Arizona republican., 1922-03-12
j. s. HAS ONE
CAR To EVERY
TEN PERSONS
Over SO Per Cent Of
w orld S Automobiles
Are In This Country

NEW YORK. Mar. 11-More than
SO per cent Of the 12,6SS,949 motor
vehicles in use in the world are in
tho United States. With 10.505, SEQ
In this country and 961 ,030 in tho
other English-s speaking countries
there are left only 1,120,0S0 for the
rest OF the earth.
Divided into continental classifioa
tons. the world registrations OF mo-
tor vehicles are: North and South
America, 11,16211o; Europe. 1,1l0.-
996; Asia, S4,130; Oceanica, 125.2Sl.
Africa, 55.SS2. Registration in Span
ish- h-speaking countries aggregates
241,5S4
These statistics were gathered by
automotive industries. Others from
the same sources show that countries
in which motor vehicles are most nu-
merous are, in order: United States.
10,505660; Great Britain, 1852:
Canada. 463,44S; France, 2S6,146:
Germany 91,3S4; Argentina $4,000.
Australia, 800: Italy. $4,000; India,
1888; Dutch East Indies, $4,000;
Spoin, $780, New Zealand, 37,500:
Russia, $4,000; Belgium. $4,000:
Union OF South Africa. 26.46S; Brazil.
$4,000: Mexico, $4,000: Denmark, %
ESQ; Cuba, 10000; Switzerland, 1S.-
oil; Austria. 1880: Norway. 1890;
Sweden. 14250; Holland. 1850: Phil
ippine Islands, 1881 Japan 1920:
Algeria. 10000: Poland, 10, 200 and
Chile. 10000.
where, however The Malay states
have 5000: Turke $500: Egypt. s.
0S4: Czecho- -Slovakia. Abb; the Gold
states, $500: Morocco. 2.500: Siam,
2,1S7: Dominican Republic, 1900:
Hawaii. 1900; British Guiana, 1850;
Canary Islands. SS1; Newfoundland
500; British West Africa, 566; Portn-
guese East Afraica, 800: French West
Africa. 230: Madagascar. 1853: Italian
Somaliland, 66 and even Monrovia
has 8.
The province OF Ontario with 200
900 has nearly half the total for
Canada while the prairie province OF
Saskatchewan with $3.50 leads the
old province OF Quebec by 1000.
Although Argentina has total Of
$4,000 cars and trucks, the city Of
Buenos Aires with a population OF
100000 has only $4,000, nearly half
of which are taxicabs
The total registration of 497,5S2 for
Great Britain. IN Guiding England.
Scotland, Ireland and Wales shows
one motor vehicle for every SO per-
sons. France has only one for every
152 persons.
Mexico was the only country which
imported more automobile in 1921
than in 1920 and careful estimates
show that its automotive registration
Increased nearly50 per cent last year
Porto Rico Is using motor vehicles
to supply transportation not tur-
nished by railroads. The develop
ment OF bus lines on the island has
reached large proportionsN The use
OF the motor bus also is a recent de-
velopment in Salvador.
Poland, with a population of ga
600 600 has only 10.700 motor vehicles.
a large percentage Of which are in
Warsaw. Lodz and Posen. The Free
city of Danzig has LOO.
Bulgaria. whose transportation sys-
tenn was wrecked during the war. has
only LAO cars and trucks for its
100000 population.
The increase in the number OF au-
tomobiles in Belgium since the war
has been almost 100 per cent and
the country now has one automobile
for every 230 inhabitants.
The Russian army operates loo
OF the $500 motor vehicles I'm Ru-
mania and there are S,4oO in Bucha
China, with $4,000 miles Of we'll
constructed courier roads and pop
ulation of 400, 100000 has motor We
hicle registration OF only Sl9O.
Shanghai has 4,610 OF these and Pek-
ing. 1.127.
approximately 1000 OF the 1890
automobile and trucks in the japan
ese empire are IN the city or Toxic.
Poor roads have restricted the sale
of motor vehicles in Japan.
Bombay has 1028S and Calcutta,
z go az the 45.sSS in British India.
Half the 5000 motor cars in the
MALAY states are in Singapore.
Practically all the motor vehicles
in Arabia are used In the city OF
Alden.
ity. has $50 cars and trucks. lt now
is possible to motor from Jerusalem
to Damascus.
In comparison with the other coun
tries of the world, the density OF the
motor population in the United
States is startling. Final revised reg
istration figures show one for every
1O.2 persons. Iowa has one for every
5.2S; South Dakota one for every
5.3S: Nebraska one for every 0.4S:
Colorado one for every 53S:- and
Kansas one for every GA.
New York still leads in total regis
tration with S12,031. The other lead
ing states in order are: Ohio, 720.-
6S2; Pennsylvania. 6S9.5S9: Califor-
MIA. 673.S30; Illinois, 670434; Michi-
gan, 477,4S7; Texas. 46I6l6 and Iowa
4GO.52S. The only other state TO en-
ceed the 100000 mark was Indiana
with 400,3A2.
There was an actual registration
gain OF 1,57S,202 I'm the United States
i'm 1921 over 1920 or 176 per cent.
The largest percentage gain was in
Florida. Five states gained moro
than 100, 900 in registrations last year.
They were New York. Pennsylvania
Ohio, California and Illinois.