Number of passenger cars rose 5.17% to 16.6 mil in South Korea in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of passenger cars in South Korea reached an all time high of 16.6 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 11.1 mil in 2005.
South Korea has been ranked 15th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of passenger cars, 1 place 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 |
| Cambodia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| China | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 101 | 117 | 136 | 139 | 146 | ||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| India | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.9 | 20.4 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 23.9 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 60.0 | 60.7 | 61.0 | 61.2 | 61.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Thailand | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.17 | 7.72 | 8.17 | 8.38 | 8.68 | ||||||||||
| USA | mil | 120 | 121 | 122 | 121 | 120 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.79 | 1.90 | 2.00 | 2.08 | 2.16 |
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