How many cars are there in the world?

An estimated 1.4 billion vehicles are on the road, which is about 18 percent.

How many cars are there in the world? Short answer? Many. Many, many, many.

There are so many, in fact, that if you park them all nose to tail, the line will stretch from Sydney to London, then back to Sydney, then back to London, then back to Sydney. At least that's what our elementary calculations tell us.

So yes, a lot. Oh, were you hoping for more details? Well then, read on.

How many cars are there in the world?

Specific figures are a bit difficult to come by due to the many different authorities responsible for counting them, but the best estimate is around 1.32 billion cars, trucks and buses in 2016. Industrial giant WardsAuto, with the caveat that it does not include SUVs or heavy equipment. (Source: Wards Intelligence)

Some industry analysts believe that this number has already exceeded 1.4 billion over the past few years. And it continues to grow at an astonishing rate. To put this growth in perspective, there were about 670 million cars in the world in 1996 and only 342 million cars in 1976.

If this staggering rate of growth continues, with the total number of cars doubling every 20 years, then we can expect that by the year 2.8 there will be about 2036 billion cars on the planet.

I know what you're thinking; Who drives all these cars? What percentage of people in the world own a car? Well, according to the most recent estimates, the world population is at a (fast growing) 7.6 billion people and the number of cars on the roads is estimated at 1.4 billion, which means car saturation is around 18 percent. But that's before you take into account children, the elderly, and anyone else who doesn't or doesn't want to own a car.

Of course, this is an uneven distribution: the number of cars per capita is much higher in the west (you might be surprised how many cars there are in the US) than in the developing east. But in the next decade, that pendulum will swing the other way, hence the continued boom in our global fleet.

Which country has the most cars in the world?

For a long time, the answer to this question was the United States. And as of 2016, the total American car fleet was about 268 million vehicles and growing at a rate of about 17 million vehicles per year. (Source: Statistics)

But times are changing, and China has now overtaken the United States, with 300.3 million cars as of April 2017. It is important to note that not only do Chinese people now buy more cars per year than America (27.5 million cars in 2017). alone), but per capita penetration is still much lower. This means there is still plenty of room for growth, especially with China's 1.3 billion population. (Source: Ministry of Public Control of China, according to the South China Morning Post)

According to one report, if the number of cars per capita in China were the same as in the US, there would only be one billion cars in the country. But perhaps the most sobering statistic is the record 90 million vehicles sold worldwide in 2017, more than 25 percent of which were sold in China. (Source: China Daily)

All the rest are just bears compared to them. For example, in Australia there are only 19.2 million registered vehicles (according to ABS data), while in the Philippines, for example, there were only 9.2 million registered vehicles in 2016, according to CEIC analysts. (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics and CEIC)

Which country has the most cars per capita?

In this regard, the data is much clearer. In fact, the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum published a study on the same topic (total registered vehicles divided by population) at the end of 2015, and the results may surprise you. (Source: World Economic Forum)

Finland tops the list with 1.07 registered cars per person (yes, more than one per person) and Andorra comes in second with 1.05 cars. Italy closes the top five with 0.84, followed by the USA with 0.83 and Malaysia with 0.80.

Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland, Austria and Greece ranked sixth to tenth, with car numbers ranging from 10 to 0.73 per person.

How many electric vehicles are there in the world?

To do this, we turn to the Frost Global Electric Vehicle Market Outlook 2018 study, which tracked electric vehicle sales worldwide.

The report notes that interest in electric vehicles is growing, with the 1.2 million electric vehicles sold in 2017 expected to grow to around 1.6 million in 2018 and around two million in 2019. as opposed to sprinkling on the offer just a few years ago. (Source: Forst Sullivan)

The report puts the total global EV fleet at 3.28 million vehicles, including all-electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid models. (Source: Forbes)

Which manufacturer produces the most cars in a year?

Volkswagen is the world's largest car manufacturer with 10.7 million vehicles sold in 2017. But wait, you say. How many cars does Toyota produce per year? The Japanese giant actually comes in second place, selling around 10.35 million vehicles last year. (Source: Manufacturers' global sales figures)

These are the biggest fish and they outshine most of the competition. For example, you may think of Ford as a global giant, but the answer to the question is, how many cars does Ford make per year? Well, in 6.6 the blue oval has shifted by about 2017 million cars. A lot, yes, but far from the pace of the first two.

Specialized brands have recorded only a drop in the vast ocean. For example, Ferrari moved 8398 cars while Lamborghini moved only 3815 cars. How many cars does Tesla make per year? In 2017, it reported 101,312 sales, although it was only the X and S models, and in 3, many more were added to the more pocket-friendly 2018 models.

How many cars are destroyed every year?

Another short answer? Not enough. Global numbers are hard to come by, but it's estimated that about 12 million cars are destroyed in America each year, and about eight million cars are scrapped in Europe. In the US alone, that means five million more vehicles are sold each year than are destroyed.