What Countries Have The Highest Number of Vehicles Per Capita?

Since the beginning of 20^th century, vehicles – especially cars, have been considered significant mode of transportation. From luxurious amenity in the earlier days to basic necessity in a household, cars have changed the demeanor of societies around the world. People now have a mobility comfort, and they have better social interactions. But, with the increase in population, they have emerged as a major cause of traffic congestion.

Numerous car brands have established in the international market, and the rising competition has made private vehicles affordable for people ranging from low middle class to the rich. Along with it, the negative effects of cars are plenty. People are used to getting stuck in traffic, but there are a few more problems lingering. Some of them are listed below:

• The non-renewable fuels are extensively used, causing depletion in natural resources
• Accidental death rates have increased around the world.

• People prefer to drive even shorter distances, leading to lack of exercise and an increase in obesity.
• Noise and Air pollution has witnessed a dramatic rise.
• Greenhouse gases are emitted from the vehicles.
• Railway network and public transport has suffered lack of usage.

Owing to China’s high population, the country has most number of vehicles in the world. But, considering the density of vehicles, San Marino ranks the highest. There are about 1,263 number of vehicles per 1,000 people. The country is however small, covering only 23.6 square miles of area. The population as per 2018 is 33,344. Yet, the total number of vehicles are approximately 48,000.

The United States of America, with its large area of 3,796,742 sq miles and 2017 population estimate of 325,719,178— stands second with the vehicle density being 910 per 1,000 people. Only this year, Business Insider claimed USA to be the most congested city in the world, where drivers even have to spend over 21 hours in traffic during peak timings. Los Angeles and New York City are two of its cities with most traffic.

Here we have listed the vehicle density per capita in each country:

Rank	Country	Number of Vehicles Per 1,000 Inhabitant
1	San Marino	1263
2	United States	910
3	Monaco	899
4	New Zealand	774
5	Liechtenstein	773
6	Iceland	745
7	Australia	740
8	Guam	677
9	Luxembourg	662
9	Canada	662
11	Italy	625
12	Malta	615
13	Finland	604
14	Cyprus	595
15	Japan	591
16	Poland	571
17	Germany	555
18	Austria	550
19	Switzerland	539
20	Bahrain	537
21	Estonia	534
22	Qatar	532
23	Slovenia	531
24	Kuwait	527
25	Brunei	510
26	Norway	506
27	Belgium	503
28	Czech Republic	502
29	Moldova	502
30	Spain	492
30	Denmark	492
32	Netherlands	481
33	Greece	479
33	France	479
35	Sweden	477
36	Portugal	470
37	Barbados	469
37	United Kingdom	469
49	Europe	468
40	South Korea	459
41	Lithuania	456
42	Bulgaria	443
43	Ireland	439
44	Lebanon	434
45	Slovakia	390
46	Israel	384
47	Mauritius	378
48	Croatia	374
49	Russia	369
50	Belarus	362
51	Malaysia	361
52	Trinidad and Tobago	353
53	Latvia	341
54	Hungary	338
55	Saudi Arabia	336
56	Taiwan	333
57	Montenegro	326
58	Argentina	314
59	United Arab Emirates	313
60	Serbia	291
61	Suriname	291
62	Libya	290
63	Mexico	275
64	Iran	269
65	Romania	329
66	Turkey	253
67	Kazakhstan	250
68	Brazil	249
69	China	231
70	Antigua and Barbuda	230
71	Chile	230
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis	223
73	Oman	215
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	214
75	Thailand	206
76	Ukraine	202
77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	204
78	Uruguay	200
79	Fiji	188
80	Jamaica	179
81	Costa Rica	287
82	Seychelles	176
83	Belize	174
83	Tonga	174
85	Armenia	167
86	Jordan	166
87	Saint Lucia	165
87	South Africa	165
89	Dominica	163
90	Nauru	159
91	Iraq	105
92	Georgia	155
92	Republic of Macedonia	155
94	Kosovo	150
95	Singapore	149
96	Venezuela	147
97	Kiribati	146
98	Botswana	133
99	Panama	132
100	Dominican Republic	128
101	Tunisia	125
102	Albania	124
103	Grenada	122
104	Colombia	121
105	Zimbabwe	114
106	Algeria	114
107	Azerbaijan	112
108	Ecuador	109
109	Turkmenistan	107
110	Namibia	106
111	Cape Verde	101
112	Honduras	95
113	Guyana	95
114	El Salvador	94
115	Swaziland	89
116	Bahamas	81
117	Hong Kong	77
118	Samoa	77
119	Sri Lanka	150
120	Peru	73
121	Syria	73
122	Mongolia	71
123	Bolivia	70
124	Morocco	68
125	Indonesia	68
126	Guatemala	69
127	Nigeria	61
128	Kyrgyzstan	59
129	Bhutan	57
130	Paraguay	57
131	Nicaragua	54
132	Vanuatu	54
133	India	50
134	Egypt	45
135	Palestine	42
136	Angola	38
137	Cuba	38
138	Tajikistan	38
139	Uzbekistan	37
140	Micronesia, Federated States of	37
141	Yemen	35
142	Comoros	33
143	Guinea-Bissau	33
144	Philippines	30
145	Ghana	30
146	Maldives	28
147	Djibouti	28
148	Afghanistan	28
149	Congo, Republic of the	27
150	Sudan	27
151	Madagascar	26
152	Kenya	24
153	Vietnam	23
154	Benin	22
155	Senegal	22
156	Cambodia	21
157	Zambia	21
158	Laos	20
159	Cote d’Ivoire	20
160	Pakistan	18
161	Cameroon	14
162	Gabon	14
163	Mali	14
164	Equatorial Guinea	13
165	Papua New Guinea	13
166	Haiti	12
167	Mozambique	12
168	Burkina Faso	12
169	Eritrea	11
170	North Korea	11
171	Ethiopia	8
172	Malawi	8
173	Uganda	8
174	Myanmar	7
175	Tanzania	7
176	Gambia	7
177	Niger	7
178	Burundi	6
179	Sierra Leone	6
180	Chad	6
181	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5
182	Guinea	5
183	Mauritania	5
184	Nepal	5
185	Rwanda	5
186	Central African Republic	4
187	Lesotho	4
188	Somalia	3
189	Liberia	3
190	Bangladesh	3
191	Solomon Islands	3
192	São Tomé and Príncipe	2
193	Togo	2

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