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South Africa two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side; the Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms features a shield with a golden lion centered; the shield is supported by a fur seal on the left and a penguin on the right; a reindeer appears above the shield, and below it on a scroll is the motto LEO TERRAM PROPRIAM PROTEGAT (Let the Lion Protect its Own Land)
Spain three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double width), and red with the national coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band; the coat of arms is quartered to display the emblems of the traditional kingdoms of Spain (clockwise from upper left, Castile, Leon, Navarre, and Aragon) while Granada is represented by the stylized pomegranate at the bottom of the shield; the arms are framed by two columns representing the Pillars of Hercules, which are the two promontories (Gibraltar and Ceuta) on either side of the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; the red scroll across the two columns bears the imperial motto of "Plus Ultra" (further beyond) referring to Spanish lands beyond Europe
Sri Lanka yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels
Sudan three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side
Suriname five horizontal bands of green (top, double width), white, red (quadruple width), white, and green (double width); there is a large, yellow, five-pointed star centered in the red band
Svalbard the flag of Norway is used
Swaziland three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow; centered in the red band is a large black and white shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally
Sweden blue with a golden yellow cross extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the colors reflect those of the Swedish coat of arms - three gold crowns on a blue field
Switzerland red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the center that does not extend to the edges of the flag; various medieval legends purport to describe the origin of the flag; a white cross used as identification for troops of the Swiss Confederation is first attested at the Battle of Laupen (1339)
Syria three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black, colors associated with the Arab Liberation flag; two small, green, five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; former flag of the United Arab Republic where the two stars represented the constituent states of Syria and Egypt; similar to the flag of Yemen, which has a plain white band, Iraq, which has an Arabic inscription centered in the white band, and that of Egypt, which has a gold Eagle of Saladin centered in the white band; the current design dates to 1980
Taiwan red field with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays
Tajikistan three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe
Tanzania divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is blue
Thailand five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double width), white, and red
Timor-Leste red, with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) superimposed on a slightly longer yellow arrowhead that extends to the center of the flag; a white star is in the center of the black triangle
Togo five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Tokelau a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the manu - the Southern Cross constellation of four, white, five-pointed stars at the hoist side; the Southern Cross represents the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture and symbolizes the country's navigating into the future, the color yellow indicates happiness and peace, and the blue field represents the ocean on which the community relies
Tonga red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner
Trinidad and Tobago red with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side to the lower fly side
Tunisia red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam
Turkey red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening
Turkmenistan green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five tribal guls (designs used in producing carpets) stacked above two crossed olive branches; a white crescent moon representing Islam with five white stars representing the regions or welayats of Turkmenistan appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the red stripe
Turks and Caicos Islands blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell, lobster, and cactus
Tuvalu light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow five-pointed stars symbolizing the nine islands
Uganda six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side
Ukraine two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow represent grain fields under a blue sky
United Arab Emirates three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side
