Germany is the top country by private cars registration in the world. As of 2023, private cars registration in Germany was 2.84 million that accounts for 65.38% of the world's private cars registration. The top 5 countries (others are France, Belgium, Portugal, and Bosnia and Herzegovina) account for 100.00% of it. The world's total private cars registration was estimated at 4.35 million in 2023.

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The number of new passenger cars or vehicles registered to the authorities.

Private brand new cars first registration (number)

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Germany3,378,3433,322,1292,916,2603,173,6343,082,5042,952,4313,036,7733,206,0423,351,6073,441,2623,435,7783,607,2582,917,6782,622,1322,651,3472,844,609
France2,133,8842,067,7892,210,1862,160,9281,857,0131,756,9511,765,8551,886,2331,984,4732,079,5112,223,5412,258,2771,693,5301,708,6751,576,950906,022
Belgium520,437483,615551,661577,382490,711490,369487,711506,284546,142553,692557,487557,970439,038392,769374,597481,079
Portugal257,836206,488223,464153,48695,311105,921142,826178,503207,330222,129228,326223,467145,136146,277156,017109,919
Bosnia-Herzegovina4,6226,4815,1298,3087,4957,3968,4977,6588,982
Albania114,532195,125294,729300,974297,341341,695378,053403,680436,013422,084460,027
Australia789,096827,407803,450882,680899,965883,949924,154927,280915,658865,771799,263676,804753,256777,688
Austria309,427307,915328,563356,145336,010319,035303,318308,555329,604353,320341,068329,363248,740239,803215,050
Azerbaijan49,55449,84256,75483,70387,65541,53322,2705,8757,74921,64137,92044,25477,41761,255
Belarus3,037,1863,067,4923,094,7513,159,8723,229,935
Bulgaria85,5312,9762,6542,1332,0941,8191,8712,0042,3183,1933,5633,7052,7923,5284,290
Canada1,071,3231,896,0191,947,7282,036,6471,975,8601,930,4451,545,5611,646,6091,512,399
Croatia59,17160,77433,48635,56924,60223,28129,32531,14540,16542,45053,06555,79427,95135,24637,044
Czechia206,788124,876168,372172,787173,202164,627192,923229,731257,854269,622259,525247,567198,400205,397191,470
Denmark113,634148,578153,614169,794169,851180,642188,406206,653222,469221,473218,475225,620198,980186,598
Estonia8,83019,64310,29917,07119,42619,69521,13521,06423,07825,62526,31027,58419,28522,62620,561
Finland134,603148,161111,968126,130111,258103,455106,235108,819119,000118,587120,505114,20296,41698,48581,699
North Macedonia13,76315,89449,29140,09032,84431,92729,76629,30830,42326,60933,07239,21729,95239,42728,018
Georgia8,75440,11643,40852,75863,63683,68973,54178,99963,47863,77061,41367,02285,08498,685
Greece300,829301,123152,304106,95363,72864,22983,62095,185105,414128,829162,093183,476134,586164,519175,535
Hungary149,137204,78446,07447,66157,09060,21071,77981,454101,383122,098141,819162,944131,786125,138115,798
Iceland13,56018,0603,1065,0397,9257,2759,42914,02918,50921,21317,97811,8209,36912,79316,681
Ireland230,804172,28188,91389,90079,49874,30396,363124,945146,672131,356125,557117,10088,324104,932105,296
Italy2,413,0842,237,3841,961,5781,749,0851,403,0101,304,6481,360,5781,575,7371,825,8921,971,3451,910,7031,916,9481,381,7561,458,0301,316,773
Japan4,768,0014,709,6914,193,7963,505,8324,545,8774,534,6084,674,2814,192,5274,123,0754,363,9474,369,2254,281,7223,795,3923,662,8943,436,972
Korea927,0481,211,8571,255,0611,196,3301,164,7911,213,0121,308,9591,324,5631,318,6181,286,7711,275,5931,365,4521,200,0581,149,339
Latvia7,30317,4666,58811,32811,03411,07012,92814,13016,71217,05517,18518,52913,72014,65217,152
Lithuania115,808173,644161,266132,117153,024155,855139,438129,461140,224168,06032,32947,22540,87828,20925,881
Luxembourg42,30448,51749,72650,08150,39846,62449,79346,47350,56152,77552,82955,00845,54944,37242,094
Malta11,6185,6213,9275,2974,8394,5405,2815,9527,3337,7768,1757,6984,6035,2506,429
Mexico593,455714,010503,748592,101648,883698,217745,250
Moldova13,31022,26817,59025,83525,69330,36224,76517,44817,60041,80927,01432,11830,33441,00831,387
Montenegro, Republic Of8,60810,26011,17312,41713,04813,71815,92718,571
Netherlands597,623465,196483,168555,846502,479416,717387,569448,927382,512414,306443,529445,218355,432322,318312,073
New Zealand202,461258,806168,082164,324178,355212,347265,096286,444307,798337,346319,596304,478241,962292,634282,495
Norway97,378109,907127,754138,345137,967142,151144,202150,686154,603158,650147,929142,381141,405176,276174,329
Poland343,745207,367220,097274,593273,211290,983282,359356,337418,058490,651540,396561,153432,394450,831421,565
Romania70,236179,53195,22881,85366,78957,70070,17581,17595,181106,873130,921161,564
Russian Federation19,097,0003,079,1012,351,0331,948,8401,977,9582,497,6453,740,7194,758,0115,696,109
Serbia, Republic Of220,94027,13528,95122,14211,48711,70211,89812,20714,96717,99020,62221,65715,10519,50619,611
Slovak Republic54,35299,281126,663130,772130,818113,876125,813137,751151,870165,652169,898169,583133,47775,60878,659
Slovenia62,62160,53160,77759,81349,70051,96854,08660,66864,89972,47774,51872,71053,36753,42845,679
Spain1,465,5031,676,693993,442808,290703,808742,305890,1251,093,6381,230,0571,341,6271,424,0441,375,555939,089953,663914,921
Sweden354,649311,779308,734326,649301,335292,178324,037361,932388,014392,728365,535366,961303,196314,313299,220
Switzerland314,482260,682296,597327,955334,045310,154304,083327,143319,331315,032300,887312,902238,664242,263229,403
Turkey349,473406,807485,619602,248565,791654,905585,814746,395746,074741,902526,235386,748601,525614,037566,280
United Kingdom2,337,1312,443,4551,996,3251,907,4112,010,8252,225,0822,438,3402,602,1462,665,2512,509,3302,341,5052,213,4091,549,3161,640,224
United States5,635,4326,089,7087,244,4397,585,3417,708,3007,516,8266,872,7296,089,2035,310,2774,719,7103,401,8383,350,050
Israel216,068198,284206,098235,483248,891277,372275,303261,791253,514217,429290,565265,646
Argentina688,480657,161711,631902,733
Kazakhstan733,544791,360746,553822,728898,222
Chile274,337229,361247,264291,530336,877301,780208,701345,132329,101