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Transport > Highways Stats: compare key data on Colombia & United States

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 Colombia United States HISTORY
Paved 26,000 km
Ranked 31st.
4.15 million km
Ranked 1st. 160 times more than Colombia

Paved > Per capita 0.624 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 48th.
14.39 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 23 times more than Colombia

Paved per 1000 0.652 km
Ranked 49th.
14.42 km
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Colombia

Total 110,000 km
Ranked 14th.
6.41 million km
Ranked 1st. 58 times more than Colombia

Total > Per capita 2.64 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 50th.
22.22 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Colombia

Total per 1000 2.76 km
Ranked 49th.
22.27 km
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Colombia

Unpaved 84,000 km
Ranked 9th.
2.26 million km
Ranked 1st. 27 times more than Colombia

Unpaved > Per capita 2.02 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 25th.
7.83 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Colombia

Unpaved per 1000 2.11 km
Ranked 24th.
7.85 km
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Colombia

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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