United Kingdom blue field with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) edged in white superimposed on the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), which is superimposed on the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland); properly known as the Union Flag, but commonly called the Union Jack; the design and colors (especially the Blue Ensign) have been the basis for a number of other flags including other Commonwealth countries and their constituent states or provinces, and British overseas territories
United States 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars; the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies; known as Old Glory; the design and colors have been the basis for a number of other flags, including Chile, Liberia, Malaysia, and Puerto Rico
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges the flag of the US is used
Uruguay nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; a white square in the upper hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known as the Sun of May with 16 rays that alternate between triangular and wavy
Uzbekistan three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and green separated by red fimbriations with a white crescent moon and 12 white stars in the upper hoist-side quadrant
Vanuatu two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) all separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele leaves, all in yellow
Venezuela three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue, and red with the coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band and an arc of eight white five-pointed stars centered in the blue band
Vietnam red field with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center
Virgin Islands white field with a modified US coat of arms in the center between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows a yellow eagle holding an olive branch in one talon and three arrows in the other with a superimposed shield of vertical red and white stripes below a blue panel
Wake Island the flag of the US is used
Wallis and Futuna unofficial, local flag has a red field with four white isosceles triangles in the middle, representing the three native kings of the islands and the French administrator; the apexes of the triangles are oriented inward and at right angles to each other; the flag of France, outlined in white on two sides, is in the upper hoist quadrant note: the flag of France used for official occasions
Yemen three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; similar to the flag of Syria, which has two green stars in the white band, and of Iraq, which has an Arabic inscription centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt, which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band
Zambia green field with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag
Zimbabwe seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird representing the long history of the country is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow - mineral wealth, red - blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the native people
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Field Listing :: Roadways
This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions. Country Comparison to the World Country
Roadways(km)
Afghanistan total: 42,150 km paved: 12,350 km unpaved: 29,800 km (2006)
Albania total: 18,000 km paved: 7,020 km unpaved: 10,980 km (2002)
Algeria total: 108,302 km paved: 76,028 km (includes 645 km of expressways) unpaved: 32,274 km (2004)
American Samoa total: 221 km (2007)
Andorra total: 270 km (1994)
Angola total: 51,429 km paved: 5,349 km unpaved: 46,080 km (2001)
Anguilla total: 175 km paved: 82 km unpaved: 93 km (2004)
Antigua and Barbuda total: 1,165 km paved: 384 km unpaved: 781 km (2002)
Argentina total: 231,374 km paved: 69,412 km (includes 734 km of expressways) unpaved: 161,962 km (2004)
Armenia total: 7,700 km paved: 7,700 km (includes 1,561 km of expressways) (2006)
Australia total: 812,972 km paved: 341,448 km unpaved: 471,524 km (2004)
Austria total: 107,262 km paved: 107,262 km (includes 1,677 km of expressways) (2006)
Azerbaijan total: 59,141 km paved: 29,210 km unpaved: 29,931 km (2004)
Bahamas, The total: 2,717 km paved: 1,560 km unpaved: 1,157 km (2002)
Bahrain total: 3,498 km paved: 2,768 km unpaved: 730 km (2003)
Bangladesh total: 239,226 km paved: 22,726 km unpaved: 216,500 km (2003)
Barbados total: 1,600 km paved: 1,600 km (2004)
Belarus total: 94,797 km paved: 84,028 km unpaved: 10,769 km (2005)
Belgium total: 152,256 km paved: 119,079 km (includes 1,763 km of expressways) unpaved: 33,177 km (2006)
Belize total: 3,007 km paved: 575 km unpaved: 2,432 km (2006)
Benin total: 16,000 km paved: 1,400 km unpaved: 14,600 km (2006)
Bermuda total: 447 km paved: 447 km note: public roads - 225 km; private roads - 222 km (2007)
Bhutan total: 8,050 km paved: 4,991 km unpaved: 3,059 km (2003)
Bolivia total: 62,479 km paved: 3,749 km unpaved: 58,730 km (2004)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 21,846 km paved: 11,425 km (4,714 km of interurban roads) unpaved: 10,421 km (2006)
