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SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES

OCTOBER 2001TABLE IN-1
  ASIA EUROPE AMERICA
JAPAN FRANCE GERMANY SWEDEN UNITED KINGDOM CANADA MEXICO UNITED STATES
Population 1/126,549,97659,329,69182,797,4088,873,05259,511,46431,281,092100,349,766275,562,673
Land Area 1/
(square kilometers)
374,744545,630349,223410,934241,5909,220,9701,923,0409,158,960
Population Density
(square kilometers)
337.7108.7237.121.6246.33.452.230.1
GDP (billion $) 1/
(Purchasing Power Parity)
$2,950$1,373$1,864$184$1,290$722$866$9,255
GDP per Capita ($) 1/
(Purchasing power parity)
$23,400$23,300$22,700$20,700$21,800$23,300$8,500$33,900
Percent of Surface Passenger 2/
Kilometers by Road Transport
58.4%92.1%92.7%93.8%95.2%99.7%N/A99.0%
Percent of Surface Freight 2/
Ton Kilometers by Road Transport
55.8%67.5%62.8%63.2%83.8%22.0%N/A29.7%

1/ Data source: "The World Fact Book - 2000" of the U.S. Central Intelligency Agency (CIA).

2/ Data is for 1998 from "OECD in Figures - 2000 edition".

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