Highway Statistics 2002 - FHWA

ROAD SYSTEM MEASURES FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES

(Calendar year reported are noted in parentheses)

OCTOBER 2003

TABLE IN-2

	ASIA	EUROPE				NORTH AMERICA
	JAPAN (2000)	FRANCE (2000)	GERMANY (1999)	SWEDEN (2001)	UNITED KINGDOM (1999)	CANADA (2000)	MEXICO (1999)	UNITED STATES (2001)
Major Roads Total Kilometers	60,334	39,000	52,836	16,856	51,552	101,700	48,194	703,016
Major Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	0.48	0.65	0.63	1.90	0.86	3.19	0.47	2.46
Major Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.16	0.07	0.15	0.04	0.21	0.01	0.03	0.08
Secondary Roads	Total Kilometers	1,105,946	855,000	177,899	197,612	320,361	1,318,400	281,338
Secondary Roads	Kilometers per 1000 Persons	8.71	14.31	2.14	22.26	5.36	41.33	2.76
Secondary Roads	Kilometers per Square Kilometer	2.93	1.57	0.51	0.48	1.33	0.14	0.15
All Roads Total Kilometers	1,166,280	894,000	230,735	214,468	371,913	1,420,100	329,532	6,378,254
All Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	9.19	14.96	2.77	24.16	6.22	44.51	3.23	22.35
All Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	3.09	1.64	0.66	0.52	1.54	0.04	0.17	0.70

Sources: Country data sources is from the "World Road Statistics-2003," International Road Federation, except the United States which is from the "Highway Statistics 2001", and Canada data from Transport Canada.

All Roads

Major Roads

Population

126,974,628

59,765,983

83,251,851

8,876,744

59,778,002

31,902,268

103,400,165

285,317,559

Land Area

377,835

545,630

349,223

410,934

241,590

9,220,970

1,923,040

9,158,960

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