Botswana total: 25,798 km paved: 8,410 km unpaved: 17,388 km (2005)
Brazil total: 1,751,868 km paved: 96,353 km unpaved: 1,655,515 km (2004)
British Indian Ocean Territory note: short section of paved road between port and airfield on Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands total: 200 km paved: 200 km (2007)
Brunei total: 3,650 km paved: 2,819 km unpaved: 831 km (2005)
Bulgaria total: 40,231 km paved: 39,587 km (includes 331 km of expressways) unpaved: 644 km (2005)
Burkina Faso total: 92,495 km paved: 3,857 km unpaved: 88,638 km (2004)
Burma total: 27,000 km paved: 3,200 km unpaved: 23,800 km (2006)
Burundi total: 12,322 km paved: 1,286 km unpaved: 11,036 km (2004)
Cambodia total: 38,093 km paved: 2,977 km unpaved: 35,116 km (2007)
Cameroon total: 50,000 km paved: 5,000 km unpaved: 45,000 km (2004)
Canada total: 1,042,300 km paved: 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways) unpaved: 626,700 km (2006)
Cape Verde total: 1,350 km paved: 932 km unpaved: 418 km (2000)
Cayman Islands total: 785 km paved: 785 km (2007)
Central African Republic total: 24,307 km (2000)
Chad total: 33,400 km paved: 267 km unpaved: 33,133 km (2002)
Chile total: 80,505 km paved: 16,745 km (includes 2,414 km of expressways) unpaved: 63,760 km (2004)
China total: 1,930,544 km paved: 1,575,571 km (includes 41,005 km of expressways) unpaved: 354,973 km (2005)
Christmas Island total: 140 km paved: 30 km unpaved: 110 km (2007)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total: 22 km paved: 10 km unpaved: 12 km (2006)
Colombia total: 164,257 km (2005)
Comoros total: 880 km paved: 673 km unpaved: 207 km (2002)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 153,497 km paved: 2,794 km unpaved: 150,703 km (2004)
Congo, Republic of the total: 17,289 km paved: 864 km unpaved: 16,425 km (2004)
Cook Islands total: 320 km paved: 33 km unpaved: 287 km (2003)
Costa Rica total: 35,330 km paved: 8,621 km unpaved: 26,709 km (2004)
Cote d'Ivoire total: 80,000 km paved: 6,500 km unpaved: 73,500 km note: includes intercity and urban roads; another 20,000 km of dirt roads are in poor condition and 150,000 km of dirt roads are impassable (2006)
Croatia total: 28,788 km (includes 877 km of expressways) (2006)
Cuba total: 60,858 km paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (2000)
Cyprus total: 14,630 km (area under government control: 12,280 km; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 2,350 km) paved: area under government control: 7,979 km (includes 257 km of expressways); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 1,370 km unpaved: area under government control: 4,301 km; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 980 km (2006)
Czech Republic total: 128,512 km paved: 128,512 km (includes 657 km of expressways) (2007)
Denmark total: 72,362 km paved: 72,362 km (includes 1,032 km of expressways) (2006)
Djibouti total: 3,065 km paved: 1,226 km unpaved: 1,839 km (2000)
Dominica total: 780 km paved: 393 km unpaved: 387 km (2000)
Dominican Republic total: 19,705 km paved: 9,872 km unpaved: 9,833 km (2002)
Ecuador total: 43,670 km paved: 6,472 km unpaved: 37,198 km (2006)
Egypt total: 92,370 km paved: 74,820 km unpaved: 17,550 km (2004)
El Salvador total: 10,886 km paved: 2,827 km (includes 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,059 km (2000)
Equatorial Guinea total: 2,880 km (2000)
Eritrea total: 4,010 km paved: 874 km unpaved: 3,136 km (2000)
Estonia total: 57,016 km paved: 12,926 km (includes 99 km of expressways) unpaved: 44,090 km (2005)
Ethiopia total: 36,469 km paved: 6,980 km unpaved: 29,489 km (2004)
European Union total: 5,454,446 km (2008)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total: 440 km paved: 50 km unpaved: 390 km (2008)
Faroe Islands total: 463 km (2006)
Fiji total: 3,440 km paved: 1,692 km unpaved: 1,748 km (2000)
Finland total: 78,141 km paved: 50,914 km (includes 700 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,227 km (2009)
France total: 951,500 km paved: 951,500 km (metropolitan France; includes 10,950 km of expressways) note: there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2006)
French Polynesia total: 2,590 km paved: 1,735 km unpaved: 855 km (1999)
Gabon total: 9,170 km paved: 937 km unpaved: 8,233 km (2004)
Gambia, The total: 3,742 km paved: 723 km unpaved: 3,019 km (2004)
Gaza Strip note: see entry for West Bank
Georgia total: 20,329 km paved: 7,854 km (includes 13 km of expressways) unpaved: 12,475 km (2006)
Germany total: 644,480 km paved: 644,480 km (includes 12,400 km of expressways) note: includes local roads (2006)
Ghana total: 62,221 km paved: 9,955 km unpaved: 52,266 km (2006)
Gibraltar total: 29 km paved: 29 km (2007)
Greece total: 117,533 km paved: 107,895 km (includes 880 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,638 km (2005)
Greenland note: although there are short roads in towns, there are no roads between towns; inter-urban transport takes place either by sea or air (2005)
Grenada total: 1,127 km paved: 687 km unpaved: 440 km (2000)
