How many cars are currently on the road in each of the following
countries please? (2003 figs would suffice)
UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia (Norway, Finland,
Sweden and Denmark)?

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 09 Dec 2004 11:56 PST

Hello Chris4762,

I can provide you with 2003 data for the following countries:
UK 
France, 
Germany, 
Spain 
 
I have located 2002 data for these countries:
Italy       
Norway 
Finland  
Sweden   
Denmark 

Would my findings be of your interest?

Thanks,
Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 09 Dec 2004 12:51 PST

chris4762,

I have located 2003 data for Finland as well.

--Bobbie7

Here are the 2003 figures:

UK:
32 001 477 cars
(Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland): 31 207 000 vehicles
(Department for Transport,
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_transstats/documents/page/dft_transstats_031690.pdf),
Northern Ireland: 794 477 vehicles (The Northern Ireland Statistics
and Research Agency,
http://www.nisra.gov.uk/uploads/publications/ch9_annual_abstract_2003.pdf
(only 2002 numbers are available)))

France:
29 160 000 cars
(Ministère de l'Equipement, des Transports, de l'Aménagement du
territoire, du Tourisme et de la Mer,
http://www.equipement.gouv.fr/statistiques/chiffres/transpor/transpor.htm#10,
as of 31 Dec 2002)

Germany: 
44 657 300 cars
(Federal Statistical Office Germany,
http://www.destatis.de/basis/e/verk/verktab2.htm)

Italy:   
38 476 479 cars
(Istituto Nazionale di Statistica,
http://catalogo.istat.it/asi2004/PDF/Cap19.pdf, table 19.5)

Spain:
25 169 400 cars
(Instituto Nacional de Estadística / Dirección General de Tráfico,
Ministerio del Interior,
http://www.ine.es/inebase/cgi/axi?AXIS_PATH=/inebase/temas/t10/a102/a1998/l0/&FILE_AXIS=r10042.px&CGI_DEFAULT=/inebase/temas/cgi.opt&COMANDO=SELECCION&CGI_URL=/inebase/cgi/)

Scandinavia combined:
11 619 187 cars
(see indidvidual sources below)

Norway:
2 200 989 cars
(Statistics Norway, http://www.ssb.no/bilreg/tab-2004-05-04-01.html)

Finland:
2 626 999 cars
(Statistics Finland, http://tilastokeskus.fi/tup/suoluk//taskue_liikenne.html)

Sweden:
4 499 561 cars
(4 078 000 passenger cars (Statistics Sweden,
http://www.scb.se/statistik/TK/TK1001/2004M06/TK1001FORD5.xls) and 421
561 other cars (trucks, lorries etc.) (Statistics Sweden,
http://www.scb.se/statistik/TK/TK1001/2004M06/TK1001FORD2.xls))

Denmark:
2 291 638 cars
(353 610 vans, 35 752 trucks (Statistics Denmark,
http://www.dst.dk/asp2xml/external/external.asp?title=Statistisk%20%C3%85rbog%20side%20352&ancestor=Vejviser&file=/pukora/epub/upload/7423/headword/dk/352.pdf&show=/pdf),
1 888 290 passenger cars and 13 986 buses (Statistics Denmark,
http://www.dst.dk/asp2xml/external/external.asp?title=Statistisk%20%C3%85rbog%20side%20353&ancestor=Vejviser&file=/pukora/epub/upload/7423/headword/dk/353.pdf&show=/pdf))


I hope this information satisfies your needs.  Please ask for an
answer clarification if you need further information regarding this
subject.

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Clarification of Answer by blazius-ga on 10 Dec 2004 02:55 PST

The given UK statistics are the sum the figures for Great Britain
(England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland.  For Northern
Ireland, only the numbers for 2002 are available yet.  The difference
between 2002 and 2003 are unlikely to skew the combined UK figures
much - see table 9.1 in
http://www.nisra.gov.uk/uploads/publications/ch9_annual_abstract_2003.pdf
to view the current trends in Northern Ireland.

A briefer answer to your question (without the references):
United Kingdom:       32 001 477 cars
France:               29 160 000 cars
Germany:              44 657 300 cars
Italy:                38 476 479 cars
Spain:                25 169 400 cars
Scandinavia combined: 11 619 187 cars
- Norway:              2 200 989 cars
- Finland:             2 626 999 cars
- Sweden:              4 499 561 cars
- Denmark:             2 291 638 cars

Search Stretegy:
I used http://www.scb.se/templates/Standard____36360.asp as a hub to
reach the different European statistics authorites.

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Clarification of Answer by blazius-ga on 10 Dec 2004 06:14 PST

I have discovered an error in my answer.  The given figures for
Germany does only include passenger cars.  In addition to this comes 2
619 300 lorries (Federal Statistical Office Germany,
http://www.destatis.de/basis/e/verk/verktab2.htm).  The total number
of cars in Germany is 47 276 600.

Updated answer to your question:
United Kingdom:       32 001 477 cars
France:               29 160 000 cars
Germany:              47 276 600 cars
Italy:                38 476 479 cars
Spain:                25 169 400 cars
Scandinavia combined: 11 619 187 cars
- Norway:              2 200 989 cars
- Finland:             2 626 999 cars
- Sweden:              4 499 561 cars
- Denmark:             2 291 638 cars

Excellent, just what I needed to know in 18 hrs. Thanks a lot.

Here are some current figures for France and Germany

France :
29, 560,000  as of January 1,  2004
CCFA - Comité des Constructeurs Français d?Automobiles
http://www.ccfa.fr/tab/fu4.htm


Germany : 2003
45,022,926
Verband der Automobilindustrie
http://www.vda.de/en/aktuell/statistik/jahreszahlen/kfz_bestand/index.html