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Transport > Highways Stats: compare key data on North Korea & 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 North Korea United States HISTORY
Paved 1,997 km
Ranked 68th.
4.15 million km
Ranked 1st. 2077 times more than North Korea

Paved > Per capita 0.092 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 102nd.
14.39 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 156 times more than North Korea

Paved per 1000 0.0882 km
Ranked 103th.
14.42 km
Ranked 2nd. 164 times more than North Korea

Total 31,200 km
Ranked 42nd.
6.41 million km
Ranked 1st. 205 times more than North Korea

Total > Per capita 1.44 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 95th.
22.22 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 15 times more than North Korea

Total per 1000 1.38 km
Ranked 96th.
22.27 km
Ranked 2nd. 16 times more than North Korea

Unpaved 29,203 km
Ranked 27th.
2.26 million km
Ranked 1st. 77 times more than North Korea

Unpaved > Per capita 1.35 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 61st.
7.83 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than North Korea

Unpaved per 1000 1.29 km
Ranked 62nd.
7.85 km
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than North Korea

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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