Table 1: Top Automobile Producing Countries in the World (1,000 units).

Year 1983 1991 2000 2005 2010 2015 2017
1 Japan 7,152 Japan 13,245 USA 12,799 USA 11,946 China 18,264 China 24,503 China 29,015
2 USA 6,821 USA 8,883 Japan 10,140 Japan 10,799 Japan 9,628 USA 12,100 USA 11,189
3 Germany 3,878 Germany 5,034 Germany 5,526 Germany 5,757 USA 7,743 Japan 9,278 Japan 9,693
4 France 2,961 France 3,610 France 3,348 China 5,717 Germany 5,905 Germany 6,033 Germany 5,645
5 Italy 1,495 Spain 2,078 Korea 3,114 Korea 3,699 Korea 4,271 Korea 4,555 India 4,782
6 UK 1,045 Canada 1,911 Spain 3,032 France 3,549 India 3,557 India 4,125 Korea 4,114
7 Canada 968 Italy 1,844 Canada 2,961 Spain 2,752 Brazil 3,381 Mexico 3,565 Mexico 4,068
8 Korea 1,497 China 2,069 Canada 2,687 Spain 2,387 Spain 2,733 Spain 2,848
9 UK 1,454 Mexico 1,935 Brazil 2,530 Mexico 2,342 Brazil 2,429 Brazil 2,699
10 Mexico 989 UK 1,813 UK 1,803 France 2,229 Canada 2,283 France 2,227
11 Italy 1,738 Mexico 1,684 Canada 2,068 France 1,970 Canada 2,199
12 Brazil 1,681 India 1,638 Thailand 1,644 Thailand 1,915 Thailand 1,988
World total 29,994 47,441 58,374 66,719 77,583 90,780 97,302

Source: KOTI (Kim, 2017, p.108), The Korea Transport Institute (2016, p, 19) [11].