Annex:List of top 50 countries by road network size

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This is a list of top 50 countries (or regions) by total road network size, both paved and unpaved. Also included is additional data on the length of each country's or region's controlled-access highway network, also known as motorway, expressway, freeway and so forth (they are known by different names in various places), designed for high vehicular traffic.

Unless otherwise noted, the data is from the ASU.[1][2]

* indicates Roads in Country/Territory links.

Country Total
(km) 		Density
(km/100 km2) 		Paved
(km) 		Unpaved
(km) 		Controlled-access
(km) 		Source
& Year
 
 World 63,690,567 47 — — — 2021
 United States * 6,832,000 69 5,124,000 75% 1,708,000 25% 95,648 1.4% 2023
 India 6,700,000 204 4,500,000 67% 2,200,000 33% 4,719 0.1% [3] 2023
 China 5,200,000 54 4,578,000 88% 622,000 12% 161,000 3.1% 2022
 Brazil 2,000,000 23 160,000 8% 1,840,000 92% 2,900 0.1% 2007
 Russia 1,538,875 9 677,105 44% 861,770 56% 11,494 0.7% 2019
 France 1,053,215 191 1,053,215 100% 0 0% 11,671 1.1% [4] 2011
 Canada * 1,042,300 10 415,600 40% 626,700 60% 17,041 1.6% [5] 2014
 Australia 873,573 11 145,928 17% 727,645 83% 1,716 0.2% 2015
 Mexico 817,596 42 175,526 21% 641,986 79% 13,540 1.7% [6] 2020
 South Africa 750,000 61 158,124 21% 591,876 79% 1,927 0.3% 2016
 Thailand 702,989 137 — — 535.3 0.1% [7] [8]2020
 Spain 683,175 135 683,175 100% 0 0% 16,205 2.4% 2011
 Germany 644,480 180 644,480 100% 0 0% 13,183 2.0% [9] 2020
 Sweden 573,134 127 140,100 24% 433,034 76% 2,050 0.4% 2016
 Vietnam 570,448 172 148,338 26% 47,130 8% 1,276 0.2% [10] 2019
 Indonesia 544,474 28 283,102 52% 213,505 39% 2,756 0.5% [11][12] 2019
 Italy 487,700 162 487,700 100% 0 0% 6,700 1.4% 2007
 Finland 454,000 135 78,000 17% 350,000 77% 863 0.2% [13] 2019
 Turkey 438,633 56 24,082 5% 43,251 10% 3,250 0.7% [14] 2020
 United Kingdom 424,129 175 424,129 100% 0 0% 12,826 3.0% [15][16] 2020
 Poland 423,997 136 291,000 69% 129,000 30% 4,935 1.2% [17] 2022
 Bangladesh 369,105 250 110,311 30% 258,794 70% 55 0.0% 2018
 Japan 351,562 93 — — 8,795 2.5% 2017
 Argentina 281,290 10 117,616 42% 163,674 58% 4,423 1.6% 2017
 Pakistan 263,775 30 185,063 70% 78,712 30% 2,800 1.1% [18] 2022
 Malaysia 238,823 72 116,169 49% 28,234 12% 2,001 0.8% [19][20] 2016
 Iran 223,485 14 195,485 87% 28,000 13% — 2018
 Saudi Arabia 221,372 10 47,529 21% 173,843 79% 3,891 1.8% 2006
 Philippines 216,387 72 61,093 28% 155,294 72% 626 0.3% 2020
 Hungary 210,791 227 77,087 37% 126,514 60% 1,481 0.7% [21] 2018
 Uzbekistan 209,496 47 120,289 57% 89,207 43% 3,993 1.9% [22] 2021
 Colombia 206,500 18 — — 2,279 1.1% 2016
 Nigeria 195,000 21 60,000 31% 135,000 69% — 2017
 Kenya 177,800 30 14,420 8% 147,032 83% — 2018
 Ukraine 169,694 28 166,095 98% 3,599 2% 17 0.0% 2012
 Myanmar 157,000 23 34,700 22% 122,300 78% — 2013
 DR Congo 152,373 6 3,047 2% 149,326 98% — 2015
 Uganda 146,000 60 4,257 3% 16,287 11% — [23] 2019
 Algeria 141,000 6 117,000 92% 24,000 19% — [24] 2023
 Peru 140,672 11 24,593 17% 116,079 83% 326 0% 2012
 Mali 139,107 11 0 0% 139,107 100% — 2018
 Netherlands 139,000 332 — — 3,530 2.5%
 Austria 126,400 151 — — 2,258 1.8% 2021
 Ethiopia 120,171 11 0 0% 120,171 100% — 2018
 Belgium 118,414 388 118,414 100% 0 0% 1,747 1.5% 2015
 Greece 117,000 89 117,000 100% 0 0% 2,368 2.0% 2018
 Sri Lanka 114,093 174 16,977 15% 97,116 85% — 2010
 Mongolia 113,200 7 10,600 9% 102,600 91% — 2017
 South Korea 110,714 111 92,795 84% 7,633 7% 4,767 4.3% [25] 2018
 Ghana 109,515 46 13,787 13% 95,728 87% — 2009

Notes

  1. ^ St. Petersburg M-11 to Krasnodar by M-4 - 2024 km of expressway
  2. ^ Includes trunk roads

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