Guam total: 1,045 km (2007)
Guatemala total: 14,095 km paved: 4,863 km (includes 75 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,232 km (2000)
Guinea total: 44,348 km paved: 4,342 km unpaved: 40,006 km (2003)
Guinea-Bissau total: 3,455 km paved: 965 km unpaved: 2,490 km (2002)
Guyana total: 7,970 km paved: 590 km unpaved: 7,380 km (2000)
Haiti total: 4,160 km paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (2000)
Honduras total: 13,600 km paved: 2,775 km unpaved: 10,825 km (2000)
Hong Kong total: 2,040 km paved: 2,040 km (2008)
Hungary total: 159,568 km paved: 70,050 km (30,874 km of interurban roads including 626 km of expressways) unpaved: 89,518 km (2005)
Iceland total: 13,058 km paved/oiled gravel: 4,397 km (does not include urban roads) unpaved: 8,661 km (2007)
India total: 3,316,452 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2006)
Indonesia total: 391,009 km paved: 216,714 km unpaved: 174,295 km (2005)
Iran total: 172,927 km paved: 125,908 km (includes 1,429 km of expressways) unpaved: 47,019 km (2006)
Iraq total: 44,900 km paved: 37,851 km unpaved: 7,049 km (2002)
Ireland total: 96,602 km paved: 96,602 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2003)
Isle of Man total: 500 km (2008)
Israel total: 17,870 km paved: 17,870 km (includes 146 km of expressways) (2007)
Italy total: 487,700 km paved: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2005)
Jamaica total: 21,552 km paved: 15,937 km (includes 33 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,615 km (2005)
Japan total: 1,196,999 km paved: 949,101 km (includes 7,383 km of expressways) unpaved: 247,898 km (2006)
Jersey total: 358 km (2002)
Jordan total: 8,002 km paved: 8,002 km (2007)
Kazakhstan total: 91,563 km paved: 83,717 km unpaved: 7,846 km (2006)
Kenya total: 63,574 km (interurban roads) paved: 9,273 km unpaved: 54,301 km note: there also are 114,226 km of unclassified roads, 2,000 km paved and 112,226 unpaved, for a national total of 177,800 km (2008)
Kiribati total: 670 km (2000)
Korea, North total: 25,554 km paved: 724 km unpaved: 24,830 km (2006)
Korea, South total: 103,029 km paved: 80,642 km (includes 3,367 km of expressways) unpaved: 22,387 km (2008)
Kosovo total: 1,924 km paved: 1,666 km unpaved: 258 km (2006)
Kuwait total: 5,749 km paved: 4,887 km unpaved: 862 km (2004)
Kyrgyzstan total: 18,500 km paved: 16,909 km (includes 140 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,591 km (2003)
Laos total: 29,811 km paved: 4,010 km unpaved: 25,801 km (2006)
Latvia total: 69,675 km paved: 69,675 km (2006)
Lebanon total: 6,970 km (includes 170 km of expressways) (2005)
Lesotho total: 7,091 km paved: 1,404 km unpaved: 5,687 km (2003)
Liberia total: 10,600 km paved: 657 km unpaved: 9,943 km (2000)
Libya total: 100,024 km paved: 57,214 km unpaved: 42,810 km (2003)
Liechtenstein total: 380 km paved: 380 km (2007)
Lithuania total: 80,715 km paved: 71,301 km (includes 309 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,414 km (2007)
Luxembourg total: 5,227 km paved: 5,227 km (includes 147 km of expressways) (2004)
Macau total: 404 km paved: 404 km (2008)
Macedonia total: 13,182 km (includes 208 km of expressways) (2002)
Madagascar total: 65,663 km paved: 7,617 km unpaved: 58,046 km (2003)
Malawi total: 15,451 km paved: 6,956 km unpaved: 8,495 km (2003)
Malaysia total: 98,721 km paved: 80,280 km (includes 1,821 km of expressways) unpaved: 18,441 km (2004)
Maldives total: 88 km paved roads: 88 km - 60 km in Male; 14 km on Addu Atolis; 14 km on Laamu note: village roads are mainly compacted coral (2006)
Mali total: 18,709 km paved: 3,368 km unpaved: 15,341 km (2004)
Malta total: 2,227 km paved: 2,014 km unpaved: 213 km (2005)
Marshall Islands total: 2,028 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2007)
Mauritania total: 11,066 km paved: 2,966 km unpaved: 8,100 km (2006)
Mauritius total: 2,028 km paved: 2,028 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2007)
Mexico total: 356,945 km paved: 178,473 km (includes 6,279 km of expressways) unpaved: 178,472 km (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of total: 240 km paved: 42 km unpaved: 198 km (2000)
Moldova total: 12,666 km paved: 12,117 km unpaved: 549 km (2007)
Monaco total: 50 km paved: 50 km (2007)
Mongolia total: 49,249 km paved: 2,671 km unpaved: 46,578 km (2008)
Montenegro total: 7,368 km paved: 4,742 km unpaved: 2,626 km (2006)
Montserrat note: volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyed most of the 227 km road system; a new road infrastructure has been built in the north end of the island (2008)
Morocco total: 57,625 km paved: 35,664 km (includes 639 km of expressways) unpaved: 21,961 km (2006)
Mozambique total: 30,400 km paved: 5,685 km unpaved: 24,715 km (2000)
Namibia total: 42,237 km paved: 5,406 km unpaved: 36,831 km (2002)
Nauru total: 24 km paved: 24 km (2002)
Nepal total: 17,282 km paved: 10,142 km unpaved: 7,140 km (2007)
Netherlands total: 135,470 km (includes 2,582 km of expressways) (2007)
Netherlands Antilles total: 845
New Caledonia total: 5,622 km (2006)