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 (as of 1.1. of the following year)

    2023 2024 +/- in %
    Passenger cars 49,098,685 49,339,166 0
    Commercial vehicles 4,403,408 4,496,626 2
    Trucks 3,738,475 3,827,663 2
    Buses 84,628 85,559 1
    Semitrailer tractors 229,368 226,103 -1
    Ohter vehicles 350,937 357,301 2
    Total 53,502,093 53,835,792 1
    Trailers 8,439,848 8,557,884 1
    Semitrailers 403,085 403,478 0
    Caravans 770,208 780,600 1

    2. Vehicle density

    2023 2024*)
    Vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants
    Passenger Cars 588 590
    Commercial vehicles 53 54
    Total 641 644

    Source: VDA/KBA/Statistisches Bundesamt

    *) Partly provisional

    First publication: 06.05.2008

    Last modified: 1.4.2025