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Based on a comparison of 139 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in sales of passenger cars with 20,178 thousand followed by Japan and USA. On the other end of the scale was Burundi with 0.010 thousand, Liberia with 0.068 thousand and Palestine with 0.109 thousand.
Data for more countries are available at Sales Of New Passenger Cars indicator page.
| Sales Of New Passenger Cars | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | thousand | 927 | 916 | 874 | 799 | 677 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil | thousand | 1,677 | 1,856 | 2,102 | 2,262 | 1,616 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| China | thousand | ... | ... | ... | 24,377 | 24,718 | 23,710 | 21,472 | 20,178 | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| France | thousand | 2,015 | 2,111 | 2,173 | 2,214 | 1,650 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | thousand | 3,352 | 3,441 | 3,436 | 3,607 | 2,918 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | thousand | ... | ... | ... | 2,967 | 3,229 | 3,395 | 2,962 | 2,433 | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Iran | thousand | ... | ... | ... | 1,320 | 1,361 | 913 | 619 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Italy | thousand | 1,826 | 1,971 | 1,910 | 1,916 | 1,381 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | thousand | 4,146 | 4,386 | 4,391 | 4,301 | 3,810 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | thousand | ... | ... | ... | 1,240 | 1,449 | 1,607 | 1,568 | 1,434 | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| South Korea | thousand | 1,534 | 1,527 | 1,525 | 1,497 | 1,618 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | thousand | 1,147 | 1,235 | 1,321 | 1,258 | 851 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | thousand | 757 | 723 | 486 | 387 | 610 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| USA | thousand | 6,873 | 6,080 | 5,304 | 4,720 | 3,402 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | thousand | 2,693 | 2,541 | 2,367 | 2,311 | 1,631 |
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