Research Article

Analysis and Prediction on Vehicle Ownership Based on an Improved Stochastic Gompertz Diffusion Process

Table 5

Prediction of vehicle ownership per 1000 people and total ownership to 2025 in China.

Year2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

GDP per capita8451.819043.449631.2610257.3010924.0211601.3112320.5913084.4713895.7014757.24
Population1381.531389.821398.161406.551414.991423.481427.751432.031434.891437.76
Vehicle per 1000 (unit)133.60148.56164.01181.07199.90219.73241.53249.02256.74264.70
Total vehicle (million units)184.57206.48229.32254.69282.86312.78344.84356.60368.39380.57

GDP indicator (in international dollar) up to 2025 is obtained from the paper of Perkins and Rawski [15]; population forecasting data (in million people) is obtained from the paper of Dadao [16].