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Transport

Annual Car Population by Make

Data from Jan 2005 to Jan 2024

Last updated: 09 Jul 2025, 09:30 SGT

LTA (Land Transport Authority)

Explore the annual car population in Singapore by make, fuel type, and year (2005–2024). This dataset includes all registered passenger cars, including COE- and road tax-exempt vehicles. Track trends across petrol, diesel, hybrid, and electric vehicles for popular brands like Toyota, Honda, Tesla, and more. Useful for analyzing EV adoption, market shifts, and transport planning.

Updated yearly.

Visit the official https://datamall.lta.gov.sg/content/datamall/en.html for more information.

Chart (Top 5 Makes)

Data explorer

AnnualCarPopulationbyMake.csv (1.9K rows, 40.8 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Make Text	Fuel Type Text	Number Numeric
(Null)0.0% 20214.4% 202211.2% 202311.6% 202412.3%	(Null)0.0% MERCEDES BENZ2.1% AUDI1.8% TOYOTA1.8% B.M.W.1.7%	(Null)64.9% Petrol17.8% Diesel4.9% Electric4.8% Petrol-Electric3.4%	(Null)2.5%
2005	ALFA ROMEO		914
2005	ASTON MARTIN		23
2005	AUDI		2025
2005	AUSTIN		137
2005	B.M.W.		15351
2005	BENTLEY		68
2005	CADILLAC		7
2005	CHEVROLET		3699
2005	CHRYSLER		422
2005	CITROEN		696

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Make	make	Text	-	-
Fuel Type	fuel_type	Text	-	-
Number	number	Numeric	-	-

Analyse this dataset with Colab Notebook

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_20d3fc7f08caa581c5586df51a8993c5"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Land Transport Authority. (2016). Annual Car Population by Make (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 4, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_20d3fc7f08caa581c5586df51a8993c5/view

About this dataset

Contact

LTA-Vehicle_Stat@lta.gov.sg

Created on

13 Apr 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

LTA (Land Transport Authority)