Number of passenger cars rose 2.85% to 33.5 mil in the United Kingdom in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of passenger cars in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 33.5 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 11.7 mil in 1970. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, number of passenger cars in Belgium amounted to 5.59 mil, 32.0 mil in France, 45.1 mil in Germany and 1.99 mil in Ireland in 2015.
United Kingdom has been ranked 8th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of passenger cars, 3 places below 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 |
| Austria | mil | 4.64 | 4.69 | 4.75 | 4.78 | 4.81 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 5.44 | 5.51 | 5.59 | 5.62 | 5.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | ... | ... | 21.3 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.5 | ||||||||||||||
| France | mil | 31.7 | 31.8 | 32.0 | 32.1 | 32.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 43.9 | 44.4 | 45.1 | 44.9 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | mil | 0.213 | 0.217 | 0.226 | 0.226 | 0.228 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | mil | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.99 | 1.99 | 2.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | mil | 0.363 | 0.373 | 0.381 | 0.384 | 0.388 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | mil | 8.15 | 8.19 | 8.34 | 8.39 | 8.46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | 19.3 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 21.1 | 21.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | 32.1 | 32.6 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 33.7 |
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