Number of motor vehicles rose 8.86% to 28.9 mil in India in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of motor vehicles in India reached an all time high of 28.9 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 0.535 mil in 1960. When compared to India's main peers, number of motor vehicles in Bangladesh amounted to 0.620 mil, 163 mil in China, 3.22 mil in Pakistan and 1.47 mil in Sri Lanka in 2015.
India has been ranked 11th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of motor vehicles, 5 places above 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 |
| Afghanistan | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.863 | 0.951 | 1.03 | 1.49 | 1.54 | ||||||
| Bangladesh | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.452 | 0.496 | 0.529 | 0.556 | 0.587 | ||||||
| Bhutan | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| China | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62.8 | 78.0 | 93.6 | 109 | 127 | ||||||||
| India | mil | 16.2 | 18.0 | 20.1 | 22.6 | 24.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.79 | 9.18 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 12.7 | ||||||
| Japan | mil | 75.3 | 75.4 | 75.5 | 76.1 | 76.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.60 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 11.8 | ||||||||
| Maldives | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Myanmar | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pakistan | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.17 | 2.26 | 2.43 | 2.69 | 2.89 | |||||||
| Russia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39.3 | 40.7 | 42.9 | 45.4 | 48.1 | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.943 | 0.991 | 1.10 | 1.19 | 1.25 | ||||||
| USA | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 249 | 248 | 249 | 251 | 253 |
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