Development of the vehicle fleet and car density
At the end of 2022, there were about 3.2 million cars in traffic in Finland, of which about 2.8 million were passenger cars. There were about 344,000 vans in traffic, about 94,000 trucks and about 11,100 buses. Over the past decade, the size of the car fleet has grown by an average of 1.0 percent and the population by an average of 0.3 percent per year.
In Finland, there are an average of 492 passenger cars in traffic use per 1,000 inhabitants. Car density is slightly lower than the EU average. The car density has been almost unchanged in the last decade.
Car density in Finland (vehicles / 1,000 inhabitants)
2024-03-25 11:30
Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency
Vehicles in traffic use
Year | Passenger cars | Vans | Trucks | Buses | Total |
1940 | 8 824 | 1 391 | 14 464 | 2 482 | 27 161 |
1950 | 26 814 | 3 299 | 26 512 | 3 539 | 60 164 |
1960 | 183 409 | 19 751 | 45 839 | 5 778 | 254 777 |
1961 | 219 148 | 27 978 | 45 781 | 6 199 | 299 106 |
1962 | 261 041 | 32 239 | 44 950 | 6 473 | 344 703 |
1963 | 303 124 | 34 203 | 43 997 | 6 818 | 388 142 |
1964 | 373 052 | 33 185 | 44 858 | 6 860 | 457 955 |
1965 | 451 731 | 35 608 | 43 355 | 6 927 | 537 621 |
1966 | 502 578 | 40 388 | 44 209 | 7 134 | 594 309 |
1967 | 547 573 | 48 373 | 43 859 | 7 403 | 647 208 |
1968 | 576 917 | 48 012 | 43 953 | 7 640 | 676 522 |
1969 | 638 760 | 51 430 | 44 880 | 7 841 | 742 911 |
1970 | 707 218 | 56 220 | 45 881 | 8 093 | 817 412 |
1971 | 748 013 | 66 495 | 46 272 | 8 224 | 869 004 |
1972 | 812 634 | 68 032 | 47 167 | 8 339 | 936 172 |
1973 | 888 252 | 70 534 | 48 432 | 8 403 | 1 015 621 |
1974 | 930 562 | 73 765 | 50 172 | 8 565 | 1 063 064 |
1975 | 989 835 | 76 838 | 50 596 | 8 621 | 1 125 890 |
1976 | 1 026 293 | 81 049 | 50 586 | 8 813 | 1 166 741 |
1977 | 1 068 585 | 85 128 | 49 993 | 8 743 | 1 212 449 |
1978 | 1 108 130 | 87 802 | 50 177 | 8 758 | 1 254 867 |
1979 | 1 161 948 | 90 451 | 51 447 | 8 797 | 1 312 643 |
1980 | 1 218 014 | 95 609 | 52 227 | 8 933 | 1 374 783 |
1981 | 1 270 890 | 101 193 | 52 392 | 9 022 | 1 433 497 |
1982 | 1 343 275 | 107 475 | 52 698 | 9 033 | 1 512 481 |
1983 | 1 401 203 | 113 446 | 52 754 | 9 068 | 1 576 471 |
1984 | 1 464 384 | 119 711 | 52 324 | 9 036 | 1 645 455 |
1985 | 1 536 127 | 126 107 | 51 726 | 8 982 | 1 722 942 |
1986 | 1 619 848 | 135 718 | 51 747 | 9 166 | 1 816 479 |
1987 | 1 698 671 | 146 219 | 51 956 | 9 233 | 1 906 079 |
1988 | 1 795 908 | 160 901 | 52 736 | 9 229 | 2 018 774 |
1989 | 1 908 971 | 189 955 | 54 139 | 9 306 | 2 162 371 |
1990 | 1 926 326 | 207 226 | 54 269 | 9 287 | 2 197 108 |
1991 | 1 909 787 | 210 048 | 51 574 | 8 930 | 2 180 339 |
1992 | 1 923 574 | 212 203 | 47 572 | 8 626 | 2 191 975 |
1993 | 1 860 261 | 205 086 | 45 203 | 8 218 | 2 118 768 |
1994 | 1 859 987 | 200 067 | 46 490 | 8 021 | 2 114 565 |
1995 | 1 888 072 | 200 895 | 48 231 | 8 051 | 2 145 249 |
1996 | 1 929 582 | 205 243 | 50 515 | 8 198 | 2 193 538 |
1997 | 1 935 319 | 210 157 | 53 880 | 8 415 | 2 207 771 |
1998 | 2 007 927 | 220 511 | 57 100 | 9 004 | 2 294 542 |
1999 | 2 069 055 | 229 960 | 60 639 | 9 449 | 2 369 103 |
2000 | 2 120 749 | 236 290 | 64 820 | 9 811 | 2 431 670 |
2001 | 2 146 243 | 241 125 | 68 145 | 9 730 | 2 465 243 |
2002 | 2 180 025 | 244 299 | 72 019 | 9 966 | 2 506 309 |
2003 | 2 259 383 | 247 139 | 76 552 | 10 318 | 2 593 392 |
2004 | 2 331 190 | 269 586 | 82 012 | 10 676 | 2 693 464 |
2005 | 2 414 477 | 273 278 | 86 690 | 10 878 | 2 785 323 |
2006 | 2 489 287 | 281 407 | 90 925 | 11 147 | 2 872 766 |
2007 *) | 2 480 880 | 284 705 | 92 745 | 11 211 | 2 869 541 |
2008 | 2 449 722 | 285 471 | 93 004 | 11 177 | 2 839 374 |
2009 | 2 449 604 | 287 125 | 92 281 | 11 488 | 2 840 498 |
2010 | 2 486 283 | 289 824 | 94 334 | 11 610 | 2 882 051 |
2011 | 2 532 496 | 297 070 | 96 864 | 11 782 | 2 938 212 |
2012 | 2 560 190 | 299 088 | 96 714 | 12 012 | 2 968 004 |
2013 | 2 575 951 | 301 012 | 96 733 | 12 183 | 2 985 879 |
2014 | 2 595 867 | 304 255 | 95 176 | 12 446 | 3 007 744 |
2015 | 2 612 922 | 307 706 | 95 250 | 12 455 | 3 028 333 |
2016 | 2 629 432 | 311 376 | 94 780 | 12 471 | 3 048 059 |
2017 | 2 668 930 | 319 460 | 95 948 | 12 623 | 3 096 961 |
2018 | 2 696 334 | 325 656 | 96 169 | 12 481 | 3 130 640 |
2019 | 2 720 307 | 330 671 | 95 141 | 12 577 | 3 158 696 |
2020 | 2 748 448 | 338 389 | 94 691 | 9 955 | 3 191 483 |
2021 | 2 754 665 | 343 927 | 95 727 | 10 464 | 3 204 728 |
2022 | 2 740 393 | 343 715 | 92 633 | 11 115 | 3 187 856 |
2023 | 2 756 015 | 343 976 | 90 086 | 11 000 | 3 201 077 |
2024-01-12 07:30
Statistics Finland