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Transport > Highways Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & South Africa

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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 Nigeria South Africa
Paved 60,068 km
Ranked 21st.
73,506 km
Ranked 14th. 22% more than Nigeria
Paved > Per capita 0.494 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 66th.
1.67 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 39th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Paved per 1000 0.501 km
Ranked 67th.
1.67 km
Ranked 38th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Total 194,394 km
Ranked 14th.
362,099 km
Ranked 7th. 86% more than Nigeria
Total > Per capita 1.6 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 91st.
8.23 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 23th. 5 times more than Nigeria
Total per 1000 1.62 km
Ranked 88th.
8.23 km
Ranked 24th. 5 times more than Nigeria
Unpaved 134,326 km
Ranked 10th.
288,593 km
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Nigeria
Unpaved > Per capita 1.1 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 64th.
6.56 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 10th. 6 times more than Nigeria
Unpaved per 1000 1.12 km
Ranked 63th.
6.56 km
Ranked 10th. 6 times more than Nigeria

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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