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The line on this graph shows the trend of vehicles per thousand people for the U.S. from 1900 to 2001. The
symbols on the graph show the 2001 vehicles per thousand people for other countries or regions around the
world. Canada in 2001 had about the same ratio of vehicles to people as the U.S. did in 1972 and Western
Europe had about the same ratio as the U.S. did in 1969. On the other end of the scale, China had about the
same ratio of vehicles per thousand people in 2001 as the U.S. had in 1913 and Africa had about the same
ratio as the U.S. did in 1915.
Figure 3.1. Vehicles per Thousand People: U.S. Compared to Other Countries
Source:
Population – U.S.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2002, Table
No. 2. All others: United Nations Secretariat, Population Division, World Urbanization
Prospects, The 2001 Revision, March 20, 2002.
(Additional resources: www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm
Vehicles – U.S.: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway
Statistics 2001, Washington, DC, 2003. All others: Ward’s Communications, Ward’s Motor
Vehicle Data 2002, pp. 232-235.
(Additional resources: www.fhwa.dot.gov, www.wardsauto.com)
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 23—2003