To the shock of actually nobody, there are a hell of quite a lot of automobiles on the roads of the world proper now – almost 1.5 billion if we’re counting. That proper there’s an enormous quantity even whenever you evaluate it to simply a few many years in the past. As lately as 14 years in the past, that quantity was estimated to be within the thousands and thousands, in keeping with The Drive. With an exploding in automobile manufacturing and reliability, that quantity has elevated considerably.

It’s fairly arduous to say precisely what number of automobiles there are on the earth, however automotive business analysis agency Hedges & Firm gave it their greatest shot. If you happen to ask them, their greatest estimate is about 1.47 billion automobiles on the world.

For as car-centric as North America is, it truly doesn’t prime the checklist of areas with probably the most automobiles. Actually, it’s not even quantity two. I gained’t hold you ready anymore, so right here’s the complete breakdown by continent.

1. Asia: 543 million automobiles
2. Europe: 413 million automobiles (288 million within the EU and 125 million in non-EU nations)
3. North America: 358 million automobiles (292.3 million within the U.S. alone)
4. South America: has 84 million automobiles
5. Center East: 50 million automobiles
6. Africa: 26 million automobiles
7. Antarctica: 50 automobiles

Properly, we’ve lined what number of automobiles there most likely are on Earth, let’s take a look at the focus of automobiles to residents of the world. If the WorldOMeter is to be believed – there are a little bit underneath 8.1 billion folks on Earth proper now. Some fast math from The Drive will present us that there’s about one automobile for each 5.75 folks.

That implies that there are sufficient automobiles on the highway for simply 17% of the world’s inhabitants. Nevertheless, that doesn’t imply that 17% of individuals personal a automobile—that rely doesn’t consider individuals who personal a number of automobiles, youngsters, the aged, and different individuals who don’t drive for a myriad of different causes.

Regardless of China having such numerous automobiles on the highway, its 415 million solely supplies sufficient automobiles for one out of each 3.5 folks dwelling within the nation, which totals a inhabitants of 1.43 billion residents. The remaining residents of Asia, nevertheless, deliver the general focus of automobiles down fairly a bit. When accounting for the remainder of the continent, there are solely 140 automobiles per 1,000 residents.

North America has the best focus with 710 automobiles per 1,000 folks. The U.S. had about 278 million registered automobiles as of 2021, and the nation spreads that quantity throughout its 331.9 million residents. This accounts for roughly one automobile on the road for each 1.2 folks dwelling within the nation, or almost thrice extra crowded than China.

I let these sort people do the maths as a result of for those who say my math scores throughout faculty, you’d suppose I’m some form of fool, which I promise I’m not.

Anyway, right here’s the focus of automobiles by area:

1. North America: 710 automobiles per 1,000 folks
2. Europe: 520 automobiles per 1,000 folks
3. South America: 210 automobiles per 1,000 folks
4. Center East: 150 automobiles per 1,000 folks
5. Asia: 140 automobiles per 1,000 folks
6. Africa: 58 automobiles per 1,000 folks
7. Antarctica: 50 automobiles per 1,0000 folks

Each the U.S. and New Zealand are just about tied for probably the most automobiles per capita on the earth with 0.9 automobiles per individual, in keeping with Hedges & Firm. Then, on the opposite aspect of the dimensions are Pakistan, Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Kenya. These nations all have simply 0.03 automobiles per individual.

It’s a secure guess that developments like these will solely proceed. Until one thing pretty main occurs when it comes to public transportation, we’re going to hold placing an increasing number of automobiles on the highway. So, for those who thought parking was already a nightmare, simply wait a couple of years.