US is far from average needs of a car user. Not a representative sample.
To be exact 67% of people live in such countries, and 83% of people live in countries more dense than US.
Source: http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/countries-by-dens... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aoJUhDHhhIvLRSPLsT7b...