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   United States  23.4%
   India  8.9%
   China  8.7%
   France  5.3%
   Japan  5.3%
   Russia  4.2%
   Spain  3.8%
   Germany  3.6%
   Italy  2.7%
   Canada  2.3%
   United Kingdom  2.2%
   Australia  1.9%
   Poland  1.6%
   Indonesia  1.2%
   Mexico  1%
   Turkey  1%
   Ukraine  0.9%
   Pakistan  0.9%
   Sweden  0.8%
   Czech Republic  0.7%


Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 2   United States: 4,209,835 km  2007 Time series
# 3   India: 1,603,705 km  2002 Time series
# 4   China: 1,575,571 km  2005 Time series
# 5   France: 951,500 km  2006 Time series
# 6   Japan: 949,101 km  2006 Time series
# 7   Russia: 754,984 km  2006 Time series
# 8   Spain: 681,224 km  2006 Time series
# 9   Germany: 644,480 km  2006 Time series
# 10   Italy: 487,700 km  2005 Time series
# 11   Canada: 415,600 km  2006 Time series
# 12   United Kingdom: 398,366 km  2006 Time series
# 13   Australia: 341,448 km  2004 Time series
# 14   Poland: 295,356 km  2006 Time series
# 15   Indonesia: 216,714 km  2005 Time series
# 16   Mexico: 178,473 km  2006 Time series
# 17   Turkey: 177,550 km  2004 Time series
# 18   Ukraine: 165,611 km  2007 Time series
# 19   Pakistan: 162,879 km  2005 Time series
# 20   Sweden: 139,300 km  2008 Time series
# 21   Czech Republic: 128,512 km  2007 Time series
# 22   Iran: 125,908 km  2006 Time series
# 23   Belgium: 119,079 km  2006 Time series
# 24   Greece: 107,895 km  2005 Time series
# 25   Austria: 107,262 km  2006 Time series
# 26   Netherlands: 104,850 km  1999 Time series
# 27   Ireland: 96,602 km  2003 Time series
# 28   Brazil: 96,353 km  2004 Time series
# 29   Korea, South: 90,417 km  2006 Time series
# 30   Belarus: 84,028 km  2005 Time series
# 31   Kazakhstan: 83,717 km  2006 Time series
# 32   Malaysia: 80,280 km  2004 Time series
# 33   Sri Lanka: 78,802 km  2003 Time series
# 34   Algeria: 76,028 km  2004 Time series
# 35   Uzbekistan: 75,511 km  2000 Time series
# 36   Egypt: 74,820 km  2004 Time series
# 37   South Africa: 73,506 km  2002 Time series
# 38   Denmark: 72,362 km  2006 Time series
# 39   Norway: 72,033 km  2007 Time series
# 40   Switzerland: 71,298 km  2006 Time series
# 41   Portugal: 71,294 km  2005 Time series
# 42   Lithuania: 70,997 km  2006 Time series
# 43   Hungary: 70,050 km  2005 Time series
# 44   Latvia: 69,675 km  2006 Time series
# 45   Argentina: 69,412 km  2004 Time series
# 46   New Zealand: 61,564 km  2006 Time series
# 47   Romania: 60,043 km  2004 Time series
# 48   Libya: 57,214 km  2003 Time series
# 49   Thailand: 56,542 km  2000 Time series
# 50   Finland: 50,854 km  2008 Time series
# 51   Turkmenistan: 47,577 km  2002 Time series
# 52   Saudi Arabia: 47,529 km  2006 Time series
# 53   Vietnam: 42,167 km  2004 Time series
# 54   Bulgaria: 39,587 km  2005 Time series
# 55   Slovenia: 38,562 km  2006 Time series
# 56   Taiwan: 38,171 km  2007 Time series
# 57   Slovakia: 38,085 km  2006 Time series
# 58   Iraq: 37,851 km  2002 Time series
# 59   Morocco: 35,664 km  2006 Time series
# 60   Venezuela: 32,308 km  2002 Time series
# 61   Serbia and Montenegro: 31,392 km  2006 Time series
# 62   Cuba: 29,820 km  2000 Time series
# 63   Azerbaijan: 29,210 km  2004 Time series
# 64   Nigeria: 28,980 km  2004 Time series
# 65   Croatia: 28,436 km  2006 Time series
# 66   Puerto Rico: 24,877 km  2007 Time series
# 67   Bangladesh: 22,726 km  2003 Time series
# 68   Zambia: 20,117 km  2001 Time series
# 69   Philippines: 19,804 km  2003 Time series
# 70   Syria: 19,490 km  2006 Time series
# 71   Zimbabwe: 18,481 km  2002 