| Total Number of Registered Motor Vehicles in India | ||||||
| (1951, 1956 and 1959 to 2015) | ||||||
| (In ' 000) | ||||||
| Year (As on | All | Two | Cars, Jeeps | Buses @ | Goods | Others** |
| 31st March) | Vehicles | Wheelers* | and Taxies | Vehicles | ||
| 1951 | 306.00 | 27 | 159.00 | 34.00 | 82.00 | 4.00 |
| 1956 | 426.00 | 41 | 203.00 | 47.00 | 119.00 | 16.00 |
| 1959 | 562.00 | 67 | 267.00 | 48.00 | 148.00 | 32.00 |
| 1960 | 605.00 | 76 | 282.00 | 54.00 | 157.00 | 36.00 |
| 1961 | 665.00 | 88 | 310.00 | 57.00 | 168.00 | 42.00 |
| 1962 | 749.00 | 116 | 340.00 | 60.00 | 189.00 | 44.00 |
| 1963 | 847.00 | 140 | 375.00 | 63.00 | 215.00 | 54.00 |
| 1964 | 906.00 | 168 | 388.00 | 67.00 | 224.00 | 59.00 |
| 1965 | 1006.00 | 202 | 428.00 | 70.00 | 242.00 | 64.00 |
| 1966 | 1099.00 | 226 | 456.00 | 73.00 | 259.00 | 85.00 |
| 1967 | 1191.00 | 286 | 482.00 | 76.00 | 266.00 | 81.00 |
| 1968 | 1332.00 | 347 | 522.00 | 83.00 | 285.00 | 95.00 |
| 1969 | 1474.00 | 417 | 574.00 | 86.00 | 298.00 | 99.00 |
| 1970 | 1658.00 | 503 | 628.00 | 92.00 | 322.00 | 113.00 |
| 1971 | 1865.00 | 576 | 682.00 | 94.00 | 343.00 | 170.00 |
| 1972 | 2045.00 | 656 | 740.00 | 100.00 | 364.00 | 185.00 |
| 1973 | 2109.00 | 734 | 709.00 | 95.00 | 308.00 | 263.00 |
| 1974 | 2327.00 | 838 | 768.00 | 105.00 | 323.00 | 293.00 |
| 1975 | 2472.00 | 946 | 766.00 | 114.00 | 335.00 | 311.00 |
| 1976 | 2700.00 | 1057 | 779.00 | 115.00 | 351.00 | 398.00 |
| 1977 | 3260.00 | 1415 | 878.00 | 119.00 | 383.00 | 465.00 |
| 1978 | 3614.00 | 1618 | 919.00 | 124.00 | 403.00 | 550.00 |
| 1979 | 4059.00 | 1888 | 996.00 | 133.00 | 444.00 | 598.00 |
| 1980 | 4521.00 | 2117 | 1059.00 | 140.00 | 473.00 | 732.00 |
| 1981 | 5391.00 | 2618 | 1160.00 | 162.00 | 554.00 | 897.00 |
| 1982 | 6055.00 | 3065 | 1243.00 | 173.00 | 613.00 | 961.00 |
| 1983 | 6973.00 | 3654 | 1385.00 | 185.00 | 675.00 | 1074.00 |
| 1984 | 7949.00 | 4351 | 1455.00 | 199.00 | 742.00 | 1202.00 |
| 1985 | 9170.00 | 5179 | 1607.00 | 223.00 | 822.00 | 1339.00 |
| 1986 | 10577.00 | 6245 | 1780.00 | 227.00 | 863.00 | 1462.00 |
| 1987 | 12618.00 | 7739 | 2007.00 | 245.00 | 984.00 | 1643.00 |
| 1988 | 14818.00 | 9300 | 2295.00 | 269.00 | 1114.00 | 1840.00 |
| 1989 | 16920.00 | 10965 | 2486.00 | 278.00 | 1179.00 | 2012.00 |
| 1990 | 19152.00 | 12611 | 2694.00 | 298.00 | 1238.00 | 2311.00 |
| 1991 | 21374.00 | 14200 | 2954.00 | 331.00 | 1356.00 | 2533.00 |
| 1992 | 23507.00 | 15661 | 3205.00 | 358.00 | 1514.00 | 2769.00 |
| 1993 | 25346.00 | 17060 | 3344.00 | 380.00 | 1592.00 | 2970.00 |
| 1994 | 27660.00 | 18899 | 3569.00 | 392.00 | 1691.00 | 3109.00 |
| 1995 | 30295.00 | 20831 | 3841.00 | 423.00 | 1794.00 | 3406.00 |
| 1996 | 33786.00 | 23252 | 4204.00 | 449.00 | 2031.00 | 3850.00 |
| 1997 | 37332.00 | 25729 | 4672.00 | 484.00 | 2343.00 | 4104.00 |
| 1998 | 41368.00 | 28642 | 5138.00 | 538.00 | 2536.00 | 4514.00 |
| 1999 | 44875.00 | 31328 | 5556.00 | 540.00 | 2554.00 | 4897.00 |
| 2000 | 48857.00 | 34118 | 6143.00 | 562.00 | 2715.00 | 5319.00 |
| 2001 | 54991.00 | 38556 | 7058.00 | 634.00 | 2948.00 | 5795.00 |
| 2002 | 58924.00 | 41581 | 7613.00 | 635.00 | 2974.00 | 6121.00 |
| 2003 | 67007.00 | 47519 | 8599.00 | 721.00 | 3492.00 | 6676.00 |
| 2004 | 72718.00 | 51922 | 9451.00 | 768.00 | 3749.00 | 6828.00 |
| 2005 | 81499.00 | 58799 | 10320.00 | 892.00 | 4031.00 | 7457.00 |
| 2006 | 89618.00 | 64743 | 11526.00 | 992.00 | 4436.00 | 7921.00 |
| 2007 | 96707.00 | 69129 | 12649.00 | 1350.00 | 5119.00 | 8460.00 |
| 2008 | 105353.00 | 75336 | 13950.00 | 1427.00 | 5601.00 | 9039.00 |
| 2009 | 114951.00 | 82402 | 15313.00 | 1486.00 | 6041.00 | 9710.00 |
| 2010 | 127746.00 | 91598 | 17109.00 | 1527.00 | 6432.00 | 11080.00 |
| 2011 | 141866.00 | 101865 | 19231.00 | 1604.00 | 7064.00 | 12102.00 |
| 2012 | 159491.00 | 115419 | 21568.00 | 1677.00 | 7658.00 | 13169.00 |
| 2013 | 176044 | 127830 | 24056 | 1814 | 8307 | 14037 |
| 2014 | 190704 | 139410 | 25998 | 1887 | 8698 | 14712 |
| 2015 | 210023 | 154298 | 28611 | 1971 | 9344 | 15799 |
| Note : * : Two-wheelers' include auto-rickshaws for the years ending 31st March | ||||||
| 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 and 1969. for the | ||||||
| remaining years, auto-rickshaws are included in 'Others. | ||||||
| ** : Others include tractors, trailers, three wheelers (passenger vehicles)/LMV | ||||||
| and other miscellaneous vehicles which are not separately classified. | ||||||
| : Totals may not tally due to rounding off of data. | ||||||
| @ : Includes Omni Buses since 2001. | ||||||
| P : Provisional | ||||||
| Source : Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India. (ON285) | ||||||
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Government of India. (ON393) & (ON697) | ||||||