“Dad, how many cars are there in the world?” “You want me to count them?” “YES!”
That’s going to prove impossible. I don’t have the time. Besides, cars are being made as well as destroyed daily. How am I going to keep track of that? All anyone can do is make an educated guess from available data.
US publication Wards Auto claims the global vehicle population rose to to 1.015 billion in 2010.
Meanwhile, a report from 2014 claims 1.2 billion vehicles are out there, ready to drive. By 2035, the number could exceed two billion!
I think it’s safe to answer, “More than a billion, son.”
Did you know? The People’s Republic of China has the largest fleet of motor vehicles in the world, with 332 million motor vehicles in 2018 including 235 million cars.
