FACTOID # 6: The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
 
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   United States  28.3%
   India  10.3%
   France  6.1%
   Spain  4.5%
   Japan  3.6%
   Canada  3.4%
   Italy  3.3%
   United Kingdom  2.5%
   Russia  2.4%
   China  2.1%
   Australia  2.1%
   Poland  1.7%
   Germany  1.6%
   Austria  1.4%
   Sweden  1.1%
   Ukraine  1.1%
   Indonesia  1.1%
   Turkey  0.9%
   Belgium  0.8%
   Pakistan  0.7%


Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 2   United States: 4,148,395 km  2002 Time series
# 3   India: 1,517,077 km  1999 Time series
# 4   France: 894,000 km  2000 Time series
# 5   Spain: 657,157 km  1999 Time series
# 6   Japan: 534,471 km  1999 Time series
# 7   Canada: 497,306 km  2002 Time series
# 8   Italy: 479,688 km  1999 Time series
# 9   United Kingdom: 371,913 km  1999 Time series
# 10   Russia: 358,833 km  2000 Time series
# 11   China: 314,204 km  2000 Time series
# 12   Australia: 314,090 km  1999 Time series
# 13   Poland: 249,060 km  2000 Time series
# 14   Germany: 230,735 km  1999 Time series
# 15   Austria: 200,000 km  2000 Time series
# 16   Sweden: 166,523 km  2000 Time series
# 17   Ukraine: 163,898 km  2000 Time series
# 18   Indonesia: 158,670 km  1999 Time series
# 19   Turkey: 131,226 km  1999 Time series
# 20   Belgium: 116,687 km  2000 Time series
# 21   Pakistan: 109,396 km  1999 Time series
# 22   Mexico: 108,087 km  1999 Time series
# 23   Greece: 107,406 km  1999 Time series
# 24   Netherlands: 104,850 km  1999 Time series
# 25   Romania: 98,308 km  2000 Time series
# 26   Brazil: 94,871 km  2000 Time series
# 27   Sri Lanka: 91,860 km  1999 Time series
# 28   Ireland: 87,043 km  2000 Time series
# 29   Hungary: 81,680 km  1999 Time series
# 30   Kazakhstan: 77,020 km  2000 Time series
# 31   South Africa: 73,506 km  2000 Time series
# 32   Algeria: 71,656 km  1999 Time series
# 33   Denmark: 71,591 km  2000 Time series
# 34   Uzbekistan: 71,237 km  1999 Time series
# 35   Switzerland: 71,011 km  2000 Time series
# 36   Norway: 69,505 km  2000 Time series
# 37   Lithuania: 68,697 km  2000 Time series
# 38   Belarus: 66,203 km  2000 Time series
# 39   Korea, South: 64,808 km  1999 Time series
# 40   Argentina: 63,348 km  1999 Time series
# 41   Thailand: 62,985 km  1999 Time series
# 42   Nigeria: 60,068 km  1999 Time series
# 43   Portugal: 59,110 km  2000 Time series
# 44   New Zealand: 57,809 km  2000 Time series
# 45   Czech Republic: 55,408 km  2000 Time series
# 46   Finland: 50,305 km  2001 Time series
# 47   Egypt: 49,984 km  1999 Time series
# 48   Malaysia: 49,935 km  1999 Time series
# 49   Libya: 47,590 km  1999 Time series
# 50   Saudi Arabia: 45,592 km  1999 Time series
# 51   Philippines: 42,419 km  2000 Time series
# 52   Iraq: 38,399 km  2000 Time series
# 53   Slovakia: 37,036 km  2000 Time series
# 54   Bulgaria: 35,049 km  2000 Time series
# 55   Morocco: 32,547 km  2000 Time series
# 56   Venezuela: 32,308 km  1999 Time series
# 57   Taiwan: 31,583 km  2000 Time series
# 58   Serbia and Montenegro: 31,029 km  2000 Time series
# 59   Cuba: 29,820 km  1999 Time series
# 60   Latvia: 28,256 km  2000 Time series
# 61   Colombia: 26,000 km  2000 Time series
# 62   Croatia: 23,792 km  2000 Time series
# 63   Vietnam: 23,418 km  1999 Time series
# 64   Azerbaijan: 23,057 km  2000 Time series
# 65   Slovenia: 20,157 