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Number of Driver's License Holder in Japan, 1969 - 2012

Currently there are 80 million car drivers in Japan. The following shows the statistics of driver's license holders from 1969 to 2012. From 2009, male drivers are decreasing.

Year License Holders 1969 = 100 Male % Female %
1969 24,782,107 100 20,572,948 83 4,209,159 17
1970 26,449,229 107 21,683,599 82 4,765,630 18
1971 28,000,367 113 22,699,349 81.1 5,301,018 18.9
1972 29,474,643 119 23,675,142 80.3 5,799,501 19.7
1973 30,778,778 124 24,477,063 79.5 6,301,715 20.5
1974 32,143,688 130 25,338,592 78.8 6,805,096 21.2
1975 33,482,514 135 26,106,101 78 7,376,413 22
1976 35,148,742 142 26,956,923 76.7 8,191,819 23.3
1977 37,022,922 149 27,769,945 75 9,252,977 25
1978 39,174,099 158 28,730,091 73.3 10,444,008 26.7
1979 41,042,876 166 29,548,200 72 11,494,676 28
1980 43,000,383 174 30,408,233 70.7 12,592,150 29.3
1981 44,973,064 182 31,212,847 69.4 13,760,217 30.6
1982 46,978,577 190 32,024,310 68.2 14,954,267 31.8
1983 48,814,356 197 32,789,800 67.2 16,024,556 32.8
1984 50,606,685 204 33,542,077 66.3 17,064,608 33.7
1985 52,347,735 211 34,277,091 65.5 18,070,644 34.5
1986 54,079,827 218 35,036,361 64.8 19,043,466 35.2
1987 55,724,173 225 35,752,664 64.2 19,971,509 35.8
1988 57,423,924 232 36,483,593 63.5 20,940,331 36.5
1989 59,159,342 239 37,244,077 63 21,915,265 37
1990 60,908,993 246 38,028,875 62.4 22,880,118 37.6
1991 62,553,596 252 38,773,374 62 23,780,222 38
1992 64,172,276 259 39,482,617 61.5 24,689,659 38.5
1993 65,695,677 265 40,143,572 61.1 25,552,105 38.9
1994 67,205,667 271 40,793,347 60.7 26,412,320 39.3
1995 68,563,830 277 41,406,176 60.4 27,157,654 39.6
1996 69,874,878 282 41,973,336 60.1 27,901,542 39.9
1997 71,271,222 288 42,578,341 59.7 28,692,881 40.3
1998 72,733,411 293 43,223,086 59.4 29,510,325 40.6
1999 73,792,756 298 43,601,205 59.1 30,191,551 40.9
2000 74,686,752 301 43,865,900 58.7 30,820,852 41.3
2001 75,550,711 305 44,143,259 58.4 31,407,452 41.6
2002 76,533,859 309 44,489,377 58.1 32,044,482 41.9
2003 77,467,729 313 44,786,148 57.8 32,681,581 42.2
2004 78,246,948 316 45,020,226 57.5 33,226,722 42.5
2005 78,798,821 318 45,135,941 57.3 33,662,880 42.7
2006 79,329,866 320 45,257,391 57 34,072,475 43
2007 79,907,212 322 45,412,614 56.8 34,494,598 43.2
2008 80,447,842 325 45,517,585 56.6 34,930,257 43.4
2009 80,811,945 326 45,539,419 56.4 35,272,526 43.6
2010 81,010,246 327 45,487,010 56.1 35,523,236 43.9
2011 81,215,266 328 45,448,263 56 35,767,003 44
2012 81,487,846 329 45,437,260 55.8 36,050,586 44.2

 

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Source is National Police Agency.

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