This is a list of countries (or regions) by total road network size, both paved and unpaved.
This article is missing information about a large number of countries.(October 2021) |
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.
* indicates Roads in Country/Territory links.
Country | Total (km) | Density (km/100 km2) | Paved (km) | Unpaved (km) | Controlled-access (km) | Source & Year | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
World | 64,718,646 | 48 | — | — | — | 2024 | |||
Asia | 18,706,351 | 42 | — | — | — | 2024 | |||
Europe | 8,046,127 | 79 | — | — | — | 2024 | |||
Africa | 3,055,935 | 10 | — | — | — | 2024 | |||
United States * | 7,044,453 | 72 | 5,124,000 | 73% | 1,920,453 | 27% | 95,648 | 1.4% | 2024 |
India * | 6,700,000 | 204 | 4,500,000 | 67% | 2,200,000 | 33% | 5,579 | 0.1% | 2024 |
China * | 5,350,000 | 56 | 5,350,000 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 177,000 | 3.3% | 2023 |
Brazil * | 2,000,000 | 23 | 214,000 | 11% | 1,786,000 | 89% | 17,000 | 0.9% | 2023 . |
Russia * | 1,538,875 | 9 | 677,105 | 44% | 861,770 | 56% | 1,680 | 0.1% | 2019 |
Japan * | 1,218,772 | 322 | 992,835 | 81% | 225,937 | 19% | 30,469 | 2.5% | 2021 |
France * | 1,053,215 | 191 | 1,053,215 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 11,671 | 1.1% | 2011 |
Canada * | 1,042,300 | 10 | 415,600 | 40% | 626,700 | 60% | 17,041 | 1.6% | 2014 |
Australia * | 873,573 | 11 | 145,928 | 17% | 727,645 | 83% | 1,716 | 0.2% | 2015 |
Indonesia * | 850,000 | 44 | 489,855 | 58% | 360,145 | 42% | 9,242 | 1.1% | 2024 |
Germany * | 830,000 | 232 | 830,000 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 16,365 | 2.5% | 2022 |
Mexico * | 817,596 | 42 | 175,526 | 21% | 641,986 | 79% | 17,540 | 2.1% | 2020 |
South Africa * | 750,000 | 61 | 158,124 | 21% | 591,876 | 79% | 1,927 | 0.3% | 2016 |
Thailand * | 702,989 | 137 | — | — | 536 | 0.1% | 2020 | ||
Spain * | 683,175 | 135 | 683,175 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 17,228 | 2.5% | 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% | 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% | 2019 |
Turkey * | 438,633 | 56 | 29,879 | 7% | 43,251 | 10% | 3,726 | 0.8% | 2023 |
Poland * | 429,800 | 137 | 293,800 | 68% | 136,000 | 32% | 5,188 | 1.2% | 2023 |
United Kingdom * | 424,129 | 175 | 424,129 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 3,701 | 0.9% | 2020 |
Bangladesh * | 369,105 | 250 | 110,311 | 30% | 258,794 | 70% | 55 | 0.0% | 2018 |
Egypt * | 325,250 | 32 | 240,000 | 74% | 85,250 | 26% | 7,000 | 2.2% | 2018 |
Argentina * | 281,290 | 10 | 117,616 | 42% | 163,674 | 58% | 4,423 | 1.6% | 2017 [citation needed] |
Pakistan * | 264,175 | 30 | 185,463 | 70% | 78,712 | 30% | 2,800 | 1.1%[citation needed] | 2021 |
Malaysia * | 238,823 | 72 | 116,169 | 49% | 28,234 | 12% | 2,001 | 0.8% | 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% | 2018 |