km  2000 Time series
# 66   Bangladesh: 19,773 km  1999 Time series
# 67   Turkmenistan: 19,488 km  1999 Time series
# 68   Georgia: 19,038 km  2000 Time series
# 69   Kyrgyzstan: 16,854 km  1999 Time series
# 70   Israel: 16,281 km  2000 Time series
# 71   Chile: 15,484 km  2000 Time series
# 72   Armenia: 15,329 km  2000 Time series
# 73   Paraguay: 14,986 km  2005 Time series
# 74   Puerto Rico: 14,400 km  1999 Time series
# 75   Jamaica: 13,109 km  1999 Time series
# 76   Tunisia: 12,310 km  2000 Time series
# 77   Ghana: 11,665 km  1999 Time series
# 78   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 11,424 km  1999 Time series
# 79   Moldova: 11,012 km  1999 Time series
# 80   Estonia: 10,334 km  2000 Time series
# 81   Syria: 10,021 km  1999 Time series
# 82   Oman: 9,673 km  2001 Time series
# 83   Laos: 9,664 km  1999 Time series
# 84   Peru: 9,331 km  1999 Time series
# 85   Namibia: 9,172 km  2000 Time series
# 86   Zimbabwe: 8,692 km  1999 Time series
# 87   Ecuador: 8,164 km  2000 Time series
# 88   Uruguay: 8,081 km  1999 Time series
# 89   Costa Rica: 7,896 km  2000 Time series
# 90   Kenya: 7,737 km  2000 Time series
# 91   Yemen: 7,705 km  1999 Time series
# 92   Jordan: 7,245 km  2000 Time series
# 93   Dominican Republic: 6,224 km  1999 Time series
# 94   Lebanon: 6,198 km  1999 Time series
# 95   Madagascar: 5,780 km  1999 Time series
# 96   Mozambique: 5,685 km  1999 Time series
# 97   Botswana: 5,619 km  1999 Time series
# 98   Macedonia, Republic of: 5,540 km  1999 Time series
# 99   Albania: 5,400 km  2000 Time series
# 100   Angola: 5,349 km  1999 Time series
# 101   Malawi: 5,254 km  1999 Time series
# 102   Luxembourg: 5,189 km  2000 Time series
# 103   Guinea: 5,033 km  1999 Time series
# 104   Côte d'Ivoire: 4,889 km  1999 Time series
# 105   Guatemala: 4,871 km  1999 Time series
# 106   Sudan: 4,320 km  1999 Time series
# 107   Cameroon: 4,288 km  1999 Time series
# 108   Trinidad and Tobago: 4,252 km  1999 Time series
# 109   Nepal: 4,073 km  1999 Time series
# 110   Panama: 3,944 km  1999 Time series
# 111   Ethiopia: 3,789 km  2000 Time series
# 112   Tanzania: 3,704 km  1999 Time series
# 113   Kuwait: 3,587 km  1999 Time series
# 114   Bolivia: 3,496 km  2000 Time series
# 115   Singapore: 3,066 km  1999 Time series
# 116   Afghanistan: 2,793 km  1999 Time series
# 117   Honduras: 2,775 km  1999 Time series
# 118   Somalia: 2,608 km  1999 Time series
# 119   Bahrain: 2,531 km  2000 Time series
# 120   Brunei: 2,525 km  2000 Time series
# 121   Togo: 2,376 km  1999 Time series
# 122   New Caledonia: 2,287 km  1999 Time series
# 123   Bhutan: 2,240 km  1999 Time series
# 124   Nicaragua: 2,094 km  2000 Time series
# 125   Burkina Faso: 2,001 km  1999 Time series
# 126   Korea, North: 1,997 km  1999 Time series
# 127   Cambodia: 1,996 km  2005 Time series
# 128   El Salvador: 1,986 km  1999 Time series
# 129   Malta: 1,972 km  2000 Time series
# 130   Mauritius: 1,868 km  2000 Time series
# 131   Hong Kong: 1,831 km  1999 Time series
# 132   Mali: 1,827 km  1999 Time series
# 133   Uganda: 1,809 km  1999 Time series
# 134   French Polynesia: 1,735 km  1999 Time series
# 135   Mongolia: 1,724 km  2000 Time series
# 136   Barbados: 1,719 km  1999 Time series
# 137   Fiji: 1,692 km  1999 Time series
# 138   Bahamas, The: 1,546 km  1999 Time series
# 139   Benin: 1,357 km  1999 Time series
# 140   