Production By Country
In 2011, a total of 80 million cars and commercial vehicles were built worldwide, led by China, with 18.4 million motor vehicles manufactured, followed by the United States with 8.6 million, and Japan with 8.4 million. The following table shows the top ten manufacturing countries for 2011 and the corresponding annual production between 2007 and 2011.
| Annual Motor Vehicle Production by Country Top 10 countries (2007–2011) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World rank |
Country | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| 1 | China | 18,418,876 | 18,264,761 | 13,790,994 | 9,299,180 | 8,882,456 |
| 2 | United States | 8,653,560 | 7,762,544 | 5,731,397 | 8,693,541 | 10,780,729 |
| 3 | Japan | 8,398,654 | 9,628,920 | 7,934,057 | 11,575,644 | 11,596,327 |
| 4 | Germany | 6,311,318 | 5,905,985 | 5,209,857 | 6,045,730 | 6,213,460 |
| 5 | South Korea | 4,657,094 | 4,271,741 | 3,512,926 | 3,826,682 | 4,086,308 |
| 6 | India | 3,936,448 | 3,557,073 | 2,641,550 | 2,332,328 | 2,253,729 |
| 7 | Brazil | 3,406,150 | 3,381,728 | 3,182,923 | 3,215,976 | 2,977,150 |
| 8 | Mexico | 2,680,037 | 2,342,282 | 1,561,052 | 2,167,944 | 2,095,245 |
| 9 | Spain | 2,353,682 | 2,387,900 | 2,170,078 | 2,541,644 | 2,889,703 |
| 10 | France | 2,294,889 | 2,229,421 | 2,047,693 | 2,568,978 | 3,015,854 |
| World Total | 80,064,168 | 77,629,127 | 61,791,868 | 70,520,493 | 73,266,061 | |
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