UK vehicle statistics / Mini

How many Mini Countryman cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 159,107 licensed and 2,914 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Mini Countryman generic-model group.

Looking at a Countryman?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

Check its registration free for the official tax, MOT and mileage record. If the car is still worth pursuing, the optional £9.99 full history check adds outstanding-finance, stolen and insurance write-off checks.

Wondering whether one particular Countryman is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the Countryman disappearing?

159,107 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Countryman is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 43% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 2,914 are declared SORN — 1 in 56 of the 162,021 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

For how this model fares on test day, see its MOT pass rate and most common failures.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q1159,1072,914
2025 Q4156,2582,612
2025 Q3153,3692,345
2025 Q2150,3422,287
2025 Q1147,8302,323
2024 Q4144,8271,976
2024 Q3142,2381,685
2024 Q2139,6141,575
2024 Q1136,7621,531
2023 Q4136,0261,319
2023 Q3133,6781,154
2023 Q2131,0371,063

Other Mini models

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Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.