Number of motor vehicles rose 0.280% to 77.4 mil in Japan in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of motor vehicles in Japan reached an all time high of 77.4 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 1.35 mil in 1960. When compared to Japan's main peers, number of motor vehicles in China amounted to 163 mil, 51.4 mil in Russia, 21.0 mil in South Korea and 264 mil in USA in 2015.
Japan has been ranked 3rd within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of motor vehicles, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Motor Vehicles | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Canada | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.8 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 21.7 | 22.3 | |||||||||
| China | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62.8 | 78.0 | 93.6 | 109 | 127 | ||||||||
| Germany | mil | 44.6 | 45.3 | 46.0 | 46.5 | 47.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 16.2 | 18.0 | 20.1 | 22.6 | 24.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 75.3 | 75.4 | 75.5 | 76.1 | 76.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.7 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 33.3 | 34.9 | |||||||||
| North Korea | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Russia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39.3 | 40.7 | 42.9 | 45.4 | 48.1 | ||||||
| South Korea | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 19.4 | |||||||||
| USA | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 249 | 248 | 249 | 251 | 253 | |||||||||
| Vietnam | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.41 | 1.54 | 1.69 | 1.84 | 1.95 |
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