In 2023, around 1.43 million driver's licenses were issued in Germany. Of those, approximately 965,000 were class B licenses for driving passenger cars, while around 200,800 licenses were issued in class C for driving larger trucks.
Number of issued driver's licenses in Germany from 2004 to 2023, by license classes
⁶ The source does not currently provide data for the years 2014 and 2015. According to the source, the driving licenses recorded include initial issues, extensions, issues/extensions under simplified conditions, new issues following a previous negative decision and exchange of a foreign driving license (up to and including 2004 also registration/exchange of an EU/EEA driving license).
Older values have been taken from previous publications.
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