Uzbekistan | 209,496 | 47 | 120,289 | 57% | 89,207 | 43% | 3,993 | 1.9% | 2021 |
Colombia | 204,389 | 18 | 32,280 | 16% | 172,109 | 84% | 2,100 | 1.0% | 2021 |
Nigeria * | 195,000 | 21 | 60,000 | 31% | 135,000 | 69% | — | 2017 | |
Kenya * | 177,800 | 30 | 14,420 | 8% | 147,032 | 83% | — | 2018 | |
Peru | 175,589 | 14 | 29,579 | 17% | 146,010 | 83% | 827 | 0% | 2021 |
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% | — | 2019 | |
Algeria * | 141,000 | 6 | 117,000 | 92% | 24,000 | 19% | — | 2023 | |
Mali * | 139,107 | 11 | 0 | 0% | 139,107 | 100% | — | 2018 | |
Netherlands | 141,820 | 341 | — | — | 3,530 | 2.5% | 2022 | ||
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% | 2018 |
Ghana | 109,515 | 46 | 13,787 | 13% | 95,728 | 87% | — | 2009 | |
Ireland | 99,830 | 142 | 99,830 | 100% | — | 2,717 | 3% | 2018 | |
Zimbabwe * | 97,267 | 25 | 18,481 | 15% | 78,786 | 62% | — | 2019 | |
New Zealand | 96,817 | 36 | 64,957 | 67% | 31,860 | 33% | 232 | 0.2% | 2020 |
Kazakhstan * | 95,409 | 4 | 13,787 | 14% | 95,728 | 100% | — | 2017 | |
Tanzania * | 87,581 | 9 | 10,025 | 11% | 77,556 | 89% | — | 2015 | |
Romania * | 86,388 | 36 | 63,363 | 73% | 23,025 | 27% | 1,067 | 1% | 2023 |
Chile * | 85,983 | 11 | 21,289 | 25% | 64,695 | 75% | 3,347 | 4% | 2020 |
Lithuania * | 84,166 | 129 | 72,297 | 86% | 11,869 | 14% | 309 | 0% | 2014 |
Switzerland * | 84,114 | 204 | — | — | 1,544 | 1.8% | 2021 | ||
Nepal * | 80,078 | 54 | 13,046 | 16% | 67,032 | 84% | — | 2015 | |
Azerbaijan * | 77,824 | 90 | 20,524 | 26% | 57,300 | 74% | — | 2021 | |
Uruguay * | 77,732 | 44 | 7,743 | 10% | 69,989 | 90% | — | 2010 | |
Denmark * | 73,574 | 171 | — | — | 4,130 | 5.6% | 2010 | ||
Zambia * | 67,671 | 9 | 14,888 | 22% | 52,783 | 78% | — | 2018 | |
Morocco * | 57,334 | 8 | 45,240 | 79% | 12,094 | 21% | — | 2022 | |
Czech Republic | 55,744 | 71 | 55,744 | 100% | — | 1,252 | 2% | 2018 | |
Cambodia * | 55,000 | 30 | 12,239 | 22% | 35,024 | 64% | — | 2014 | |
Ecuador | 43,216 | 17 | 8,161 | 19% | 35,055 | 81% | — | 2015 | |
Taiwan | 41,475 | 42,793 | 103% | 413 | 1% | 1,053 | 2.5% | 2019 | |
Chad * | 40,000 | 3 | 25,000 | 63% | 15,000 | 38% | — | 2018 | |
Laos * | 39,586 | 17 | 5,415 | 14% | 34,171 | 86% | — | 2009 | |
Slovakia * | 38,985 | 80 | 56,926 | 146% | 765 | 2% | — | 2018 | |
Slovenia * | 38,985 | 192 | 38,985 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 769 | 2.0% | 2012 |
Libya * | 37,000 | 2 | 34,000 | 92% | 3,000 | 8% | — | 2010 | |
Afghanistan * | 34,903 | 5 | 17,903 | 51% | 17,000 | 49% | — | 2017 | |
Kyrgyzstan * | 34,000 | 17 | 0 | 0% | 34,000 | 100% | — | 2018 | |
Botswana * | 31,747 | 5 | 9,810 | 31% | 21,937 | 69% | — | 2017 | |
Madagascar * | 31,640 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 31,640 | 100% | — | 2018 | |
Mozambique * | 31,083 | 4 | 7,365 | 24% | 23,718 | 76% | — | 2015 | |
Sudan | 31,000 | 2 | 8,000 | 26% | 23,000 | 74% | — | 2019 | |
