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Transport > Roads Stats: compare key data on Republic of the Congo & United States

Definitions

  • Motor vehicles > Per 1,000 people: Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people). Motor vehicles include cars, buses, and freight vehicles but do not include two-wheelers. Population refers to midyear population in the year for which data are available.
  • Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people: Passenger cars (per 1,000 people). Passenger cars refer to road motor vehicles, other than two-wheelers, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine people (including the driver).
  • Roads, paved > % of total roads: Roads, paved (% of total roads). Paved roads are those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length.
  • Roads, total network > Km: Roads, total network (km). Total road network includes motorways, highways, and main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and all other roads in a country. A motorway is a road designed and built for motor traffic that separates the traffic flowing in opposite directions.
  • Roads, total network > Km per 1000: Roads, total network (km). Total road network includes motorways, highways, and main or national roads, secondary or regional roads, and all other roads in a country. A motorway is a road designed and built for motor traffic that separates the traffic flowing in opposite directions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Republic of the Congo United States HISTORY
Motor vehicles > Per 1,000 people 27
Ranked 116th.
797
Ranked 2nd. 30 times more than Republic of the Congo

Passenger cars > Per 1,000 people 16
Ranked 115th.
423
Ranked 30th. 26 times more than Republic of the Congo

Roads, paved > % of total roads 7.1%
Ranked 60th.
100%
Ranked 11th. 14 times more than Republic of the Congo

Roads, total network > Km 17,000
Ranked 67th.
6.55 million
Ranked 1st. 385 times more than Republic of the Congo

Roads, total network > Km per 1000 4.66
Ranked 47th.
21.16
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Republic of the Congo

SOURCES: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and data files.; International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted.; International Road Federation, World Road Statistics and electronic files, except where noted. 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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