Number of motor vehicles rose 2.41% to 2.32 mil in Ireland in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of motor vehicles in Ireland reached an all time high of 2.32 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 0.956 mil in 1990. When compared to Ireland's main peers, number of motor vehicles in Canada amounted to 23.2 mil, 38.7 mil in France, 0.262 mil in Iceland and 38.2 mil in United Kingdom in 2015.
Ireland has been ranked 60th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of motor vehicles, 6 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 |
Australia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 16.4 | |||||||||
Belgium | mil | 5.90 | 6.04 | 6.14 | 6.18 | 6.24 | ||||||||||||||||
Canada | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.8 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 21.7 | 22.3 | |||||||||
Denmark | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.64 | 2.66 | 2.68 | 2.71 | 2.73 | ||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.7 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 33.3 | 34.9 | |||||||||
Norway | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.79 | 2.86 | 2.93 | 3.00 | 3.07 | ||||||||
Spain | mil | 27.4 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 27.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Sweden | mil | 4.83 | 4.88 | 4.96 | 5.02 | 5.07 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 249 | 248 | 249 | 251 | 253 | |||||||||
United Kingdom | mil | ... | ... | 35.2 | 35.5 | 35.6 | 35.8 | 36.5 |