U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
OCTOBER 1999
TABLE IN-1
ASIA | EUROPE | AMERICA | |||||||
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JAPAN |
FRANCE |
GERMANY |
SWEDEN |
UNITED KINGDOM |
CANADA |
CHILE |
MEXICO |
U.S. |
|
Population | 125,732,794 | 58,609,285 | 82,071,765 | 8,865,051 | 57,591,677 | 30,337,334 | 14,418,800 | 97,563,374 | 267,636,061 |
Land Area (square kilometers) |
374,744 | 545,630 | 349,520 | 410,928 | 241,590 | 9,220,970 | 748,800 | 1,923,040 | 9,158,960 |
Population Density (persons per square kilometer) |
335.5 | 107.4 | 234.8 | 21.6 | 238.4 | 3.3 | 19.3 | 50.7 | 29.2 |
GDP (billion $) (Purchasing Power equivalent) |
$3,080.0 | $1,320.0 | $1,740.0 | $176.2 | $1,242.0 | $658.0 | $168.5 | $694.3 | $7,610.0 |
GDP per Capita ($) |
$24,496 | $22,522 | $21,201 | $19,876 | $21,566 | $21,689 | $11,686 | $7,116 | $28,400 |
Percent of Surface Passenger 1/ Kilometers by Road Transport |
69.3% 3/ |
92.2% |
92.7% |
94.2% |
95.2% |
99.7% 4/ |
N/A |
N/A |
99.0% 3/ |
Percent of Surface Freight 2/ Ton Kilometers by Road Transport |
N/A |
65.9% |
62.4% |
64.1% |
84.3% |
25.7% 4/ |
N/A |
N/A |
29.7% 3/ |
Source: Prepared from "The World Factbook," 1996 and 1997, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., "OECD in Figures," 1998 Edition.
1/ Surface transport includes road and rail; road transport includes bus and automobile.
2/ Surface transport includes road and rail transport, inland waterways and pipelines.
2/ Surface transport includes road and rail transport, inland waterways and pipelines.
4/ Data are for 1995.