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April 2010
Table IN-3

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	ASIA		EUROPE			NORTH AMERICA
	CHINA 2/ (2006)	JAPAN (2009)	FRANCE (2007)	GERMANY (2006)	UNITED KINGDOM (2007)	CANADA (2007)	MEXICO (2007)	UNITED STATES 3/ (2008)
Major Roads Total Kilometers	96,297	61,730	20,125	53,010	52,682	103,000	47,196	351,428
Major Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	0.07	0.49	0.31	0.64	0.86	3.08	0.42	1.14
Major Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.01	0.17	0.03	0.15	0.22	0.01	0.02	0.04
Secondary Roads Total Kilometers	3,399,960	1,135,269	931,000	591,461	367,327	1,306,000	312,879	6,181,466
Secondary Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	2.54	8.93	14.53	7.18	6.01	39.00	2.81	20.12
Secondary Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.36	3.11	1.45	1.70	1.52	0.14	0.16	0.67
All Roads Total Kilometers	3,496,257	1,196,999	951,125	644,471	420,009	1,409,000	360,075	6,532,894
All Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons	2.61	9.42	14.85	7.83	6.87	42.08	3.24	21.27
All Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer	0.37	3.28	1.49	1.85	1.74	0.15	0.19	0.71

1/ Sources: Country data sources is from the "World Road Statistics-2009," International Road Federation, except the United States which is from the "Highway Statistics 2008", and Canada data from Transport Canada.

2/ Data includes mainland China and China Taipai.

3/ Data is from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2008, Table HM-20M. Major roads include: Interstate, Other Principal Arterials, nad Other Freeways and Expressways. Secondary roads include Minor Arterials, Minor Collectors, and Local roads .

Bar graph referring to Road Kilometers per 1,000 Persons detailed in table IN-3 above.