Number of passenger cars rose 2.12% to 1.99 mil in Ireland in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of passenger cars in Ireland reached an all time high of 1.99 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 0.798 mil in 1990. When compared to Ireland's main peers, number of passenger cars in Canada amounted to 22.1 mil, 32.0 mil in France, 0.226 mil in Iceland and 33.5 mil in United Kingdom in 2015.
Ireland has been ranked 60th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of passenger cars, 11 places 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 |
| Australia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.8 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 5.44 | 5.51 | 5.59 | 5.62 | 5.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | ... | ... | 21.3 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark | mil | 2.28 | 2.32 | 2.39 | 2.40 | 2.43 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil | 31.7 | 31.8 | 32.0 | 32.1 | 32.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 43.9 | 44.4 | 45.1 | 44.9 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | mil | 0.213 | 0.217 | 0.226 | 0.226 | 0.228 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | mil | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.99 | 1.99 | 2.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.8 | 25.5 | 26.9 | 27.4 | 28.2 | ||||||||||
| Norway | mil | 2.49 | 2.54 | 2.59 | 2.62 | 2.65 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | mil | 4.50 | 4.59 | 4.67 | 4.68 | 4.71 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 120 | 121 | 122 | 121 | 120 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | 32.1 | 32.6 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 33.7 |
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