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Worldwide Passenger Cars (per 1,000 people)

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This map shows worldwide passenger cars, per 1000 people.

Current world passenger cars: 131.64 per 1000 people

What is passenger cars?

Passenger cars refer to road motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver). The term "passenger car" therefore covers microbars (need no permit to be driven), taxis and hired passenger cars, provided that they have fewer than ten seats.

Last updated: 14 years ago

Category: Infrastructure

Country Name	Latest (per 1,000 people)	Source Year	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Afghanistan	15.29	2007	15.29
Albania	74.74	2007	74.74	70.97	61.51	61		48
Algeria	58	2005			58	57	56	55
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola	8	2002						8
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	146	2000
Armenia	96.31	2007	96.31
Aruba
Australia	545.44	2007	545.44		542	531	524
Austria	510.57	2007	510.57	506.62		503	499	493
Azerbaijan	57	2005			57	53	49	43
Bahamas, The	290	2002						290
Bahrain	404.49	2007	404.49				325	321
Bangladesh	1	2007	1	1.26
Barbados	352.23	2007	352.23			343	341	305
Belarus	240.1	2007	240.1	183	181	174	168	156
Belgium	471.15	2007	471.15	473.93		468	465	467
Belize	121	2003					121
Benin	16.54	2007	16.54					13
Bermuda
Bhutan	29.87	2007	29.87					12
Bolivia	18.38	2007	18.38			15	14
Bosnia and Herzegovina	152.1	2007	152.1
Botswana	55.77	2007	55.77		47	42	37	34
Brazil	158.1	2007	158.1			136	131
Brunei Darussalam	649.14	2007	649.14			397	395	330
Bulgaria	257.39	2007	257.39			314	295	286
Burkina Faso	6.57	2007	6.57
Burundi	1.82	2007	1.82				1
Cambodia
Cameroon	11	2003					11	10
Canada	371.98	2007	371.98				561	559
Cape Verde	67.4	2007	67.4
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic	0.28	2007	0.28					1
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile	102.51	2007	102.51	97.32	91.47		88	87
China	22.47	2007	22.47	18.26	15	12	10	8
Colombia	38.1	2007	38.1	36.97	35
Comoros	30.63	2007	30.63
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.	14.87	2007	14.87					8
Costa Rica	117.74	2007	117.74			146	139	90
Cote d'Ivoire	7	2002						7
Croatia	336.14	2007	336.14	323.31	312	301	291	280
Cuba	21.0	2007	21.0
Cyprus	480.81	2007	480.81		550	406	371	357
Czech Republic	414.17	2007	414.17	398.93			363	358
Denmark	369.87	2007	369.87		354	351		360
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic	61.97	2007	61.97		78	74	70	74
Ecuador	38.0	2007	38.0	39.32	34.94	32	31
Egypt, Arab Rep.	28.57	2005			28.57	27	26	26
El Salvador	41.41	2007	41.41
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea	6.41	2007	6.41
Estonia	390.38	2007	390.38		367	349	321	295
Ethiopia	0.9	2007	0.9				1	1
Faeroe Islands
Fiji	113.14	2007	113.14			96	90	85
Finland	482.83	2007	482.83	469.68	460	446	433	419
France	497.51	2007	497.51	495.92	494	494	492	489
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The	5.16	2007	5.16			5	6	6
Georgia	94.64	2007	94.64				56	55
Germany	566.1	2007	566.1	565.17	550	546	541	541
Ghana	21.1	2007	21.1	11.97
Gibraltar
Greece	428.69	2007	428.69	409.28	388	368	348	331
Greenland
Grenada	148	2000
Guam
Guatemala	53	2000
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau	26.8	2007	26.8
Guyana	58.6	2007	58.6
Haiti
Honduras	68.66	2007	68.66
Hong Kong SAR, China	53.74	2007	53.74	52.24		53	52
Hungary	299.55	2007	299.55	292.45			274	259
Iceland	667.25	2007	667.25		632	601	576	562
India	8	2003					8	7
Indonesia	42.1	2007	42.1
Iran, Islamic Rep.	12.96	2007	12.96					24
Iraq	30	2000
Ireland	437.35	2007	437.35				382	374
Isle of Man
Israel	251.44	2007	251.44		239	234	231	232
Italy	600.93	2007	600.93		595	590		584
Jamaica	138.42	2006		138.42		135	120
Japan	324.56	2007	324.56			441	433	428
Jordan	93.84	2007	93.84	87.64	78	71	67
