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28 countries that have most cars per 1,000 citizens

Last updated on: April 2, 2013 09:54 IST

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Car ownership across the world has been rising steadily and strongly over the years, the economic condition of the globe and the high prices of fuel notwithstanding.

As the world becomes more and more motorised, let us take a look at nations with the highest number of cars per 1,000 citizens.

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28 countries that have most cars per 1,000 citizens

Image: A gondola ascends Monte Titano to the old city of San Marino.
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San Marino

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 1,263

Global rank: 1

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Image: A view of Monaco.
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Monaco

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 863

Global rank: 2

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Image: Golden Gate Bridge rises above a neighbourhood in Richmond District in San Francisco, California, United States.
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The United States

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 797

Global rank: 3

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Image: People walk past the government building, right, and the Landtag parliament, left, in Liechtenstein's capital Vaduz.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Liechtenstein

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 750

Global rank: 4

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Image: Children skate on the ice of the frozen Tjoernin lake in central Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Iceland

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 745

Global rank: 5

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Image: Petrusse river is seen near old fortifications of the city of Luxembourg.
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Luxembourg

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 739

Global rank: 6

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Image: A view of Auckland City from atop the Sky Tower in New Zealand.
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New Zealand

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 712

Global rank: 7

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Image: Two Royal Australian Air Force fighter jets fly over Port Philip Bay as part of the International Airshow in Melbourne, Australia.
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Australia

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 695

Global rank: 8

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Image: A boat sails past the medieval Fort Saint Angelo in Vittoriosa in Valletta's Grand Harbour, Malta.
Photographs: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

Malta

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 693

Global rank: 9

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Image: An aerial view of St Peter's Square in Rome, Italy.
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Italy

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 679

Global rank: 10

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Image: Cityscape view of Tumon Bay from Two Lovers Point in Guam.
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Guam

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 677

Global rank: 11

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Image: A view of the Luis Munoz Marin international airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 635

Global rank: 12

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Image: A view of the volcanic island of Santorin in Greece.
Photographs: Michael Perry/Reuters

Greece

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 624

Global rank: 13

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Image: Tourists take part in the reindeer safari at Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi in northern Finland.
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Finland

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 612

Global rank: 14

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Image: A view of the Montreal skyline from Mont-Royal mountain in Canada.
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Canada

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 607

Global rank: 15

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Image: Tourists stroll along Barcelona's harbour in Spain.
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Spain

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 593

Global rank: 16

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Image: Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo, Japan.
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Japan

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 591

Global rank: 17

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Image: Royal Palace at the end of Karl Johans Gate in Oslo, Norway.
Photographs: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Norway

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 584

Global rank: 18

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Image: A view of Schoenbrunn Palace park in Vienna, Austria.
Photographs: Herwig Prammer/Reuters

Austria

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 578

Global rank: 19

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Image: A view of Champs Elysees Avenue and Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, France.
Photographs: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

France

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 578

Global rank: 20

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Image: A view of a Christmas market in Dresden, Germany.
Photographs: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

Germany

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 572

Global rank: 21

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Image: A church on Bled island and a castle are seen on Lake Bled in Slovenia.
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Slovenia

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 567

Global rank: 22

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Image: A view of Jet d'Eau (water fountain) and Lake Leman from St-Pierre Cathedrale in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Switzerland

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 566

Global rank: 23

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Image: A man drives a city resident in a Velomobile outside the cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Photographs: Liutauras Strimaitis/Reuters

Lithuania

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 560

Global rank: 24

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Image: A miniature reproduction of the Acropolis is seen in the Mini-Europe park, where all the models are built at a scale of 1:25, in Brussels, Belgium.
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Belgium

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 559

Global rank: 25

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Image: An aerial view of the National Soccer Stadium and the Vistula River are seen in Warsaw, Poland.
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Poland

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 537

Global rank: 26

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Image: City view of Manama from Abraj Al Lulu in Bahrain.
Photographs: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters

Bahrain

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 537

Global rank: 27

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Image: Passengers wait for their trains at Lisbon's subway station in Portugal.
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters

Portugal

Cars per 1,000 citizens: 537

Global rank: 28

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