Number of passenger cars rose 15.6% to 136 mil in China in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of passenger cars in China reached an all time high of 136 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 13.0 mil in 2003. When compared to China's main peers, number of passenger cars in India amounted to 22.5 mil, 61.0 mil in Japan, 44.3 mil in Russia and 122 mil in USA in 2015.
China has been ranked 1st within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of passenger cars, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Passenger Cars | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Bangladesh | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.352 | 0.373 | 0.380 | 0.385 | 0.392 | ||||||||||
| Canada | mil | ... | ... | 21.3 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.5 | ||||||||||||||
| China | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 101 | 117 | 136 | 139 | 146 | ||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 43.9 | 44.4 | 45.1 | 44.9 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.9 | 20.4 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 23.9 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 60.0 | 60.7 | 61.0 | 61.2 | 61.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.8 | 25.5 | 26.9 | 27.4 | 28.2 | ||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.43 | 2.55 | 2.72 | 2.77 | 2.86 | ||||||||||
| Russia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.2 | 43.4 | 44.3 | 45.3 | 46.5 | |||||||||||
| South Korea | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.1 | 15.7 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 17.0 | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.528 | 0.567 | 0.673 | 0.664 | 0.685 | ||||||||||
| USA | mil | 120 | 121 | 122 | 121 | 120 |
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