Worldwide car sales 1990-2018

Number of cars sold worldwide from 1990 to 2018 (in million units)

The data describes the number of cars sold worldwide from 1990 through 2017. Additionally, it presents a forecast for 2018. Some 81.5 million automobiles are expected to be sold by the end 2018.

International car sales Along with a recovering automotive industry in the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Poland and other European Union member states, it is forecast that increased demand for cars from customers in Asia and North America will successfully offset declining vehicle sales volumes in Russia and Brazil, and help automobile manufacturers sell over 81 million vehicles by the end of 2018, up from an average of less than 55 million units in the years between 2000 and 2014.

1990 to 1999 39.2
2000 to 2014 54.89
2015 72.61
2016 77.25
2017 79.02
2018 81.5