
179	Antigua & Barbuda	1,165	17.27	2,629.8	2002
180	Grenada	1,127	12.66	3,276.2	2000
181	United Arab Emirates	1,088	0.46	13.0	1999
182	Vanuatu	1,070	5.64	87.7	1999
183	Guam	977	5.80	1,805.9	2004
184	Saint Lucia	910	5.82	1,501.7	2000
185	Comoros	880	1.52	405.5	2000
186	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	829	7.10	2,131.1	2003
187	Man, Isle of	800	10.77	1,398.6	2003 ?
188	Cayman Islands	785	21.64	2,996.2	2002
189	Dominica	780	10.90	1,034.5	2000
190	Tonga	680	6.65	947.1	2000
191	Kiribati	670	7.28	826.1	2000
192	Northern Mariana Is.	536	6.67	1,123.7	2004
193	Faroe Islands	463	9.80	331.0	2006
194	Seychelles	458	5.69	1,006.6	2003
195	Bermuda	447	6.99	8,386.5	2002
196	Falkland Islands	440	148.30	36.1	2003
197	Macau	384	0.85	13,617.0	2006
198	Cook Islands	320	15.23	1,351.9	2003
198	Saint Kitts & Nevis	320	8.26	1,226.1	2003 ?
198	Sao Tome and Principe	320	2.00	319.7	2000
201	Andorra	270	3.90	576.9	2003 ?
202	Micronesia, Federated States of	240	1.80	341.9	2000
203	Niue	234	110.17	900.0	2001
204	Montserrat	227	25.24	2,225.5	2003
205	Saint Helena	198	27.06	479.4	2002
206	American Samoa	185	3.20	929.6	2004
207	British Virgin Islands	177	8.32	1,156.9	2002
208	Anguilla	175	13.20	1,715.7	2004
209	Christmas Island	142	95.11	1,051.9	2006
210	Turks & Caicos Islands	121	6.25	281.4	2003
211	San Marino	104	3.70	1,699.3	2003
212	Maldives	88	0.25	293.3	2006
213	Norfolk Island	80	42.87	2,312.1	2002
214	Monaco	50	1.58	25,641.0	2000
215	Gibraltar	29	1.05	4,461.5	2002
216	Cocos Islands	22	38.33	1,571.4	2006
217	Tuvalu	8	0.72	307.7	2002
	World	32,345,165	5.19	217.2	2002

For non-listed countries is no information available.

The given total length of road network includes the length of paved and unpaved roads. 1 km corresponds to 0.6214 miles. 1 m corresponds to 1.094 yards.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2008-07-24)

(c) Thomas Brinkhoff, 2008-07-27

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