First registrations of brand new vehicles by country
Number of new passenger cars and goods road motor vehicles registered for the first time.
What the numbers show
First registrations of brand new vehicles is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 3.82 million Vehicles in Japan; the lowest is 6,537 Vehicles in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 225,039 Vehicles, and the mean is 651,859 Vehicles.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 584.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 380.2%), and the largest decrease in United States (down 63.7%).
First registrations of brand new vehicles: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 3.82 million Vehicles | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 2 | Germany | 2.86 million Vehicles | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 2.73 million Vehicles | 2025 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 2.03 million Vehicles | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 5 | Canada | 1.87 million Vehicles | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 6 | France | 1.66 million Vehicles | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 7 | Italy | 1.53 million Vehicles | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 8 | Spain | 1.30 million Vehicles | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 898,222 Vehicles | 2018 | β | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 887,575 Vehicles | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 745,250 Vehicles | 2014 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 422,724 Vehicles | 2025 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 13 | Austria | 284,978 Vehicles | 2025 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 14 | Israel | 283,693 Vehicles | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 283,276 Vehicles | 2025 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 16 | Czechia | 248,789 Vehicles | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 231,716 Vehicles | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 18 | Chile | 226,657 Vehicles | 2024 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 19 | Portugal | 225,039 Vehicles | 2025 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 20 | Greece | 222,556 Vehicles | 2025 | up 133.8% | falling |
| 21 | Denmark | 185,433 Vehicles | 2025 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 22 | Norway | 176,847 Vehicles | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 23 | Romania | 156,800 Vehicles | 2025 | up 93.2% | flat |
| 24 | Georgia | 149,613 Vehicles | 2025 | up 103.4% | rising |
| 25 | Hungary | 132,797 Vehicles | 2025 | up 63.0% | falling |
| 26 | Ireland | 124,954 Vehicles | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 27 | New Zealand | 98,000 Vehicles | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 93,220 Vehicles | 2025 | up 318.6% | rising |
| 29 | Finland | 71,890 Vehicles | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 47,161 Vehicles | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 31 | North Macedonia | 44,151 Vehicles | 2024 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia | 23,707 Vehicles | 2025 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Montenegro | 18,571 Vehicles | 2017 | up 314.7% | rising |
| 34 | Iceland | 17,544 Vehicles | 2023 | up 141.2% | rising |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,919 Vehicles | 2025 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 8,984 Vehicles | 2024 | up 380.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Malta | 6,537 Vehicles | 2025 | up 9.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 1.20 million Vehicles
- Poland 600,504 Vehicles
- Netherlands 387,579 Vehicles
- Slovak Republic 91,544 Vehicles
- Slovenia 56,778 Vehicles
- Moldova 55,910 Vehicles
- Croatia 52,917 Vehicles
- Lithuania 43,310 Vehicles
About this data
Number of new passenger cars and goods road motor vehicles registered for the first time.