Number of passenger cars with a petrol engine fell 0.155% to 18.7 mil in the United Kingdom in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of passenger cars with a petrol engine in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 22.0 mil in 2004 and an all time low of 18.7 mil in 2016. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, number of passenger cars with a petrol engine in Belgium amounted to 2.24 mil, 9.59 mil in France, 30.0 mil in Germany and 1.05 mil in Ireland in 2016.
United Kingdom has been ranked 2nd within the group of 25 countries we follow in terms of number of passenger cars with a petrol engine, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Passenger Cars (Petrol Engine) | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Austria | mil | 1.99 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.01 | 2.02 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 2.04 | 2.01 | 1.98 | 2.01 | 2.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| France | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.2 | 9.75 | |||||||||||
| Germany | mil | ... | 30.5 | 30.5 | 30.2 | 30.0 | 29.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Ireland | mil | ... | ... | 1.40 | 1.34 | 1.27 | 1.22 | 1.17 | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | ... | 20.4 | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.0 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | mil | ... | ... | ... | 0.121 | 0.120 | 0.121 | 0.124 | 0.127 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | mil | 6.17 | 6.25 | 6.28 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | ... | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.3 | ... | 9.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | ... | ... | 20.1 | 19.5 | 19.2 | ... | ... |
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