U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Vehicle Technologies Office
Fact #285: September 15, 2003 Vehicles per Thousand People: An International Comparison
The line on this graph shows the trend of vehicles per thousand people for the United States from 1900 to 2001. The symbols on the graph show the vehicles per thousand people for other countries or regions around the world in 2001 only. Canada in 2001 had about the same ratio of vehicles to people as the United States did in 1972, and Western Europe had about the same ratio as the United States did in 1969. On the other end of the scale, China had about the same ratio of vehicles per thousand people in 2001 as the United States had in 1913, and Africa had about the same ratio as the United States did in 1915.
Supporting Information
Vehicles per Thousand Persons
| Year |
United States |
Africa, 2001 |
Central & South America, 2001 |
Asia, 2001 |
China, 2001 |
Middle East, 2001 |
Eastern Europe, 2001 |
Western Europe, 2001 |
Pacific, 2001 |
Canada, 2001 |
| 1900 |
0.11 |
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| 1901 |
0.19 |
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| 1902 |
0.29 |
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| 1903 |
0.41 |
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| 1904 |
0.67 |
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| 1905 |
0.94 |
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| 1906 |
1.27 |
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| 1907 |
1.65 |
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| 1908 |
2.24 |
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| 1909 |
3.45 |
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| 1910 |
5.07 |
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| 1911 |
6.81 |
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| 1912 |
9.90 |
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| 1913 |
12.94 |
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11.31 |
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| 1914 |
17.79 |
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| 1915 |
24.77 |
22.42 |
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| 1916 |
35.48 |
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38.62 |
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| 1917 |
49.57 |
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| 1918 |
59.69 |
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| 1919 |
72.50 |
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| 1920 |
86.78 |
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89.83 |
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| 1921 |
96.68 |
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| 1922 |
111.53 |
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| 1923 |
134.90 |
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| 1924 |
154.35 |
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| 1925 |
173.26 |
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| 1926 |
189.10 |
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| 1927 |
195.77 |
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| 1928 |
204.87 |
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| 1929 |
219.31 |
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| 1930 |
217.34 |
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| 1931 |
210.37 |
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| 1932 |
195.38 |
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| 1933 |
192.38 |
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| 1934 |
199.90 |
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| 1935 |
208.61 |
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| 1936 |
222.62 |
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| 1937 |
233.33 |
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| 1938 |
229.65 |
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| 1939 |
236.93 |
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| 1940 |
245.63 |
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| 1941 |
261.57 |
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205.92 |
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| 1942 |
244.73 |
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| 1943 |
225.89 |
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| 1944 |
220.23 |
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| 1945 |
221.80 |
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| 1946 |
243.11 |
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| 1947 |
262.56 |
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| 1948 |
280.20 |
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| 1949 |
299.56 |
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| 1950 |
322.86 |
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| 1951 |
335.19 |
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| 1952 |
338.06 |
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| 1953 |
350.95 |
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| 1954 |
358.87 |
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| 1955 |
377.80 |
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| 1956 |
385.71 |
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| 1957 |
390.30 |
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| 1958 |
390.53 |
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| 1959 |
401.25 |
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| 1960 |
408.80 |
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| 1961 |
413.53 |
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| 1962 |
424.31 |
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| 1963 |
436.99 |
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| 1964 |
449.81 |
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445.56 |
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| 1965 |
465.03 |
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| 1966 |
486.89 |
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| 1967 |
497.50 |
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| 1968 |
513.12 |
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| 1969 |
529.97 |
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532.73 |
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| 1970 |
542.51 |
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| 1971 |
560.19 |
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| 1972 |
583.89 |
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573.38 |
| 1973 |
613.59 |
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| 1974 |
630.80 |
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| 1975 |
638.56 |
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| 1976 |
658.04 |
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| 1977 |
667.57 |
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| 1978 |
688.65 |
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| 1979 |
698.90 |
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| 1980 |
710.71 |
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| 1981 |
715.22 |
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| 1982 |
713.95 |
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| 1983 |
724.30 |
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| 1984 |
728.20 |
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| 1985 |
744.50 |
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| 1986 |
753.33 |
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| 1987 |
758.58 |
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| 1988 |
772.92 |
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| 1989 |
776.99 |
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| 1990 |
773.40 |
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| 1991 |
760.19 |
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| 1992 |
757.96 |
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| 1993 |
761.94 |
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| 1994 |
766.94 |
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| 1995 |
770.99 |
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| 1996 |
781.16 |
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| 1997 |
776.02 |
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| 1998 |
781.20 |
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| 1999 |
790.07 |
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| 2000 |
802.43 |
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| 2001 |
834.14 |
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