Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 2015

Social and Demographic Characteristics for Selected Countries (1)

September 2016

Table IN-2

Demographic	ASIA		EUROPE			NORTH AMERICA
	CHINA	JAPAN	FRANCE	GERMANY	U.K.	CANADA	MEXICO	U.S.
Population	1,367,485,388	126,919,659	66,553,766	80,854,408	64,088,222	35,099,836	121,736,809	321,368,864
Land Area (square kilometers)	9,596,960	364,485	640,053	348,672	241,930	9,093,507	1,943,945	9,161,966
Population Density (persons per square kilometer)	142.5	348.2	104.0	231.9	264.9	3.9	62.6	35.1
GDP (trillion $) (Purchasing Power Parity)	$19.39	$4.83	$2.65	$3.84	$2.68	$1.63	$2.23	$17.95
GDP per Capita ($) (Purchasing power parity)	$14,100	$38,100	$41,200	$46,900	$41,200	$45,600	$17,500	$55,800

(1) Data source: "The World Fact Book" of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).