Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Ireland
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Ireland was 475 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 9 pts from 2024. That is the 23rd highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Ireland, 1990 to 2025
All 36 values
| Period | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 475 |
| 2024 | 466 |
| 2023 | 449 |
| 2022 | 443 |
| 2021 | 448 |
| 2020 | 452 |
| 2019 | 450 |
| 2018 | 442 |
| 2017 | 441 |
| 2016 | 438 |
| 2015 | 436 |
| 2014 | 431 |
| 2013 | 427 |
| 2012 | 426 |
| 2011 | 428 |
| 2010 | 426 |
| 2009 | 434 |
| 2008 | 442 |
| 2007 | 422 |
| 2006 | 410 |
| 2005 | 395 |
| 2004 | 385 |
| 2003 | 380 |
| 2002 | 371 |
| 2001 | 360 |
| 2000 | 344 |
| 1999 | 336 |
| 1998 | 321 |
| 1997 | 307 |
| 1996 | 289 |
| 1995 | 274 |
| 1994 | 261 |
| 1993 | 249 |
| 1992 | 241 |
| 1991 | 236 |
| 1990 | 227 |
Compared with European Union (27)
| Place | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Ireland | 475 |
| European Union (27) | 584 |
Ireland compared with nearby places
- Under 500
- 500 to 540
- 540 to 590
- 590 to 630
- 630 and over
Rankings
Definition
Passenger cars on the national vehicle register at the end of the year, per 1,000 people living in the country. A passenger car is a motor vehicle built mainly to carry people, with at most nine seats including the driver.
Calculated by Eurostat from the car stock that national registers report and the population. Registers differ in how they remove scrapped or exported cars, so some countries count cars that are no longer on the road, and a register update can move the rate sharply in one year (Lithuania went from 614 in 2013 to 412 in 2014). The EU figure starts in 2000 and is published for some years only.
How to cite
Eurostat. Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.Citation styles
APA 7
Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab) (Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, Ireland, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table
MLA 9
Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab), Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, Ireland, 1990 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 6 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/ireland. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, Ireland, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/ireland.
Harvard
Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab), Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, Ireland, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/ireland (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_passenger_cars_per_1_2025,
author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
title = {{Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road\_eqs\_carhab): Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, Ireland, 1990 to 2025}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table},
urldate = {2026-10-18},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/ireland. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road\_eqs\_carhab). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road\_eqs\_carhab/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}
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What is the passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Ireland?
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Ireland was 475 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 9 pts from 2024. That is the 23rd highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.
Where does this figure come from?
Eurostat, European Commission. Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.
What was the highest passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Ireland?
475 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.