Western Sahara: 1,350 km  2005 Time series
# 141   Congo, Republic of the: 1,242 km  1999 Time series
# 142   Suriname: 1,168 km  2000 Time series
# 143   Qatar: 1,107 km  1999 Time series
# 144   United Arab Emirates: 1,088 km  1999 Time series
# 145   Lesotho: 1,087 km  1999 Time series
# 146   Burundi: 1,028 km  1999 Time series
# 147   Haiti: 1,011 km  1999 Time series
# 148   Rwanda: 996 km  1999 Time series
# 149   Gambia, The: 956 km  1999 Time series
# 150   Sierra Leone: 895 km  1999 Time series
# 151   Eritrea: 874 km  1999 Time series
# 152   Cape Verde: 858 km  1999 Time series
# 153   Gabon: 838 km  2000 Time series
# 154   Mauritania: 830 km  2000 Time series
# 155   Man, Isle of: 800 km  1999 Time series
# 156   Niger: 798 km  1999 Time series
# 157   Cayman Islands: 785 km  2000 Time series
# 158   Papua New Guinea: 686 km  1999 Time series
# 159   Guam: 675 km  2005 Time series
# 160   Comoros: 673 km  2005 Time series
# 161   Liberia: 657 km  1999 Time series
# 162   Central African Republic: 643 km  1999 Time series
# 163   Grenada: 638 km  1999 Time series
# 164   Guyana: 590 km  1999 Time series
# 165   Belize: 488 km  1999 Time series
# 166   Faroe Islands: 454 km  1999 Time series
# 167   Guinea-Bissau: 453 km  1999 Time series
# 168   Bermuda: 450 km  2002 Time series
# 169   Dominica: 393 km  1999 Time series
# 170   Djibouti: 364 km  1999 Time series
# 171   Samoa: 332 km  1999 Time series
# 172   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 320 km  1999 Time series
# 173   Netherlands Antilles: 300 km  2005 Time series
# 174   Macau: 271 km  2000 Time series
# 175   Chad: 267 km  1999 Time series
# 176   Vanuatu: 256 km  1999 Time series
# 177   Liechtenstein: 250 km  2005 Time series
# 178   San Marino: 220 km  2001 Time series
# 179   São Tomé and Príncipe: 218 km  1999 Time series
# 180   Tonga: 184 km  1999 Time series
# 181   British Virgin Islands: 177 km  2000 Time series
# 182   Saint Helena: 168 km  2000 Time series
# 183   American Samoa: 150 km  2005 Time series
# 184   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 136 km  2005 Time series
# 185   Niue: 86 km  2001 Time series
# 186   Mayotte: 72 km  2005 Time series
# 187   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 69 km  2005 Time series
# 188   Marshall Islands: 64.5 km  2002 Time series
# 189   Saint Lucia: 63 km  1999 Time series
# 190   Norfolk Island: 53 km  2001 Time series
= 191   Monaco: 50 km  1999 Time series
= 191   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 50 km  2002 Time series
# 193   Micronesia, Federated States of: 42 km  1999 Time series
# 194   Palau: 36 km  2005 Time series
# 195   Solomon Islands: 34 km  1999 Time series
# 196   Cook Islands: 33 km  2000 Time series
# 197   Christmas Island: 30 km  2000 Time series
# 198   Gibraltar: 29 km  2002 Time series
= 199   Nauru: 24 km  1999 Time series
= 199   Turks and Caicos Islands: 24 km  2000 Time series
# 201   Wallis and Futuna: 16 km  2005 Time series
= 202   Pitcairn Islands: 0 km  2005 Time series
= 202   Tuvalu: 0 km  1999 Time series
Total: 14,662,278.5 km  
Weighted average: 72,228.0 km  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 4,161,318 km  



DEFINITION: total length of the paved parts of the highway system

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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