Time series
# 72   Israel: 17,870 km  2007 Time series
# 73   Kyrgyzstan: 16,909 km  2003 Time series
# 74   Chile: 16,745 km  2004 Time series
# 75   Oman: 16,500 km  2005 Time series
# 76   Uganda: 16,272 km  2003 Time series
# 77   Colombia: 16,270 km  2004 Time series
# 78   Jamaica: 15,937 km  2005 Time series
# 79   Paraguay: 14,986 km  2000 Time series
# 80   Estonia: 12,926 km  2005 Time series
# 81   Tunisia: 12,655 km  2004 Time series
# 82   Afghanistan: 12,350 km  2006 Time series
# 83   Moldova: 12,117 km  2007 Time series
# 84   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 11,425 km  2006 Time series
# 85   Peru: 11,351 km  2004 Time series
# 86   Ghana: 9,955 km  2006 Time series
# 87   Dominican Republic: 9,872 km  2002 Time series
# 88   Nepal: 9,829 km  2004 Time series
# 89   Kenya: 8,933 km  2004 Time series
# 90   Costa Rica: 8,621 km  2004 Time series
# 91   Botswana: 8,410 km  2005 Time series
# 92   Georgia: 7,854 km  2006 Time series
# 93   Uruguay: 7,743 km  2004 Time series
# 94   Armenia: 7,700 km  2006 Time series
# 95   Jordan: 7,694 km  2006 Time series
# 96   Madagascar: 7,617 km  2003 Time series
# 97   Albania: 7,020 km  2002 Time series
# 98   Ethiopia: 6,980 km  2004 Time series
# 99   Malawi: 6,956 km  2003 Time series
# 100   Tanzania: 6,808 km  2003 Time series
# 101   Côte d'Ivoire: 6,500 km  2006 Time series
# 102   Ecuador: 6,472 km  2006 Time series
# 103   Yemen: 6,200 km  2005 Time series
# 104   Lebanon: 6,198 km  1999 Time series
# 105   Mozambique: 5,685 km  2000 Time series
# 106   Macedonia, Republic of: 5,540 km  1999 Time series
# 107   Namibia: 5,406 km  2002 Time series
# 108   Angola: 5,349 km  2001 Time series
# 109   Luxembourg: 5,227 km  2004 Time series
# 110   West Bank: 5,147 km  2006 Time series
# 111   Cameroon: 5,000 km  2004 Time series
# 112   Bhutan: 4,991 km  2003 Time series
# 113   Kuwait: 4,887 km  2004 Time series
# 114   Guatemala: 4,863 km  2000 Time series
# 115   Montenegro: 4,742 km  2006 Time series
# 116   Guinea: 4,342 km  2003 Time series
# 117   Sudan: 4,320 km  2000 Time series
# 118   Panama: 4,300 km  2002 Time series
# 119   Trinidad and Tobago: 4,252 km  2000 Time series
# 120   United Arab Emirates: 4,080 km  2008 Time series
# 121   Laos: 4,010 km  2006 Time series
# 122   Senegal: 3,972 km  2003 Time series
# 123   Burkina Faso: 3,857 km  2004 Time series
# 124   Niger: 3,803 km  2006 Time series
# 125   Bolivia: 3,749 km  2004 Time series
# 126   Mali: 3,368 km  2004 Time series
# 127   Singapore: 3,262 km  2006 Time series
# 128   Burma: 3,200 km  2006 Time series
# 129   Mauritania: 2,966 km  2006 Time series
# 130   El Salvador: 2,827 km  2000 Time series
# 131   Brunei: 2,819 km  2005 Time series
# 132   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 2,794 km  2004 Time series
# 133   Honduras: 2,775 km  2000 Time series
# 134   Bahrain: 2,768 km  2003 Time series
# 135   Rwanda: 2,662 km  2004 Time series
# 136   Somalia: 2,608 km  2000 Time series
# 137   East Timor: 2,600 km  2005 Time series
# 138   Cambodia: 2,406 km  2004 Time series
# 139   Togo: 2,376 km  2000 Time series
# 140   Nicaragua: 2,299 km  2005 Time series
# 141   Mauritius: 2,028 km  2007 Time series
# 142   Malta: 2,014 km  2005 Time series
# 143   Hong Kong: 2,009 km  2007 Time series
# 144   French Polynesia: 1,735 km  1999 Time series
# 145   Mongolia: 1,724 km  2002 Time series
# 146   Fiji: 1,692 km  2000 Time series
# 147   Barbados: 1,600 km  2004 Time series
# 148   Bahamas, The: 1,560 km  2002 Time series
# 149   Lesotho: 1,404 km  2003 Time series
# 150   