Motor vehicles admitted; type, age class, 1 January

Motor vehicles admitted; type, age class, 1 January

Class of vehicle age Years Passenger car (number)
Total 2019 8,442,982
Total 2020 8,584,391
Total 2021 8,686,419
Total 2022 8,827,709
Total 2023 8,917,107
Younger than 1 year 2019 431,167
Younger than 1 year 2020 432,604
Younger than 1 year 2021 344,308
Younger than 1 year 2022 320,706
Younger than 1 year 2023 309,317
1 or 2 years 2019 849,233
1 or 2 years 2020 920,578
1 or 2 years 2021 964,313
1 or 2 years 2022 903,443
1 or 2 years 2023 783,029
3 or 4 years 2019 900,893
3 or 4 years 2020 894,870
3 or 4 years 2021 886,492
3 or 4 years 2022 984,955
3 or 4 years 2023 1,033,567
5 or 6 years 2019 934,460
5 or 6 years 2020 847,200
5 or 6 years 2021 877,150
5 or 6 years 2022 904,688
5 or 6 years 2023 919,998
7 or 8 years 2019 1,038,679
7 or 8 years 2020 1,061,999
7 or 8 years 2021 950,487
7 or 8 years 2022 875,299
7 or 8 years 2023 894,263
9 to 11 years 2019 1,236,297
9 to 11 years 2020 1,293,695
9 to 11 years 2021 1,417,409
9 to 11 years 2022 1,526,692
9 to 11 years 2023 1,468,342
12 to 14 years 2019 1,158,657
12 to 14 years 2020 1,159,686
12 to 14 years 2021 1,185,966
12 to 14 years 2022 1,157,441
12 to 14 years 2023 1,226,341
15 to 19 years 2019 1,327,287
15 to 19 years 2020 1,333,231
15 to 19 years 2021 1,340,122
15 to 19 years 2022 1,381,167
15 to 19 years 2023 1,431,714
20 to 24 years 2019 295,356
20 to 24 years 2020 361,777
20 to 24 years 2021 430,213
20 to 24 years 2022 466,140
20 to 24 years 2023 521,796
25 years or older 2019 270,953
25 years or older 2020 278,751
25 years or older 2021 289,959
25 years or older 2022 307,178
25 years or older 2023 328,740
Source: CBS.
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This table contains key data on the admitted vehicle fleet of passenger cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles (by vehicle category and by age class of the vehicle).
The figures are based on the registration numbers provided by the Dutch Road Traffic Authority (RDW). All vehicles that were registered on 1 January of each year and that were admitted on the road the previous year have been counted. The data are recorded and stored. The register can be accessed for statistical purposes. Vehicles that were uninsured during the whole previous year are not allowed on the road and are, therefore, excluded. Also, vehicles that were registered as in stock of a company on 1 January were not taken into account.

Data available from: 2019

Status of the figures: final

Changes as of 23 February 2024:
The figures as of 1 January 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
New figures of the vehicle fleet on 1 January will be published at the end of the first quarter of the running year.

Description topics

Passenger car
Road motor vehicle, other than a moped or a motor cycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver).

Included are:
a) Passenger cars
b) Vans designed and used primarily for transport of passengers
c) Taxis
d) Hire cars
e) Ambulances
f) Motor homes.

Excluded are light goods road vehicles, as well as motor-coaches, buses and mini-buses/mini-coaches.

"Passenger car" includes taxis and passenger hire cars, provided that they have fewer than ten seats. As of May 1, 2009 motor homes are registered as passenger cars or bus depending on the number of seats. Before that date motor homes are registered as special purpose vehicles.