The first table includes countries that pioneered the construction of motorways in the 20th century RankCountry (or dependent territory) 198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920001 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 2202 33.50 33.50 33.50 33.50 33.50 33.50 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 104 214 214 214 358 424Rabat - Casablanca (1987), Rabat - Larrach (1996), Rabat - Fez (1998)3 31 31 31 31 31 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 108 216 216 216 216 216 216 2163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 34 76 76 76 76 76 76 76

Some of the portions of the Trans-African Highways are already at motorway standard.

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

RankCountry (or dependent territory)20012002200320042005200620072008The data is given, from the latest official data. Some are from previous years, since no other data is available.20092010201120122013201420151 - - - - - - - 1600 - - - - 1927 2160 2160Statistics 2015 : 2 160 km of dual carriagways in South Africa2 481 496 496 539 604 632 632 794 876 1080 1420 1420 1515 1626 1783 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14894 76 106 135 255 645 925 965 1097 1110 1155 1185 1216 1300 1390 13945 220 293 328 355 605 635 816 816 821 838 901 901 931 988 11116 216 262 267 267 323 333 333 357 357 363 363 363 363 363 3637 230 230 230Côte d’Ivoire : une autoroute neuve de 230 km8 1789 (France) 11510 10711 70 70 75 10012 5713 5514 2915 2716 25.517 2418 2019 18.520 1621 1322 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 0 30 031 032 033 034 035 036 0 37 038 039 040 041 042 043 (France) 044 045 046 047Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. 048 0 49 050 051 052 053 0 54 (UK) 055 056 057 058 0Total

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See also List of African countries by population Trans-African Highway network List of Arab countries by population Highway systems by country List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population Road signs in South Africa List of Middle East countries by population