Depending on where you are global, you may see either left- or right-hand traffic (RHT.) Driving should only be done on one side of the road. Driving on the left side of the road is required in LHT regions while driving on the right side is required in RHT areas.
It is common to practice driving on the right side of the road in 163 different nations worldwide. In 78 nations and territories, driving on the left is the norm. A quarter of the world’s roadways and 35% of the world’s population use the left side of the road.
In the early 20th century, more than 100 major cities traveled on the left side of the street. But by 1986, 34 of the states had enacted RHT statutes. Here is a list of all nations where driving is done on the left-hand side of the road.
Country | 2022 Population |
---|---|
Tokelau | 1.3780 |
Niue | 1.6220 |
Falkland Islands | 3.5390 |
Montserrat | 4.9650 |
Nauru | 10.9030 |
Tuvalu | 12.0660 |
Anguilla | 15.2300 |
Cook Islands | 17.5710 |
British Virgin Islands | 30.5960 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 39.7410 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53.8710 |
Bermuda | 61.9390 |
Cayman Islands | 67.2770 |
Dominica | 72.3440 |
Isle of Man | 85.7320 |
Seychelles | 99.4260 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 99.5090 |
United States Virgin Islands | 103.9710 |
Tonga | 107.7490 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 111.5510 |
Grenada | 113.4750 |
Kiribati | 123.4190 |
Saint Lucia | 185.1130 |
Samoa | 202.2390 |
Barbados | 288.0230 |
Bahamas | 400.5160 |
Malta | 444.0330 |
Brunei | 445.4310 |
Maldives | 540.9850 |
Suriname | 596.8310 |
Macau | 667.4900 |
Solomon Islands | 721.1590 |
Bhutan | 787.9410 |
Guyana | 794.0450 |
Fiji | 909.4660 |
Eswatini | 1184.8170 |
Cyprus | 1223.3870 |
Mauritius | 1274.7270 |
Timor-Leste | 1369.4290 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1406.5850 |
Lesotho | 2175.6990 |
Botswana | 2441.1620 |
Namibia | 2633.8740 |
Jamaica | 2985.0940 |
New Zealand | 4898.2030 |
Ireland | 5020.1990 |
Singapore | 5943.5460 |
Hong Kong | 7604.2990 |
Papua New Guinea | 9292.1690 |
Zimbabwe | 15331.4280 |
Zambia | 19470.2340 |
Malawi | 20180.8390 |
Sri Lanka | 21575.8420 |
Australia | 26068.7920 |
Nepal | 30225.5820 |
Mozambique | 33089.4610 |
Malaysia | 33181.0720 |
Uganda | 48432.8630 |
Kenya | 56215.2210 |
South Africa | 60756.1350 |
Tanzania | 63298.5500 |
United Kingdom | 68497.9070 |
Thailand | 70078.2030 |
Japan | 125584.8380 |
Bangladesh | 167885.6890 |
Pakistan | 229488.9940 |
Indonesia | 279134.5050 |
India | 1406631.7760 |
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