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Kia Rio: how many are still registered?

103,031still registered

Kia Rio cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 86 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 107,957 (2023 Q2) - 95.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.0% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 97,980 in 2030.

3,901 of the survivors (3.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

95.4% survives 2023 Q2 peak: 107,957

Declared off-road (SORN)3,901 · 3.7%
Disappearing per year1.0%
Projected 2030~97,980

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Kia Rio nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Kia Rio vans0still reg.

By year

All 103,031 surviving Kia Rio cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 33,181 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 60.2% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built2002 → 2023
15,0007,5000
20022023
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On the road over time

Total Kia Rio cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

107,224
2001log scale2026: 97,571
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Kia Rio cars split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

901cc to 1000cc12,999 cars · 12.6%
1101cc to 1200cc10,999 cars · 10.6%
1201cc to 1300cc34,789 cars · 33.7%
1301cc to 1400cc38,689 cars · 37.5%
1401cc to 1500cc5,477 cars · 5.3%
Other sizes (5)78 cars · under 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol80,663 · 78.2%
Diesel18,789 · 18.2%
Hybrid Electric (petrol)3,573 · 3.4%
Gas6 · under 0.1%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.