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Car ownership in Denmark

Denmark had 501 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants Unit: Cars per 1,000 inhabitants Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Denmark, 2025 501 Cars per 1,000 inhabitants
Change from 2024 +23per 1,000 people 2024: 478 per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025 584 per 1,000 people Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 571 per 1,000 people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 26th of 39 See the full ranking

Car ownership in Denmark over time

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Cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants (cars per 1,000 inhabitants), 2001 to 2025
Period DenmarkEuropean Union
2025 501 per 1,000 people 584 per 1,000 people
2024 478 per 1,000 people 577 per 1,000 people
2023 474 per 1,000 people 570 per 1,000 people
2022 472 per 1,000 people 564 per 1,000 people
2021 475 per 1,000 people 561 per 1,000 people
2020 466 per 1,000 people 556 per 1,000 people
2019 455 per 1,000 people 548 per 1,000 people
2018 447 per 1,000 people 539 per 1,000 people
2017 438 per 1,000 people 530 per 1,000 people
2016 429 per 1,000 people 518 per 1,000 people
2015 419 per 1,000 people 508 per 1,000 people
2014 410 per 1,000 people 506 per 1,000 people
2013 405 per 1,000 people 501 per 1,000 people
2012 399 per 1,000 people 497 per 1,000 people
2011 394 per 1,000 people 494 per 1,000 people
2010 389 per 1,000 people 487 per 1,000 people
2009 383 per 1,000 people –
2008 381 per 1,000 people –
2007 378 per 1,000 people –
2006 371 per 1,000 people –
2005 353 per 1,000 people –
2004 350 per 1,000 people –
2003 350 per 1,000 people –
2002 348 per 1,000 people –
2001 345 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +23 from 478 per 1,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 419 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +82.
  • Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Denmark has the 26th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.

More for Denmark

All statistics for Denmark
Car share of passenger transport 83.1% 2024 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 2.4 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Rail passenger transport 6,752 million passenger-km 2025 · Eurostat Road share of inland freight transport 92.2% 2024 · Eurostat New zero-emission cars 67.8% 2025 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 3.7 per 100,000 people 2019 · World Bank

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
road_eqs_carhab · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=NR
Observation period
1990 to 2025 for Denmark
Provider update
6 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat