Annual figures

    Vehicles on the road

    Data on the overall number of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Germany and vehicle density.

    Data on the overall number of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Germany and vehicle density.

    1. Vehicle in use (a of 1.1. of the following year)

    2022 2023 +/- in %
    Passenger cars 48,763,036 49,098,685 1
    Commercial vehicles 4,296,041 4,403,408 2
    Trucks 3,641,755 3,738,475 3
    Buses 82,932 84,628 2
    Semitrailer tractors 227,938 229,368 1
    Ohter vehicles 343,416 350,937 2
    Total 53,059,077 53,502,093 1
    Trailers 8,299,390 8,439,848 2
    Semitrailers 398,462 403,085 1
    Caravans 756,705 770,208 2

    2. Vehicle density

    2022 2023*)
    Vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants
    Passenger Cars 578 580
    Commercial vehicles 51 52
    Total 629 630

    Source: VDA/KBA/Statistisches Bundesamt

    *) Partly provisional

    First publication: 06.05.2008

    Last modified: 11.3.2023