GLOBAL FLOOR LOADING CODES

In this table is a summary of floor loading in there design of offices, as assembled from design codes.

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COUNTRY


POPULATION

AREA LOAD min (kN/m2)
AREA LOAD (heavily loaded space) (kN/m2)
POINT LOAD min (kN)
POINT LOAD heavily loaded rooms (kN)
URBAN
POPULATION
(%)


CODE
China 1,349,585,838 2 51% GB50009-2012
India 1,220,800,359 2.5 5 2.7 9 31% IS 875 Part 2 – 1987
United States 316,668,567 2.4 4.79 8.9 82% ASCE 7-98
Indonesia 251,160,124 2.4 4.79 8.9 51% SNI 1727-2013
Brazil 201,009,622 2 3 87% ABNT NBR 6120:1980
Pakistan 193,238,868 2.4 4.8 9 36% Building code of Pakistan
Nigeria 174,507,539 2.5 5 9 50% Nigeria National Buildong Code
Bangladesh 163,654,860 2.4 4.8 9 28% Bangladesh National Building Code DRAFT
Russia 142,500,482 2 74% СП20.13330.2011
Japan 127,253,075 1.6 3.5 91% AIJ Recommendations for Loads on Buildings
Mexico 116,220,947 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 78% CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS, ARTÍCULO 163
Philippines 105,720,644 2.4 4.8 9 49% Building code for Philippines
Ethiopia 93,877,025 3 2 2 17% EBCS-1: 1995
Vietnam 92,477,857 2 3 31% TCVN 2737:1995
Egypt 85,294,388 2.5 44% ECP 201-2011
Germany 81,147,265 2 3 1.5 4.5 74% DIN EN 1991-1-1/NA:2010-12
Turkey 80,694,485 2 72% TS 498/1997
Iran 79,853,900 2 2 69% IPS-E-CE-500
France 65,951,611 2.5 3 1.5 4.5 85% NF EN 1991-1-1:2004 / NF P 06-111-2
United Kingdom 63,395,574 2.5 3 1.5 4.5 80% NA to BS EN 1991-1-1:2002
Italy 61,482,297 3 3 1.5 4.5 68% UNI-EN 1991-1-1:2007
Burma 55,167,330 2.39 4.79 8.9 33% National Building Code Part 3
South Africa 48,601,098 2.5 3 4.5 5 62% SANS 10160-2
Spain 47,370,542 2 2 4.5 77% DB SE-AE, CTE - Codigo Técnico de la Edificacion
Ukraine 44,573,205 2 69% ДБН В.1.2-2:2006
Poland 38,383,809 3 3 1.5 4.5 61% PN-EN 1991-1-1
Canada 34,568,211 2.4 4.8 9 81% National building code 2015
Afghanistan 31108077 2.39 4.79 8.9 24% Section 1004 IBC.
Australia 22,262,501 3 5 2.7 6.7 89% AS/NZS 1170.1:2002
Romania 21,790,479 2.5 53% SR EN 1991-1-1-2004/NA-2006
Netherlands 16,805,037 2 3 1.5 4.5 83% SNiP 2.01.07-85; NCM E.01.02-2005 (EN 1991)*
Portugal 10,799,270 3 3 1.5 4.5 61% NP EN 1991-1-1 2009
Greece 10,772,967 2.5 3 1.5 4.5 61% ΕΛΟΤ EN 1991.01.01/NA
Belgium 10,444,268 3 3 1.5 4.5 97% NBN EN 1991-1-1 ANB:2007
Czech Republic 10,162,921 2.5 3 1.5 4.5 73% BAS EN 1991-1-1/NA: 2016
Hungary 9,939,470 3 3 1.5 4.5 70% MSZ EN 1991- 1-1 NM
Belarus 9,625,888 2 3 2 4.5 75% ТКП EN 1991-1-1-2016
Sweden 9,119,423 2.5 3 1.5 4.5 85% BFS 2013:10 EKS 9, SS-EN 1991-1-1
Austria 8,221,646 3 3 3 4 68% ÖNORM B 1991-1-1: 2017 02 01
Switzerland 7,996,026 3 5 2 4 74% SIA 261
Serbia 7,243,007 2 56% SRPS EN 1991-1-1/NA:2015 (EN 1991)*
Hong Kong 7,182,724 2.5 5 3 4.5 100% Code of Practice for Dead and Imposed Loads
Bulgaria 6,981,642 3 3 1.5 4.5 73% EN 1991-1-1:2004/NA:2011
Denmark 5,556,452 2.5 3 1.5 4.5 87% DS/EN 1991-1-1 DK NA:2013
Slovakia 5,488,339 3 3 1.5 4.5 55% STN EN 1991-1-1/NA/Z1 (73 0035)
Singapore 5,460,302 2 3 1.5 4.5 100% EN 1991
Finland 5,266,114 2.5 3 1.5 4.5 85% SFS-EN 1991-1-1:2010
Ireland 4,775,982 3 3 1.5 4.5 62% I.S. EN 1991-1-1:2002/NA:2013
Norway 4,722,701 3 79% NS-EN 1991-1-1:2002/NA:2008
Croatia 4,475,611 2 3 1.5 4.5 58% HRN EN 1991-1-1/NA
New Zeland 4,365,113 3 5 2.7 6.7 86% AS/NZS 1170.1:2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,875,723 2 9% BAS EN 1991-1-1/NA: 2016
Moldova 3,619,925 2 48% SNiP 2.01.07-85; NCM E.01.02-2005
Lithuania 3,515,858 2 3 1.5 4.5 67% LST EN 1991-1-1:2004
Albania 3,011,405 2 3 1.5 4.5 52% EN 1991
Latvia 2,178,443 2 3 1.5 4.5 68% LVS EN 1991-1-1:2003 /NA:2010 (EN 1991)*
Slovenia 1,992,690 2 3 1.5 4.5 50% SIST EN 1991-1-1:2004/AC:2009 (EN 1991)*
Estonia 1,266,375 2 3 1.5 4.5 70% EN 1991*
Cyprus 1,155,403 3 3 1.5 4.5 71% NA to CYS EN 1991-1-3:2002
Luxembourg 514,862 2 3 1.5 4.5 85% EN 1991-1-1:2002/AN-LU:2011
Brunei 415,717 2.5 5 2.7 4.5 76% PBD 12 : 2017
Malta 411,277 2 3 1.5 4.5 95% EN 1991*
Iceland 315,281 2 3 1.5 4.5 93% EN 1991*
Andorra 85,293 2 3 1.5 4.5 88% EN 1991*
TOTAL 5,598,083,734
AVERAGE 2.38 3.51 1.81 5.36
MEDIAN 2.40 3.00 1.50 4.50