Car Sales by Country

2024 Full Year

F&I Tools key points

China was the #1 car sales country in 2024.

China auto sales increased 5% last year to over 31 million vehicles, and outpaced 2nd place USA by over 15 million units.

Canada and Mexico were up 10%, and each moved up a spot on the list of top 25 countries by car sales.

India sold over 4.2 million vehicles, and is paced to overtake Japan as the third highest car sales country.

**Top 25 Car Sales by Country Last Year**
Rank	Country	Cars Sold	Year ↑↓%	Top Brands
1.	China	31,436,245	↑ 5%	BYD 3,525,345 Volkswagen 2,072,350 Toyota 1,568,242
2.	United States	15,928,641	↑ 2%	GM 2,705,080 Toyota 2,332,623 Ford 2,078,832
3.	Japan	4,421,495	↓ 9%	Toyota 1,339,672 Honda 379,879 Nissan 286,572
4.	India	4,274,825	↑ 7%	Maruti Suzuki 1,795,259 Hyundai 605,433 Tata 565,221
5.	Germany	2,817,331	↓ 1%	Volkswagen 536,745 Mercedes 259,325 Audi 205,470
6.	Brazil	2,634,904	↑ 14%	Fiat 411,450 Volkswagen 336,076 Chevrolet 258,639
7.	United Kingdom	1,952,785	↑ 2%	Volkswagen 167,234 BMW 125,233 Audi 121,953
8.	Canada	1,918,861	↑ 10%	Ford 270,327 Toyota 208,955 Chevy 155,320
9.	France	1,718,416	↓ 3%	Renault 277,894 Peugeot 233,560 Dacia 145,249
10.	Russia	1,576,374	↑ 68%	Lada 202,610 Haval 191,450 Chery 158,259
11.	Italy	1,558,375	↓ 1%	Fiat 142,940 Toyota 123,631 Volkswagen 120,450
12.	Mexico	1,496,797	↑ 10%	Nissan 255,116 Chevrolet 205,043 Toyota 121,968
13.	South Korea	1,356,706	↓ 7%	Hyundai 705,245 Kia 539,756 KGM 47,620
14.	Turkey	1,286,535	↑ 1%	Fiat 139,654 Renault 133,241 Ford 103,670
15.	Australia	1,220,607	↑ 1%	Toyota 241,296 Ford 100,170 Mazda 95,987
16.	Spain	1,017,240	↑ 7%	Toyota 95,345 VW 67,110 Seat 65,842
17.	Indonesia	867,525	↓ 14%	Toyota 289,250 Daihatsu 163,211 Honda 94,745
18.	Saudi Arabia	829,674	↑ 14%	Toyota 234,178 Hyundai 125,686 Kia 64,870
19.	Malaysia	815,749	↑ 2%	Perodua 358,177 Proton 147,855 Toyota 101,423
20.	Poland	619,345	↑ 14%	Toyota 110,476 Skoda 61,820 VW 45,278
21.	Thailand	573,845	↓ 26%	Toyota 222,450 Isuzu 86,340 Honda 75,415
22.	South Africa	516,865	↓ 3%	Toyota 129,324 VW 66,302 Suzuki 57,877
23.	Philippines	467,385	↑ 9%	Toyota 218,322 Mitsubishi 88,725 Ford 28,167
24.	Belgium	447,996	↓ 6%	BMW 53,165 VW 41,860 Mercedes 33,162
25.	Argentina	387,553	↓ 14%	Toyota 84,355 VW 65,260 Fiat 47,895

Previous Reports: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

Discrepancy in Numbers

Pinpointing sold vehicles per country per year is not as simple as it may sound. We end up with ballpark numbers due to many factors:

Are we counting fleet vehicles sold to businesses and rental companies in our list?

Are we including heavy duty trucks in the list?

Should Europe be considered in total, or should we consider each individual country within Europe separately?

Should we list parent companies, or only list the brands they own?

Are we counting the amount of vehicles that are shipped to dealers or are we counting the number of new car registrations?

The goal is to count new vehicle registrations for automobiles purchased for personal use, but many other types of sales may end up in one set of data but not another.

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