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Transport > Highways Stats: compare key data on North Korea & South Korea

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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 North Korea South Korea
Paved 1,997 km
Ranked 68th.
64,808 km
Ranked 18th. 32 times more than North Korea
Paved > Per capita 0.092 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 102nd.
1.39 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 47th. 15 times more than North Korea
Paved per 1000 0.0882 km
Ranked 103th.
1.39 km
Ranked 49th. 16 times more than North Korea
Total 31,200 km
Ranked 42nd.
86,990 km
Ranked 25th. 3 times more than North Korea
Total > Per capita 1.44 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 95th.
1.87 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 85th. 30% more than North Korea
Total per 1000 1.38 km
Ranked 96th.
1.87 km
Ranked 83th. 35% more than North Korea
Unpaved 29,203 km
Ranked 27th. 32% more than South Korea
22,182 km
Ranked 34th.
Unpaved > Per capita 1.35 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 61st. 3 times more than South Korea
0.476 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 84th.
Unpaved per 1000 1.29 km
Ranked 62nd. 3 times more than South Korea
0.476 km
Ranked 85th.

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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