Countries That Drive On the Right 2022

It is common in the United States to drive on the right side of the road. Do you know that there are countries that don’t drive on the right side of the road? – LHT, or left-hand traffic, is observed by 78 nations and territories.

As a result, all vehicles are operated using the left-hand side of the road as the default.




A growing number of countries and territories adhere to RHT, which entails driving on the right side of the road for all drivers.

Most individuals drive on the right by a wide margin. RHT is used on almost three-quarters of the world’s highways. There are 163 countries and territories to be found on the right side of the road.

When it comes to countries and territories that use right-hand driving today, the number of countries and territories that used left-hand driving in the early 1900s is almost identical to today’s number. More countries began using RHT in 1919.

165 nations and territories currently drive on the right-hand side of the road.

Country2022 Population
Palau18.2330
San Marino34.0850
Liechtenstein38.3870
Monaco39.7830
Marshall Islands60.0570
Andorra77.4630
Micronesia117.4890
Sao Tome and Principe227.6790
Vanuatu321.8320
Iceland345.3930
Belize412.1900
Cape Verde567.6780
Montenegro627.9500
Luxembourg642.3710
Comoros907.4190
Djibouti1016.0970
Estonia1321.9100
Equatorial Guinea1496.6620
Bahrain1783.9830
Latvia1848.8370
Guinea-Bissau2063.3670
Slovenia2078.0340
Gabon2331.5330
Gambia2558.4820
Lithuania2661.7080
Albania2866.3740
Armenia2971.9660
Qatar2979.9150
Bosnia and Herzegovina3249.3170
Mongolia3378.0780
Uruguay3496.0160
Eritrea3662.2440
Georgia3968.7380
Moldova4013.1710
Croatia4059.2860
Kuwait4380.3260
Panama4446.9640
Mauritania4901.9810
Central African Republic5016.6780
Costa Rica5182.3540
Liberia5305.1170
Oman5323.9930
Palestine5345.5410
Slovakia5460.1930
Norway5511.3700
Finland5554.9600
Republic of the Congo5797.8050
Denmark5834.9500
Turkmenistan6201.9430
El Salvador6550.3890
Lebanon6684.8490
Kyrgyzstan6728.2710
Nicaragua6779.1000
Bulgaria6844.5970
Libya7040.7450
Paraguay7305.8430
Laos7481.0230
Sierra Leone8306.4360
Serbia8653.0160
Togo8680.8370
Switzerland8773.6370
Israel8922.8920
Austria9066.7100
Belarus9432.8000
Hungary9606.2590
Tajikistan9957.4640
United Arab Emirates10081.7850
Portugal10140.5700
Sweden10218.9710
Honduras10221.2470
Azerbaijan10300.2050
Jordan10300.8690
Greece10316.6370
Czech Republic10736.7840
Dominican Republic11056.3700
Cuba11305.6520
South Sudan11618.5110
Belgium11668.2780
Haiti11680.2830
Bolivia11992.6560
Tunisia12046.6560
Burundi12624.8400
Benin12784.7260
Rwanda13600.4640
Guinea13865.6910
Somalia16841.7950
Cambodia17168.6390
Netherlands17211.4470
Chad17413.5800
Senegal17653.6710
Ecuador18113.3610
Guatemala18584.0390
Romania19031.3350
Kazakhstan19205.0430
Chile19250.1950
Syria19364.8090
Mali21473.7640
Burkina Faso22102.8380
Taiwan23888.5950
North Korea25990.6790
Niger26083.6600
Ivory Coast27742.2980
Cameroon27911.5480
Madagascar29178.0770
Venezuela29266.9910
Yemen31154.8670
Ghana32395.4500
Peru33684.2080
Uzbekistan34382.0840
Angola35027.3430
Saudi Arabia35844.9090
Poland37739.7850
Morocco37772.7560
Canada38388.4190
Afghanistan40754.3880
Iraq42164.9650
Ukraine43192.1220
Algeria45350.1480
Sudan45992.0200
Argentina46010.2340
Spain46719.1420
South Korea51329.8990
Colombia51512.7620
Myanmar55227.1430
Italy60262.7700
France65584.5180
Germany83883.5960
Turkey85561.9760
Iran86022.8370
DR Congo95240.7920
Vietnam98953.5410
Egypt106156.6920
Philippines112508.9940
Ethiopia120812.6980
Mexico131562.7720
Russia145805.9470
Brazil215353.5930
Nigeria216746.9340
United States334805.2690
China1448471.4000




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