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

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  • 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 European Union United States HISTORY
Paved 4.16 million km
Ranked 1st. About the same as United States
4.15 million km
Ranked 1st.

Paved > Per capita 9.11 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd.
14.39 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 58% more than European Union

Paved per 1000 8.37 km
Ranked 1st.
14.42 km
Ranked 2nd. 72% more than European Union

Total 4.63 million km
Ranked 1st.
6.41 million km
Ranked 1st. 38% more than European Union

Total > Per capita 10.14 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 5th.
22.22 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than European Union

Total per 1000 9.32 km
Ranked 2nd.
22.27 km
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than European Union

Unpaved 473,492 km
Ranked 1st.
2.26 million km
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than European Union

Unpaved > Per capita 1.04 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 11th.
7.83 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than European Union

Unpaved per 1000 0.953 km
Ranked 6th.
7.85 km
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than European Union

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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