Part 302
Taiwan red field with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays; the blue and white design of the canton (symbolizing the sun of progress) dates to 1895; it was later adopted as the flag of the Kuomintang Party; blue signifies liberty, justice, and democracy; red stands for fraternity, sacrifice, and nationaliam, white represents equality, frankness, and the people's livelihood; the 12 rays of the sun are those of the months and the twelve traditional Chinese hours (each ray equals two hours) note: somewhat resembles the flag of Burma
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; red represents the sun, victory, and the unity of the nation, white stands for purity, cotton, and mountain snows, while green is the color of Islam and the bounty of nature; the crown symbolizes the Tajik people; the seven stars signify the Tajik magic word "seven" - a symbol of perfection and the embodiment of happiness
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; the banner combines colors found on the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; green represents the natural vegetation of the country, gold its rich mineral deposits, black the native Swahili people, and blue the country's many lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean
Thailand five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double width), white, and red; the red color symbolizes the nation and the blood of life; white represents religion and the purity of Buddhism; blue stands for the monarchy note: similar to the flag of Costa Rica but with the blue and red colors reversed
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 - pointing to the upper hoist-side corner of the flag - is in the center of the black triangle; yellow denotes the colonialism in Timor-Leste's past; black represents the obscurantism that needs to be overcome; red stands for the national liberation struggle; the white star symbolizes peace and serves as a guiding light
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; the five horizontal stripes stand for the five different regions of the country; the red square is meant to express the loyalty and patriotism of the people; green symbolizes hope, fertility, and agriculture; yellow represents mineral wealth and faith that hard work and strength will bring prosperity; the star symbolizes life, purity, peace, dignity, and Togo's independence note: 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; the cross reflects the deep-rooted Christianity in Tonga; red represents the blood of Christ and his sacrifice; white signifies purity
Trinidad and Tobago red with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side to the lower fly side; the colors represent the elements of earth, water, and fire; black stands for the wealth of the land and the dedication of the people; white symbolizes the sea surrounding the islands, the purity of the country's aspirations, and equality; red symbolizes the warmth and energy of the sun, the vitality of the land, and the courage and friendliness of its people
Tunisia red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; resembles the Ottoman flag (red banner with white crescent and star) and recalls Tunisia's history as part of the Ottoman Empire; red represents the blood shed by martyrs in the struggle against oppression, white stands for peace; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam note: the flag is based on that of Turkey, itself a successor state to the Ottoman Empire
Turkey red with a vertical white crescent moon (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening; the flag colors and designs closely resemble those on the banner of Ottoman Empire, which preceded modern-day Turkey; the crescent moon and star serve as insignia for the Turks, as well as being traditional symbols of Islam; according to legend, the flag represents the reflection of the moon and a star in a pool of blood of Turkish warriors
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; five white stars and a white crescent moon appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the red stripe; the green color and crescent moon represent Islam; the five stars symbolize the regions or welayats of Turkmenistan; the guls reflect the national identity of Turkmenistan where carpet-making has long been a part of traditional nomadic life note: the flag of Turkmenistan is the most intricate of all national flags
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 displays a conch shell, a spiny lobster, and Turks Head cactus - three common elements of the islands' biota
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 on a blue field symbolizing the nine atolls in the ocean
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; black symbolizes the African people, yellow sunshine and vitality, red African brotherhood; the crane was the military badge of Ugandan soldiers under the UK
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; the flag incorporates all four Pan-Arab colors, which in this case represent fertility (green), neutrality (white), petroleum resources (black), and unity (red); red was the traditional color incorporated into all flags of the emirates before their unification
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; the blue stands for loyalty, devotion, truth, justice, and friendship; red symbolizes courage, zeal, and fervency, while white denotes purity and rectitude of conduct; commonly referred to by its nickname of Old Glory note: 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; the stripes represent the nine original departments of Uruguay; the sun symbol evokes the legend of the sun breaking through the clouds on 25 May 1810 as independence was first declared from Spain (Uruguay subsequently won its independence from Brazil) note: the banner was inspired by the national colors of Argentina and by the design of the US flag
Uzbekistan three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and green separated by red fimbriations with a white crescent moon (closed side to the hoist) and 12 white stars shifted to the hoist on the top band; blue is the color of the Turkic peoples and of the sky, white signifies peace and the striving for purity in thoughts and deeds, while green represents nature and is the color of Islam; the red stripes are the vital force of all living organisms that links good and pure ideas with the eternal sky and with deeds on earth; the crescent represents Islam and the 12 stars the months and constellations of the Uzbek calendar