Tajikistan * | 30,000 | 21 | 0 | 0% | 30,000 | 100% | — | 2018 | |
Croatia * | 26,958 | 48 | 0 | 0% | 26,958 | 100% | 1,416 | 5.3% | 2015 |
Puerto Rico * | 26,862 | 303 | 0 | 0% | 26,862 | 100% | 454 | 1.7% | 2012 |
North Korea * | 25,554 | 21 | 724 | 3% | 24,830 | 97% | — | 2006 | |
Central African Republic | 24,000 | 4 | 700 | 3% | 23,300 | 97% | — | 2018 | |
Nicaragua | 23,897 | 18 | 3,346 | 14% | 20,551 | 86% | — | 2014 | |
Congo | 23,324 | 7 | 3,111 | 13% | 20,213 | 87% | — | 2017 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina * | 22,926 | 45 | 19,426 | 85% | 3,500 | 15% | — | 2010 | |
Jamaica * | 22,121 | 201 | 16,148 | 73% | 5,973 | 27% | 44 | 0.2% | 2011 |
Lebanon | 21,705 | 208 | 0 | 0% | 21,705 | 100% | — | 2017 | |
Georgia * | 20,295 | 29 | 0 | 0% | 20,295 | 100% | — | 2018 | |
Tunisia * | 19,750 | 12 | 12,750 | 65% | 7,000 | 35% | — | 2023 | |
Cyprus * | 19,901 | 215 | 12,901 | 65% | 8,631 | 43% | 272 | 1.4% | 2016 |
Dominican Republic | 19,705 | 41 | 9,872 | 50% | 9,833 | 50% | — | 2002 | |
Israel * | 19,555 | 89 | 19,555 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 449 | 2.3% | 2017 |
Bulgaria * | 19,512 | 18 | 19,235 | 99% | 277 | 1% | 863 | 4.4% | 2023 |
Niger * | 18,949 | 1 | 3,912 | 21% | 15,037 | 79% | — | 2010 | |
Guatemala * | 17,621 | 16 | 7,489 | 43% | 10,132 | 57% | — | 2016 | |
Senegal * | 16,665 | 8 | 6,126 | 37% | 10,539 | 63% | 241 | 1.4% | 2017 |
Paraguay * | 16,630 | 4 | — | — | 122 | 1% | 2023 | ||
Benin * | 16,000 | 14 | 1,400 | 9% | 14,600 | 91% | — | 2006 | |
Eritrea * | 16,000 | 14 | 1,600 | 10% | 14,400 | 90% | — | 2018 | |
Malawi * | 15,452 | 13 | 4,074 | 26% | 11,378 | 74% | — | 2015 | |
Burkina Faso * | 15,304 | 6 | 3,642 | 24% | 11,662 | 76% | — | 2014 | |
Somalia * | 15,000 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 15,000 | 100% | — | 2018 | |
Honduras * | 14,742 | 13 | 3,367 | 23% | 11,375 | 77% | — | 2012 | |
Gabon * | 14,300 | 5 | 900 | 6% | 13,400 | 94% | — | 2001 | |
North Macedonia * | 14,182 | 55 | 9,633 | 68% | 4,549 | 32% | 290 | 2.0% | 2017 |
Iceland * | 12,898 | 13 | 5,647 | 44% | 7,251 | 56% | — | 2012 | |
Burundi * | 12,322 | 44 | 1,500 | 12% | 10,822 | 88% | — | 2016 | |
Mauritania * | 12,253 | 1 | 3,988 | 33% | 8,265 | 67% | — | 2018 | |
Bhutan * | 12,205 | 32 | 437 | 4% | 11,768 | 96% | — | 2017 | |
Togo | 11,734 | 21 | 1,794 | 15% | 8,157 | 70% | — | 2020 | |
Sierra Leone * | 11,700 | 16 | 1,051 | 9% | 10,650 | 91% | — | 2015 | |
Liberia * | 10,600 | 10 | 657 | 6% | 9,943 | 94% | — | 2018 | |
Moldova * | 9,352 | 28 | 8,835 | 94% | 517 | 6% | — | 2012 | |
Papua New Guinea * | 9,349 | 2 | 3,000 | 32% | 6,349 | 68% | — | 2011 | |
El Salvador | 9,012 | 43 | 5,341 | 59% | 3,671 | 41% | — | 2017 | |
Montenegro * | 7,762 | 56 | 7,141 | 92% | 621 | 8% | — | 2010 | |
Armenia * | 7,700 | 26 | 3,780 | 49% | 3,920 | 51% | — | 2019 | |
Jordan * | 7,203 | 8 | 7,203 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2011 | |
Qatar | 7,039 | 61 | 7039 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2016 | |
East Timor | 6,040 | 40 | 2,600 | 43% | 3,440 | 57% | — | 2008 | |
Lesotho * | 5,940 | 20 | 1,069 | 18% | 4,871 | 82% | — | 2011 | |
Kuwait * | 5,749 | 32 | 4,887 | 85% | 862 | 15% | — | 2018 | |
New Caledonia | 5,622 | 30 | 0 | 0% | 5,622 | 100% | 31.5 | 0.6% | 2006 |
Costa Rica | 5,035 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 5,035 | 100% | — | 2017 | |
Rwanda * | 4,700 | 18 | 1,534 | 33% | 3,493 | 74% | — | 2021 | |
West Bank | 4,686 | 78 | 4,686 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2010 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 4,400 | 12 | 453 | 10% | 3,947 | 90% | — | 2018 | |
Suriname * | 4,304 | 3 | 1,119 | 26% | 3,185 | 74% | — | 2003 | |
Haiti | 4,266 | 15 | 768 | 18% | 3,498 | 82% | — | 2009 | |
Bahrain | 4,122 | 537 | 3,392 | 82% | 730 | 18% | — | 2010 | |
United Arab Emirates | 4,080 | 5 | 4,080 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 253 | 6.2% | 2008 |
Guyana | 3,995 | 2 | 799 | 20% | 3,196 | 80% | — | 2019 | |
Albania * | 3,945 | 14 | 0 | 0% | 3,945 | 100% | — | 2018 | |
Eswatini | 3,769 | 22 | 0 | 0% | 3,769 | 100% | — | 2019 | |
Singapore * | 3,500 | 489 | 3,500 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 164 | 4.7% | 2017 |
Fiji | 3,440 | 19 | 1,686 | 49% | 1,754 | 51% | — | 2011 | |
Belize * | 3,281 | 14 | 601 | 18% | 2,680 | 82% | — | 2017 | |
Gambia | 2,977 | 26 | 518 | 17% | 2,459 | 83% | — | 2011 | |
Brunei * | 2,976 | 52 | 2,559 | 86% | 417 | 14% | — | 2014 | |
Djibouti * | 2,893 | 12 | 0 | 0% | 2,893 | 100% | — | 2013 | |
Equatorial Guinea | 2,880 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 2,880 | 100% | — | 2017 | |
Luxembourg * | 2,875 | 111 | 0 | 0% | 2,875 | 100% | — | 2019 | |
Bahamas | 2,700 | 19 | 1,620 | 60% | 1,080 | 40% | — | 2011 | |
French Polynesia | 2,590 | 65 | 1,735 | 67% | 855 | 33% | — | 1999 | |
Mauritius | 2,428 | 123 | 2,379 | 98% | 49 | 2% | 99 | 4.1% | 2015 |
Malta * | 2,254 | 713 | 1,973 | 88% | 281 | 12% | — | 2001 | |
Hong Kong * | 2,107 | 191 | 2,107 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2017 | |
Marshall Islands | 2,028 | 1,120 | 75 | 4% | 1,953 | 96% | — | 2007 | |
Barbados * | 1,700 | 395 | 1,700 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2015 | |
Dominica | 1,512 | 201 | 762 | 50% | 750 | 50% | — | 2018 | |
Solomon Islands | 1,390 | 5 | 34 | 2% | 1,356 | 98% | — | 2011 | |
Cape Verde * | 1,350 | 33 | 932 | 69% | 418 | 31% | — | 2013 | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,300 | 135 | 230 | 18% | 1,070 | 82% | — | 2018 | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1,260 | 363 | 0 | 0% | 1,260 | 100% | — | 2008 | |
Saint Lucia | 1,210 | 224 | 847 | 70% | 363 | 30% | — | 2011 | |
Antigua and Barbuda * | 1,170 | 265 | 386 | 33% | 784 | 67% | — | 2011 | |
