List of countries by road network size

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

Unless otherwise noted, the data is from the United States's Central Intelligence Agency.[1]

* indicates Roads in Country/Territory links.

Country/Territory Total
(km) 		Density
(km/100 km2) 		Paved
(km) 		Paved (%) Unpaved
(km) 		Unpaved

(%)

Controlled-access
(km) 		Controlled-acces

(%)

Source
& Year
 World 64,718,646 48 — — — 2024
 India * 6,700,000 204 4,500,000 67% 2,200,000 33% 5,579 0.1% [2] 2024
 United States * 6,586,610 67 4,304,715 65% 2,281,895 35% 76,334 1.2% [1] 2023
 China * 5,350,000 56 5,350,000 100% 0 0% 177,000 3.3% [3] 2023
 Brazil * 2,000,000 23 214,000 11% 1,786,000 89% 17,000 0.9% 2023.[4][5]
 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% [6] 2011
 Canada * 1,042,300 10 415,600 40% 626,700 60% 17,041 1.6% [7] 2014
 Australia * 977,874 13 403,214 41% 574,660 59% 1,716 0.2% [8][9]2017
 Germany * 830,000 232 830,000 100% 0 0% 16,365 2.5% [10] 2022
 Mexico * 836,603 43 175,526 21% 641,986 79% 11,094 1.4% [11] 2023
 South Africa * 750,000 61 158,124 21% 591,876 79% 1,927 0.3% 2016
 Thailand * 702,989 137 — — 536 0.1% [12][13] 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 * 570,448 172 280,663 49% 289,785 51% 1,276 0.2% [14] 2019
 Indonesia * 548,097 29 329,189 60% 218,908 40% 2,816 0.5% [15][16] 2022
 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% [17] 2019
 Turkey * 438,633 56 29,879 7% 43,251 10% 3,726 0.8% [18] 2023
 Poland * 429,800 137 293,800 68% 136,000 32% 5,188 1.2% [19] 2023
 United Kingdom * 424,129 175 424,129 100% 0 0% 3,701 0.9% [20][21] 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% 1,034 0.3% 2024
 Malaysia * 279,862 85 198,932 71% 80,930 29% 5,027 1.8% [22][23] 2022
 Pakistan * 264,175 30 185,463 70% 78,712 30% 2,800 1.1%[citation needed] [24] 2021
 Argentina * 240,000 9 81,355 34% 158,645 66% 4,423 1.8% 2017
 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% [25] 2018
 Uzbekistan 209,496 47 120,289 57% 89,207 43% 0 0.0% [26] 2021
 Colombia 204,389 18 32,280 16% 172,109 84% 2,100 1.0% 2021 [27][28]
 Nigeria * 195,000 21 60,000 31% 135,000 69% — 2017
 Kenya * 177,800 30 14,420 8% 163,380 92% — 2018
 Peru 175,589 14 29,579 17% 146,010 83% 827 0% 2021 [29][30]
 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% 141,743 97% — [31] 2019
 Algeria * 141,000 6 117,000 92% 24,000 19% — [32] 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% [33] 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 19% 78,786 81% — 2019
 New Zealand 96,817 36 64,957 67% 31,860 33% 232 0.2% [34][35] 2020
 Venezuela 96,189 11 — — — 2014
 Kazakhstan * 95,409 4 13,787 14% 95,728 100% — 2017
 Tanzania * 181,191 19 100,025 55% 81,166 45% — 2022

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 Romania * 86,388 36 63,363 73% 23,025 27% 1,067 1% [36] 2023
 Chile * 85,983 11 21,289 25% 64,695 75% 3,347 4% 2020 [37][38]
 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% — [39][40] 2015
 Azerbaijan * 77,824 90 20,524 26% 57,300 74% — 2021
 Uruguay * 77,732 44 7,743 10% 69,989 90% — 2010
 Angola * 76,000 6 13,680 18% 62,320 82% — 2020
 Denmark * 73,574 171 — — 1,298 1.8% 2010
 Zambia * 67,671 9 14,888 22% 52,783 78% — 2018
 Morocco * 57,334 8 45,240 79% 12,094 21% — [41] 2022
 Czech Republic 55,744 71 55,744 100% — 1,252 2% 2018
 Cambodia * 55,000 30 12,239 22% 35,024 64% — [42] 2014
 Serbia * 45,419 45,419 100% 0 0% 996 2.2% [43] 2024
 Ecuador 43,216 17 8,161 19% 35,055 81% — 2015
 Taiwan 41,475 42,793 103% 413 1% 1,053 2.5% [44] 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% — [45] 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% — 2021
 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
 Israel * 20,391 92 20,391 100% 0 0% 449 2.2% 2021
 Georgia * 20,295 29 0 0% 20,295 100% — 2018
 Tunisia * 19,750 12 12,750 65% 7,000 35% — [46] 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
 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 [47][48]
 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% 9,940 85% — 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 [49]
 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% 0 0% — 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 82 47% 93 53% — 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%[50] — 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

Notes

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

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