Kazakhstan	140.99	2007	140.99	114	93	80	77	72
Kenya	14.98	2007	14.98			9	9	8
Kiribati	99.42	2007	99.42
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep.	248.1	2007	248.1	239.81	230	221	215	205
Kosovo
Kuwait	281.88	2007	281.88			349	330
Kyrgyz Republic	43.89	2007	43.89		39	39	37	38
Lao PDR	2.19	2007	2.19
Latvia	397.55	2007	397.55	357.4	323	297	279	265
Lebanon	403	2000
Lesotho
Liberia	2	2007	2
Libya	225.48	2007	225.48		232
Liechtenstein
Lithuania	470.4	2007	470.4	468.31	426	383	364	340
Luxembourg	440.86	2007	440.86			647	638	633
Macao SAR, China	143.24	2007	143.24			134	125	118
Macedonia, FYR	122.13	2007	122.13				150	152
Madagascar
Malawi	3.83	2007	3.83
Malaysia	225	2003					225	211
Maldives	10.0	2007	10.0			6	5
Mali	7.1	2007	7.1
Malta	498.17	2007	498.17			523	520	505
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius	114.54	2007	114.54	103.95		96	88	84
Mayotte
Mexico	166.54	2007	166.54	146.96	137	131	137	128
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	15.96	2007	15.96
Moldova	89.11	2007	89.11	84.0	70	65	60	63
Monaco	748.23	2007	748.23
Mongolia	42.23	2007	42.23				28	26
Montenegro
Morocco	53.29	2007	53.29				46	47
Mozambique	7.26	2007	7.26
Myanmar	5.57	2007	5.57	4.26	4		4
Namibia	51.84	2007	51.84					42
Nepal	3.1	2007	3.1					3
Netherlands	441.37	2007	441.37			429		424
Netherlands Antilles	396.22	2007	396.22			360	321	374
New Caledonia
New Zealand	614.79	2007	614.79	608.99	607	591	574	613
Nicaragua	18.18	2007	18.18			18	16	16
Niger	4	2005			4	4	4	3
Nigeria	30.81	2007	30.81			17	16	14
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway	457.58	2007	457.58		439	431	422	419
Oman	174.4	2007	174.4					156
Pakistan	8.86	2007	8.86			10		7
Palau
Panama	130.58	2007	130.58					73
Papua New Guinea	6.0	2007	6.0
Paraguay	39.33	2007	39.33
Peru	32.87	2007	32.87			30	30	29
Philippines	10.67	2007	10.67		9			10
Poland	382.7	2007	382.7	351.29	323	314	294	288
Portugal	471	2003					471
Puerto Rico	613.98	2007	613.98
Qatar	335	2002						335
Romania	155.8	2005			155.8	149	142
Russian Federation	205.83	2007	205.83	188.0			161	156
Rwanda	2.19	2007	2.19
Samoa	45.49	2005			45.49
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe	1.93	2007	1.93
Saudi Arabia	415	2004				415	407	397
Senegal	15.15	2007	15.15
Serbia	200.0	2007	200.0	204.3
Seychelles	103.25	2007	103.25				74	71
Sierra Leone	2.8	2007	2.8					2
Singapore	112.68	2007	112.68	105.49	101	99	97	97
Slovak Republic	272.1	2007	272.1	246.99		222	252	247
Slovenia	505.48	2007	505.48	492.78	481.58	470.49	459.51	452.0
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa	107.85	2007	107.85	103.17	98	93		92
Spain	484.86	2007	484.86				445	454
Sri Lanka	18.1	2007	18.1	17.0	15.81			13
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	84.74	2007	84.74				99	90
Sudan	19.92	2007	19.92
Suriname	171	2004				171	161
Swaziland	45.51	2007	45.51				40	39
Sweden	464.85	2007	464.85	461.81	460	458	455	453
Switzerland	523.94	2007	523.94	520	520	516	512	508
Syrian Arab Republic	22.43	2007	22.43	19.13	15.26	12.7	11.45	10.27
Tajikistan	28.63	2007	28.63
Tanzania	2	2007	2
Thailand	54	2003					54	52
Timor-Leste
Togo	1.61	2007	1.61
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia	73.0	2007	73.0			83		60
Turkey	87.6	2007	87.6	84.12	80	75	66	66
Turkmenistan	81.39	2007	81.39
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda	2.63	2007	2.63
Ukraine	127.71	2007	127.71		118	115	116	112
United Arab Emirates	293.1	2007	293.1
United Kingdom	462.74	2007	462.74		457	451	440	446
United States	450.67	2007	450.67		461	465	467
Uruguay	151	2005			151
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu	16	2000
Venezuela, RB	107.42	2007	107.42			94	85	83
Vietnam	13.46	2007	13.46
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
West Bank and Gaza	15.75	2007	15.75		29	27	23
Yemen, Rep.
Zambia	11	2007	11
Zimbabwe	90.59	2007	90.59					45