Luxembourg is the first buyer of new cars in Europe based on its population
- Europe 29 countries (European Union + UK + Switzerland and Norway) totalled 525 million inhabitants as of December 31, 2022 according to official sources, the six most populous countries being Germany (83 million), Great Britain Brittany (67 million), France (65 million), Italy (59 million), Spain (48 million) and Poland (38 million). These six countries represent 70% of the European population but totalled 75% of passenger car sales in Europe last year.
- If we refine the calculation, we see that the ratio "number of new cars purchased / number of inhabitants" by country in Europe shows that it is actually in Luxembourg that we buy the most new cars in 2022 (as in previous years) in relation to the number of inhabitants, and the proportion is even twice that of the following three countries (Norway, Germany, Belgium) i.e. a ratio of 6.7% against 3.2% for Norway, Germany and Belgium.
- Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland are also well placed in relation to their number of inhabitants, and the worst placed (less than 2%) are those located in Eastern Europe plus Greece, Spain, Portugal and Finland. The lowest ratio is observed in Romania and Bulgaria.
- It should be noted that these statistics do not take into account the importance of new cars which are registered in one country but in reality used in an another.