Number of motor vehicles rose 2.16% to 5.87 mil in Portugal in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of motor vehicles in Portugal reached an all time high of 5.87 mil in 2011 and an all time low of 5.29 mil in 2003. When compared to Portugal's main peers, number of motor vehicles in France amounted to 38.7 mil, 2.32 mil in Ireland, 3.57 mil in Morocco and 27.5 mil in Spain in 2015.
Portugal has been ranked 33rd within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of motor vehicles, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Motor Vehicles | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.85 | 3.98 | 4.13 | 4.53 | 4.84 | ||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 5.90 | 6.04 | 6.14 | 6.18 | 6.24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.8 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 21.7 | 22.3 | |||||||||
| France | mil | ... | ... | ... | 37.4 | 37.7 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.2 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 44.6 | 45.3 | 46.0 | 46.5 | 47.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.241 | 0.243 | 0.238 | 0.242 | 0.246 | ||||||||
| Ireland | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.25 | 2.20 | 2.21 | 2.19 | 2.23 | ||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | 41.2 | 41.7 | 42.1 | 42.0 | 41.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.034 | 0.035 | 0.036 | 0.036 | 0.040 | ||||||
| Morocco | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.60 | 2.76 | 2.92 | 3.09 | 3.25 | ||||||||
| Portugal | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.81 | 5.83 | 5.87 | 5.81 | 5.75 | |||||||
| Spain | mil | 27.4 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 27.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.22 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.33 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | ... | ... | 35.2 | 35.5 | 35.6 | 35.8 | 36.5 |
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