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 fern fronds, all in yellow; red represents the blood of boars and men, green the richness of the islands, and black the ni-Vanuatu people; the yellow Y-shape - which reflects the pattern of the islands in the Pacific Ocean - symbolizes the light of the Gospel spreading through the islands; the boar's tusk is a symbol of prosperity frequently worn as a pendant on the islands; the fern fronds represent peace
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; the flag retains the three equal horizontal bands and three main colors of the banner of Gran Colombia, the South American republic that broke up in 1830; yellow is interpreted as standing for the riches of the land, blue for the courage of its people, and red for the blood shed in attaining independence; the seven stars on the original flag represented the seven provinces in Venezuela that united in the war of independence; in 2006, President Hugo CHAVEZ ordered an eighth star added to the star arc - a decision that sparked much controversy
Vietnam red field with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center; red symbolizes revolution and blood, the five-pointed star represents the five elements of the populace - peasants, workers, intellectuals, traders, and soldiers - that unite to build socialism
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 its right talon and three arrows in the left with a superimposed shield of seven red and six white vertical stripes below a blue panel; white is a symbol of purity, the letters stand for the Virgin Islands
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 design is derived from an original red banner with a white cross pattee that was introduced in the 19th century by French missionaries; the flag of France used for official occasions
Yemen three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; the band colors derive from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black), overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white) note: 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; green stands for the country's natural resources and vegetation, red symbolizes the struggle for freedom, black the people of Zambia, and orange the country's mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems
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 represents agriculture, yellow mineral wealth, red the 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: 241 km (2008)
Andorra total: 320 km (2008)
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: 8,888 km paved: 7,079 km (includes 1,561 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,809 km (2008)
Australia total: 812,972 km paved: 341,448 km unpaved: 471,524 km (2004)
Austria total: 107,262 km paved: 107,262 km (includes 1,696 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: 3,851 km paved: 3,121 km unpaved: 730 km (2007)
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: 2,971 km paved: 2,411 km unpaved: 560 km (2008)
Bulgaria total: 40,231 km paved: 39,587 km (includes 418 km of expressways) unpaved: 644 km (2008)
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 (2008)
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: 3,583,715 km (includes 53,913 km of expressways) (2007)
Christmas Island total: 140 km paved: 30 km unpaved: 110 km (2007)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total: 22 km paved: 10 km unpaved: 12 km (2007)
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: 29,248 km (includes 1,043 km of expressways) (2008)
Cuba total: 60,858 km paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (2000)
Curacao total: 550 km
Cyprus total: 14,671 km 12,321 km under government control (includes 257 km of expressways), 2,350 km administered by Turkish Cypriots (2008)
Czech Republic total: 128,582 km paved: 128,582 km (includes 691 km of expressways) (2008)
Denmark total: 73,197 km paved: 73,197 km (includes 1,111 km of expressways) (2008)
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: 65,050 km paved: 47,500 km unpaved: 17,550 km (2009)
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: 58,034 km paved: 34,936 km (includes 104 km of expressways) unpaved: 23,098 km (2009)
Ethiopia total: 36,469 km paved: 6,980 km unpaved: 29,489 km (2004)
European Union total: 5,919,704 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 739 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,227 km (2009)
France total: 1,027,183 km (metropolitan France; includes 10,958 km of expressways) note: there are another 5,100 km of roadways in overseas departments (2007)
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 12,645 km of expressways) note: includes local roads (2008)
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 (2008)
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: 14,239 km paved: 3,159 km unpaved: 11,080 km (1,420 km summer only) (2009)
Hong Kong total: 2,050 km paved: 2,050 km (2009)
Hungary total: 160,057 km paved: 70,539 km (31,363 km of interurban roads including 858 km of expressways) unpaved: 89,518 km (2008)
Iceland total: 12,869 km paved/oiled gravel: 4,438 km (does not include urban roads) unpaved: 8,431 km (2009)
India total: 3,320,410 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2009)
Indonesia total: 437,759 km paved: 258,744 km unpaved: 179,015 km (2008)
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: 96,036 km paved: 96,036 km (includes 423 km of expressways) (2008)
Isle of Man total: 500 km (2008)
Israel total: 18,096 km paved: 18,096 km (includes 146 km of expressways) (2008)
Italy total: 487,700 km paved: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007)
Jamaica total: 21,552 km paved: 15,937 km (includes 33 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,615 km (2005)
Japan total: 1,203,777 km paved: 961,366 km (includes 7,560 km of expressways) unpaved: 242,411 km (2008)
Jersey total: 576 km (2010)
Jordan total: 7,891 km paved: 7,891 km (2009)
Kazakhstan total: 93,612 km paved: 84,100 km unpaved: 9,512 km (2008)
Kenya total: 160,886 km paved: 11,197 km unpaved: 149,689 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: 1,926 km paved: 1,668 km unpaved: 258 km (2009)
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)