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Sales of passenger cars in selected countries worldwide from 2005 to 2024 (in million units)

Characteristic	China	U.S. (excluding light trucks*)	Japan	Germany	India
2024	27.56	2.98	3.72	2.82	4.27
2023	26.06	3.11	3.99	2.84	4.1
2022	23.56	2.86	3.45	2.65	3.79
2021	21.52	3.35	3.68	2.62	3.08
2020	20.18	3.4	3.81	2.92	2.43
2019	21.47	4.72	4.3	3.61	2.96
2018	23.71	5.3	4.39	3.44	3.39
2017	24.72	6.08	4.39	3.44	3.23
2016	24.38	6.87	4.15	3.35	2.97
2015	21.21	7.52	4.22	3.21	2.77
2014	19.71	7.69	4.7	3.04	2.57
2013	17.93	7.59	4.56	2.95	2.55
2012	15.5	7.24	4.57	3.08	2.78
2011	14.47	6.09	3.51	3.17	2.51
2010	13.76	5.64	4.2	2.92	2.39
2009	10.33	5.4	3.91	3.81	1.82
2008	6.76	6.77	4.18	3.09	1.55
2007	6.3	7.56	4.33	3.15	1.51
2006	5.18	7.76	4.61	3.47	1.31
2005	3.97	7.66	4.75	3.32	1.11

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2025

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2005 to 2024

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The values have been rounded.

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At about 21.47 million units, China remained the largest market for passenger car sales in 2024. According to the source, passenger cars are motor vehicles with at least four wheels, used for the transport of passengers, and comprising no more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat. Hence, the figures do not include light trucks.

Pandemic causes sales slump across all markets

Worldwide, passenger car sales have been slowly increasing. Car sales started falling dramatically during the 2008-2009 economic crisis and re-entered a sales slump at the end of 2018. Sales slumped in 2020 due to the outbreak of Covid-19 and related measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. However, despite the impact of the semiconductor chip shortage on vehicle production, global car sales have slowly increased in 2021 and 2022. Since 2023, the number has amounted above pre-pandemic levels, and it is expected to incline more in 2025.

Spotlight on the largest markets

In Europe, about 75 percent of new passenger car registrations occur in the largest markets, which include Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain. Despite a slowdown in demand in 2020, China has seen the largest increases in passenger vehicle sales between 2005 and 2020, growing from 3.97 million units to some 20 million units. During this time period, leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like General Motors or Volkswagen enjoyed rising sales trends not just in China, but across all Asian markets.

China, Japan, Germany, India, and the United States are ranked among the world’s largest car markets. These countries are home to many of the major motor vehicle manufacturers, including the world’s largest automakers in 2024.