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Transport > Highways Stats: compare key data on Australia & Japan

Definitions

  • Paved: total length of the paved parts of the highway system
  • Paved > Per capita: total length of the paved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Paved per 1000: total length of the paved parts of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Total: total length of the highway system
  • Total > Per capita: total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Total per 1000: total length of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Unpaved: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system
  • Unpaved > Per capita: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Unpaved per 1000: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Australia Japan
Paved 314,090 km
Ranked 6th.
534,471 km
Ranked 3rd. 70% more than Australia
Paved > Per capita 16.6 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Japan
4.22 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 18th.
Paved per 1000 16.6 km
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Japan
4.22 km
Ranked 18th.
Total 811,603 km
Ranked 3rd.
1.16 million km
Ranked 2nd. 43% more than Australia
Total > Per capita 42.88 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Japan
9.17 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 12th.
Total per 1000 42.88 km
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Japan
9.17 km
Ranked 14th.
Unpaved 497,513 km
Ranked 3rd.
627,423 km
Ranked 2nd. 26% more than Australia
Unpaved > Per capita 26.29 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Japan
4.95 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 13th.
Unpaved per 1000 26.29 km
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Japan
4.95 km
Ranked 13th.

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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