Samoa | 1,150 | 40 | 0 | 0% | 1,150 | 100% | — | 2018 | |
Grenada | 1,127 | 328 | 902 | 80% | 225 | 20% | — | 2017 | |
Isle of Man * | 1,107 | 571 | 500 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2008 | |
Vanuatu | 1,070 | 9 | 256 | 24% | 814 | 76% | — | 2000 | |
Guam | 1,045 | 190 | 0 | 0% | 1,045 | 100% | — | 2008 | |
Faroe Islands | 960 | 69 | 500 | 52% | 460 | 48% | — | 2017 | |
Comoros | 880 | 39 | 673 | 76% | 207 | 24% | — | 2002 | |
Cayman Islands | 785 | 297 | 785 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2007 | |
Tonga | 680 | 91 | 184 | 27% | 496 | 73% | — | 2011 | |
Kiribati | 670 | 92 | 0 | 0% | 670 | 100% | — | 2017 | |
Liechtenstein | 630 | 394 | 0 | 0% | 630 | 100% | — | 2019 | |
Jersey * | 576 | 497 | 0 | 0% | 576 | 100% | — | 2010 | |
Curaçao | 550 | 124 | 0 | 0% | 550 | 100% | — | ||
Northern Mariana Islands | 536 | 117 | 0 | 0% | 536 | 100% | — | 2008 | |
Seychelles | 526 | 115 | 514 | 98% | 12 | 2% | — | 2015 | |
Greenland | 500 | 0 | 500 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2015 | |
Bermuda | 447 | 843 | 447 | 100% | 225 | 50% | — | 2010 | |
Falkland Islands | 440 | 4 | 50 | 11% | 390 | 89% | — | 2008 | |
Macau * | 428 | 1,427 | 428 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2017 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 383 | 147 | 163 | 43% | 220 | 57% | — | 2002 | |
Andorra * | 320 | 68 | 0 | 0% | 320 | 100% | — | 2019 | |
Cook Islands | 295 | 125 | 207 | 70% | 88 | 30% | — | 2018 | |
San Marino | 292 | 479 | 292 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2006 | |
American Samoa | 241 | 121 | 0 | 0% | 241 | 100% | — | 2016 | |
Niue | 234 | 90 | 0 | 0% | 234 | 100% | — | 2017 | |
British Virgin Islands | 200 | 132 | 0 | 0% | 200 | 100% | — | 2007 | |
Saint Helena | 198 | 162 | 0 | 0% | 198 | 100% | — | 2002 | |
Anguilla | 175 | 192 | 0 | 0% | 175 | 100% | — | 2004 | |
Christmas Island | 140 | 0 | 0% | 140 | 100% | — | 2011 | ||
Turks and Caicos Islands | 121 | 13 | 0 | 0% | 121 | 100% | — | 2003 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 117 | 48 | 0 | 0% | 117 | 100% | — | 2009 | |
Maldives * | 93 | 31 | 0 | 0% | 93 | 100% | — | 2018 | |
Norfolk Island | 80 | 222 | 0 | 0% | 80 | 100% | — | 2008 | |
Monaco | 77 | 3,850 | 77 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 13.0% | 2019 |
Sint Maarten | 53 | 156 | 0 | 0% | 53 | 100% | — | ||
Nauru | 30 | 143 | 24 | 80% | 6 | 20% | — | 2002 | |
Gibraltar * | 29 | 483 | 0 | 0% | 29 | 100% | — | 2007 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 22 | 157 | 22 | 100% | 0 | 0% | — | 2007 | |
Vatican City | 9 | 2,045 | 9 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 9 | 100.0% | 2003 |
Tuvalu | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 100% | — | 2011 |
Total road length for Turkey: 259,072
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