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Table IN-3
October 2011
| ASIA | EUROPE | NORTH AMERICA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHINA 2/ |
JAPAN |
FRANCE |
GERMANY |
U.K. |
CANADA |
MEXICO |
U.S. 3/ |
|
| Major Roads Total Kilometers |
126,567 | 62,432 | 20,260 | 52,848 | 52,706 | 103,000 | 47,565 | 534,608 |
| Major Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons |
0.09 | 0.49 | 0.31 | 0.65 | 0.84 | 3.03 | 0.42 | 1.71 |
| Major Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer |
0.01 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
| Secondary Roads Total Kilometers |
3,736,306 | 1,145,435 | 931,000 | 591,440 | 366,959 | 1,306,000 | 319,242 | 5,984,388 |
| Secondary Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons |
2.80 | 9.06 | 14.25 | 7.26 | 5.85 | 38.38 | 2.81 | 19.11 |
| Secondary Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer |
0.39 | 3.14 | 1.45 | 1.70 | 1.52 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.65 |
| All Roads Total Kilometers |
3,862,873 | 1,207,867 | 951,260 | 644,288 | 419,665 | 1,409,000 | 366,807 | 6,518,997 |
| All Roads Kilometers per 1000 Persons |
2.89 | 9.55 | 14.56 | 7.91 | 6.69 | 41.40 | 3.23 | 20.81 |
| All Roads Kilometers per Square Kilometer |
0.40 | 3.31 | 1.49 | 1.85 | 1.73 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.71 |
1/ Sources: Country data sources is from the "World Road Statistics-2011," International Road Federation, including the United States which supplies the data to the International Road Federation, from FHWA's annual Highway Statistics report.
2/ Data includes mainland China and China Hong Kong.
3/ Data is from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics series, Table HM-20M. Major roads include: Interstate, Other Principal Arterials, Other Freeways and Expressways, and Major Collectors. Secondary roads include Minor Arterials, Minor Collectors, and Local roads . Does not include Puerto Rico. Data is for 2009.
