Car Sales by Country

Full Year Intel

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China was the #1 car sales country in 2025.

China auto sales increased 9% to over 34 million vehicles for the full year and outpaced 2nd place USA by over 18 million units.

Turkey, Spain, and South Africa showed meaningful gains, reflecting emerging middle-class growth. Argentina posted a substantial +58% recovery, a strong rebound after economic contraction.

India sold over 4.5 million vehicles, and is paced to overtake Japan as the third highest car sales country this year.

**Top 25 Car Sales by Country – 2025**
Rank	Country	Cars Sold	Year ↑↓%	Top Brands
1.	China	34,427,625	↑ 9%	BYD 4,602,378 SAIC 4,507,536 Geely 4,116,325
2.	United States	16,395,737	↑ 2%	GM 2,853,299 Toyota 2,518,071 Ford 2,204,124
3.	Japan	4,565,849	↑ 3%	Toyota 1,501,057 Suzuki 728,959 Honda 619,437
4.	India	4,557,863	↑ 6%	Maruti Suzuki 1,844,398 Mahindra 581,326 Tata 486,365
5.	Germany	2,857,682	↑ 1%	Volkswagen 560,796 Mercedes 260,415 BMW 253,712
6.	Brazil	2,549,497	↑ 3%	Fiat 533,739 Volkswagen 436,297 Chevrolet 275,965
7.	United Kingdom	2,020,524	↑ 4%	Volkswagen 178,645 BMW 122,729 Ford 119,066
8.	Canada	1,897,276	↑ 2%	GM 303,687 Ford 294,677 Toyota 253,659
9.	South Korea	1,675,733	↑ 3%	Hyundai 594,561 Kia 545,785 Genesis 118,469
10.	France	1,632,565	↓ 5%	Renault 430,583 Peugeot 237,694 Dacia 202,596
11.	Italy	1,525,752	↓ 2%	Fiat 147,693 Toyota 124,659 Volkswagen 114,986
12.	Mexico	1,524,598	↑ 1%	Nissan 274,461 GM 198,157 Volkswagen 137,979
13.	Turkey	1,368,596	↑ 6%	Renault 131,966 Volkswagen 89,787 Toyota 76,622
14.	Russia	1,326,271	↓ 15%	Lada 337,968 Haval 1,758,698 Chery 99,822
15.	Australia	1,241,277	↑ 2%	Toyota 239,898 Ford 94,426 Mazda 91,298
16.	Spain	1,148,659	↑ 13%	Toyota 96,396 Renault 83,366 Volkswagen 76,699
17.	Indonesia	835,698	↓ 4%	Toyota 250,564 Daihatsu 133,562 Mitsubishi 71,795
18.	Saudi Arabia	833,695	↑ 1%	Toyota 256,398 Hyundai 132,365 Kia 124,369
19.	Malaysia	820,768	↑ 1%	Perodua 325,699 Proton 138,146 Toyota 113,696
20.	Poland	668,693	↑ 8%	Toyota 92,365 Skoda 65,687 VW 45,369
21.	Thailand	621,166	↑ 8%	Toyota 237,639 Honda 83,692 Isuzu 75,394
22.	Argentina	612,345	↑ 58%	Toyota 97,839 VW 95,832 Fiat 74,980
23.	South Africa	598,735	↑ 12%	Toyota 148,693 Suzuki 72,692 VW 64,399
24.	Philippines	492,450	↑ 5%	Toyota 229,577 Mitsubishi 87,322 BYD 26,789
25.	Belgium	415,730	↓ 7%	BMW 58,751 VW 43,920 Mercedes 39,802

Previous Reports: 2024 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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