Number of passenger cars with a petrol engine rose 0.472% to 9.59 mil in France in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of passenger cars with a petrol engine in France reached an all time high of 18.1 mil in 1999 and an all time low of 9.54 mil in 2015. When compared to France's main peers, number of passenger cars with a petrol engine in Belgium amounted to 2.24 mil, 30.0 mil in Germany, 18.5 mil in Italy and 9.82 mil in Spain in 2016.
France has been ranked 6th within the group of 25 countries we follow in terms of number of passenger cars with a petrol engine, 3 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.2 | 9.75 | |||||||||||
| Germany | mil | ... | 30.5 | 30.5 | 30.2 | 30.0 | 29.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | ... | 20.4 | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.0 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | mil | ... | ... | ... | 0.121 | 0.120 | 0.121 | 0.124 | 0.127 | |||||||||||||
| Morocco | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Netherlands | mil | 6.17 | 6.25 | 6.28 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | ... | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.57 | 2.50 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 2.28 | ||
| Slovenia | mil | ... | ... | 0.693 | 0.677 | 0.655 | 0.634 | 0.609 | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.3 | ... | 9.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | mil | 3.31 | 3.30 | 3.28 | 3.24 | 3.24 |
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