Evolution of motorway construction in Asia

This is a list of the motorways construction in Asian countries by total number of kilometers existing in that year; a list of the total number of motorways by country in Asia. It includes motorways (controlled-access highways), classified as being dual carriage ways, separated, have no stop lights or level crossings, turning left is forbidden on the motorway network where the driving is on the right and vice versa, have at least two lanes on each direction and a hard shoulder or an emergency lane on the exterior of the motorway, also has exits and overpasses for drivers who want to exit the motorway or want to turn left; and includes countries that are geographically situated in Asia or islands and dependent territories that are in the proximity of the Asian continent.

List of the Asian countries by the total number of kilometers of motorway built in that year during the 20th century.

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	1963	1966	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
1	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	220	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,000	-
2	Japan	193.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	517
3	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	708
4	Malaysia	0	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	708

This is a list of Asian countries and dependent territories sorted by motorways' total length in kilometers, built in the 21st century.

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
1	China											84,946	-	97355	-	104,000
2	Japan											7,600	7,803	8,730	11,739
3	South Korea									3,779	-	-	-	4,044	4,111
4	Saudi Arabia														3,891
5	Pakistan	2225													3504
6	United Arab Emirates	253						1392							2403
7	Malaysia														1821
8	Taiwan	988											1,335	1,348
9	India												1000	1208	1324
10	Syria													1103
11	Iraq														1200	1216
12	Indonesia														760
13	Iran													751	-
14	Vietnam											100				693
15	Myanmar															632
16	North Korea															543
17	Kazakhstan											200	270	420	490
18	Israel														449
19	Philippines															430.5
20	Kuwait														420
21	Qatar															356
22	Oman															313
23	Thailand														236
24	Sri Lanka													180
25	Singapore												161
26	Uzbekistan															89
27	Yemen															78.5
28	Bahrain													29	29	29
29	Turkmenistan															21.5
30	Bhutan															6
31	Afghanistan															0
32	Bangladesh															0
33	Brunei															0
34	Cambodia															0
35	Jordan															0
36	Kyrgyzstan														0	0
37	Laos														0	0
38	Lebanon														0	0
39	Maldives														0	0
40	Mongolia														0	0
41	Nepal														0	0
42	Tajikistan														0	0
43	Timor-Leste														0	0
	Total

See also

• List of controlled-access highway systems
• List of Asian countries by GDP
• List of countries by length of expressways
• Highway systems by country
• List of Asian countries by population
• List of Middle East countries by population
• List of Arab countries by population
• List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population

References

2013,length-of-expressways-world-countries

2015, CIA, the-world-factbook

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