Benin: 1,400 km  2006 Time series
# 151   Western Sahara: 1,350 km  2006 Time series
# 152   Burundi: 1,286 km  2004 Time series
# 153   Djibouti: 1,226 km  2000 Time series
# 154   Virgin Islands: 1,192 km  2003 Time series
# 155   Suriname: 1,130 km  2003 Time series
# 156   Qatar: 1,107 km  1999 Time series
# 157   Swaziland: 1,078 km  2002 Time series
# 158   Cape Verde: 1,053 km  2002 Time series
# 159   Haiti: 1,011 km  2000 Time series
# 160   Guinea-Bissau: 965 km  2002 Time series
# 161   Guam: 962 km  2004 Time series
# 162   Gabon: 937 km  2004 Time series
# 163   Sierra Leone: 904 km  2002 Time series
# 164   Eritrea: 874 km  2000 Time series
# 165   Congo, Republic of the: 864 km  2004 Time series
# 166   Man, Isle of: 800 km  1999 Time series
# 167   Cayman Islands: 785 km  2007 Time series
# 168   Korea, North: 724 km  2006 Time series
# 169   Gambia, The: 723 km  2004 Time series
# 170   Grenada: 687 km  2000 Time series
# 171   Papua New Guinea: 686 km  2000 Time series
# 172   Comoros: 673 km  2002 Time series
# 173   Liberia: 657 km  2000 Time series
# 174   Guyana: 590 km  2000 Time series
# 175   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 580 km  2003 Time series
# 176   Belize: 575 km  2006 Time series
# 177   Aruba: 513 km  2008 Time series
# 178   Faroe Islands: 454 km  1999 Time series
# 179   Bermuda: 447 km  2007 Time series
# 180   Seychelles: 440 km  2003 Time series
# 181   Dominica: 393 km  2000 Time series
= 182   Antigua and Barbuda: 384 km  2002 Time series
= 182   Macau: 384 km  2006 Time series
# 184   Liechtenstein: 380 km  2007 Time series
# 185   Samoa: 332 km  2004 Time series
# 186   Netherlands Antilles: 300 km  2006 Time series
# 187   San Marino: 292 km  2006 Time series
# 188   Chad: 267 km  2002 Time series
# 189   Vanuatu: 256 km  1999 Time series
# 190   São Tomé and Príncipe: 218 km  2000 Time series
# 191   British Virgin Islands: 200 km  2007 Time series
# 192   Andorra: 198 km  2008 Time series
# 193   American Samoa: 185 km  2004 Time series
# 194   Tonga: 184 km  2000 Time series
# 195   Saint Helena: 168 km  2002 Time series
# 196   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 163 km  2002 Time series
# 197   Niue: 120 km  2008 Time series
# 198   Anguilla: 82 km  2004 Time series
# 199   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 80 km  2000 Time series
# 200   Mayotte: 72 km  2008 Time series
# 201   Marshall Islands: 64.5 km  2002 Time series
# 202   Norfolk Island: 53 km  2008 Time series
= 203   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 50 km  2008 Time series
= 203   Monaco: 50 km  2007 Time series
# 205   Saint Lucia: 48 km  2000 Time series
# 206   Micronesia, Federated States of: 42 km  2000 Time series
# 207   Palau: 36 km  2008 Time series
= 208   Solomon Islands: 33 km  2002 Time series
= 208   Cook Islands: 33 km  2003 Time series
# 210   Christmas Island: 30 km  2007 Time series
# 211   Gibraltar: 29 km  2007 Time series
= 212   Nauru: 24 km  2002 Time series
= 212   Turks and Caicos Islands: 24 km  2003 Time series
# 214   Wallis and Futuna: 16 km  2006 Time series
# 215   Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 10 km  2006 Time series
# 216   Tuvalu: 8 km  2002 Time series
# 217   Pitcairn Islands: 0 km  2006 Time series
Total: 18,015,713.5 km  
Weighted average: 83,021.7 km  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 4,465,493 km  



DEFINITION: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.

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

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