Table 2.
Countries listed in order of recent urban street-network sprawl
| Sprawl (SNDi) | N (nodes) | |||||||||
| 1975 | 1975 to 1989 | 1990 to 1999 | 2000 to 2013 | Stock | 1975 | 1975 to 1989 | 1990 to 1999 | 2000 to 2013 | Stock | |
| Puerto Rico | 4.9 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 54,000 | 47,000 | 12,000 | 8,200 | 120,000 |
| Ireland | 5.0 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 57,000 | 22,000 | 17,000 | 19,000 | 120,000 |
| Guatemala | 3.2 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 32,000 | 41,000 | 12,000 | 11,000 | 110,000 |
| Thailand | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 140,000 | 470,000 | 74,000 | 120,000 | 920,000 |
| Philippines | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 130,000 | 200,000 | 51,000 | 59,000 | 500,000 |
| Norway | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 62,000 | 57,000 | 10,000 | 19,000 | 170,000 |
| Sri Lanka | 3.8 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 22,000 | 78,000 | 8,000 | 26,000 | 150,000 |
| Indonesia | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 660,000 | 470,000 | 140,000 | 220,000 | 1.6 million |
| Serbia | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 56,000 | 32,000 | 4,100 | 4,700 | 100,000 |
| United States | 2.9 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 million | 2.7 million | 980,000 | 1.1 million | 11 million |
| Iraq | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 28,000 | 150,000 | 21,000 | 110,000 | 320,000 |
| Morocco | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 81,000 | 86,000 | 29,000 | 59,000 | 280,000 |
| Sudan | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 64,000 | 52,000 | 12,000 | 92,000 | 320,000 |
| Japan | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.8 million | 990,000 | 130,000 | 110,000 | 4 million |
| Taiwan, China | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 130,000 | 12,000 | 7,900 | 7,500 | 160,000 |
| Mozambique | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 16,000 | 33,000 | 16,000 | 38,000 | 130,000 |
| Senegal | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 30,000 | 47,000 | 19,000 | 31,000 | 150,000 |
| Peru | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 190,000 | 11,000 | 9,100 | 23,000 | 280,000 |
| Argentina | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 300,000 | 310,000 | 84,000 | 69,000 | 820,000 |
| Bolivia | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 42,000 | 34,000 | 26,000 | 36,000 | 170,000 |
Shown are the top 10 and bottom 10 countries and territories with ≥10 million population and ≥100,000 street nodes, ordered by SNDi in recent development. Countries and territories with populations >20 million are listed in boldface type. A fuller list is in SI Appendix.