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How many Uber drivers are there? By country.

Last updated July 2026 Rideshare drivers only 26 sources 7 min read

Uber's largest driver market is no longer the United States. Brazil overtook it, and Uber's CEO said so in February 2025.

Brazil has roughly 1.4 million. Three countries have passed a million — Brazil, the United States, and India. For the other 67 markets Uber operates in, no driver figure has been published.

Uber reports one global number, and it counts Uber Eats couriers inside it. Country figures exist only as fragments: an earnings call, a press statement, a lobbying campaign. Below is every one that has a named source and a date — and nothing where one doesn't.

Summary
  • Brazil has the most Uber drivers — roughly 1.4 million (CEO, February 2025).
  • Three countries have passed 1 million drivers: Brazil, the United States, and India.
  • Uber publishes no country-by-country driver breakdown.
  • The global figure of 9.7 million counts drivers and Uber Eats couriers together. No split is published.
  • Every widely-quoted US figure dates to 2019 or 2020. One includes a company that shut down in 2019.

Uber has 9.7 million drivers and couriers worldwide

Uber reported approximately 9.7 million drivers and couriers in Q4 2025, up from 7.4 million in Q2 20241 — 31% growth in eighteen months.

The metric combines rideshare drivers and Uber Eats delivery people. Uber publishes no split between them, so this figure does not answer how many people drive passengers.

Uber drivers and couriers worldwide
Combined metric — rideshare and delivery are not reported separately
10M 7.5M 5M 2.5M 0 7.4M 8.5M 8.8M 9.7M Q2 2024 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 Q4 2025
Source: Uber quarterly reporting. Points are spaced by actual quarter; gaps reflect quarters with no published figure. Note: includes Uber Eats couriers.

Uber operates in 70+ countries and 15,000+ cities

As of December 31, 2025, per Uber's FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K).2

Uber does not publish driver counts by country

No country breakdown appears in Uber's filings. The country-level figures that exist come from earnings calls, press statements, and lobbying campaigns — different years, different definitions.

The figures below are therefore graded by source confidence rather than ranked.

Uber drivers by country

Uber drivers by country, where a figure exists
Linear scale. Bars for the UK and South Africa are small because the gap is large.
Brazil ~1.4M India 1M+ United States passed 1M at some point before May 2024 ? United Kingdom 100,000+ South Africa 40,000+ 0 1M 1.5M
Sources: Brazil and India — Uber CEO statements. UK — Uber newsroom. South Africa — Uber SA to News24. Note: figures use different definitions and are not strictly comparable; see below. The US bar is dashed because no current figure exists.
1 Uber's CEO, on the record, dated
2 Uber corporately, or a named regulator
3 No credible figure exists
TierCountryFigureDateSourceWhat's included
1Brazil~1.4MFeb 2025CEO, public eventRegistered; includes delivery partners
1India1M+May 2024CEO, earnings callDrivers
1United StatesNo current figurePassed 1M before May 2024
2United Kingdom100,000+Sep 2023Uber newsroomDrivers on platform
2South Africa40,000+Q4 2024Uber SA to pressMonthly active drivers
3~67 othersUnknownNo credible public figure

Brazil has ~1.4 million Uber drivers

At a BTG Pactual event on February 26, 2025, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Brazil is Uber's largest market worldwide, with roughly 1.4 million registered drivers and delivery partners. Six of Uber's ten busiest cities globally are in Brazil. Brazilian drivers and delivery partners have earned around $25 billion over the past decade.34

The figure is registered, not active, and includes delivery partners. Uber has published no rideshare-only figure for Brazil.

India has 1 million+ Uber drivers

On Uber's Q1 2024 earnings call in May 2024, Khosrowshahi said India had crossed 1 million drivers, the third country to do so after the United States and Brazil.5

That statement is also the source for the ceiling on this page: as of May 2024, three countries had passed a million.

The UK has 100,000+ Uber drivers

Uber's newsroom stated in September 2023 that the platform provided work for over 100,000 drivers in the UK, attributed to UK General Manager Andrew Brem alongside a commissioned economic impact report.67

This is a company claim, not an independent measurement. It is checkable against licensing data, below.

UK drivers grew from 60,000 to 100,000+ between 2019 and 2023

Uber drivers in the UK
The only country with enough dated statements to plot a trend
100k 50k 0 ~60,000 2019 70,000 March 2021 100,000+ Sept 2023 Darker bar = figure tied to a legal obligation
Sources: 2019 and 2023 — Uber statements. 2021 — Uber's announcement reclassifying UK drivers as workers following the Supreme Court ruling, which required stating how many drivers were affected.

The 2021 figure carries more weight than the others. Reclassifying UK drivers as workers — granting minimum wage, holiday pay, and pension contributions — required Uber to state how many people it applied to: 70,000.8

South Africa has 40,000+ active Uber drivers

Uber South Africa told News24 it had more than 40,000 active drivers per month in Q4 2024, alongside 1.4 million monthly active riders, with gross bookings across rides and Eats up 18% year over year.9

The definition here is monthly active — drivers who completed trips. Brazil's figure is registered. The two are not comparable.

77% of Uber's South African workforce drives rides, not deliveries

In the same disclosure: 40,000+ drivers against 12,000+ Uber Eats deliverers, a split of roughly 77/23.

This is the only country-level rides-versus-delivery split Uber has published. It should not be extrapolated — delivery's share varies widely by market — but it indicates the size of what the global combined metric conceals.

No driver figures exist for the other ~67 countries

Rider usage surveys give a rough sense of market weight. Statista's survey of urban online respondents found Uber usage in the past year at 43% in Brazil, 42% in India, 29% in Australia, 22% in the UK, and 18% in the US.10 This measures riders, not drivers.

Why these are blank. Estimating the remaining countries from population, GDP, or rider surveys would produce guesses indistinguishable from the sourced figures above. They stay blank.

The US has no reliable current driver figure

Three US numbers dominate search results. Each is stale, mis-scoped, or both.

The "1 million US drivers" figure dates to 2019

Uber claimed approximately one million US drivers in 2019 and has published no updated national figure since. Rideshare industry publications note that Uber did not disclose US active driver counts in 2022.11

The figure predates the pandemic, Proposition 22, and Brazil overtaking the US.

The "209,000 California drivers" figure comes from the 2020 Prop 22 campaign

During the 2020 fight over Proposition 22, Uber argued that reclassifying drivers as employees would cut its fleet. CalMatters reported Uber's claim that up to 76% of its 209,000 California drivers could be cut under the stricter law.12 Quartz reported the same claim as a reduction in "active drivers per quarter" from 209,000 to an estimated 51,000.13

The figure is therefore: six years old; measured in a unit Uber does not otherwise report; produced as a political argument in a campaign where gig companies spent over $200 million13; and framed as a number Uber expected to fall by three quarters. It has not been updated.

The "80,000 NYC drivers" figure covers Uber, Lyft and Juno combined

The figure traces to the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission's driver pay rules, which state that more than 80,000 drivers working for a High-Volume For-Hire Service would see earnings increases under the minimum payment standard. The TLC names the services: Uber, Lyft, and Juno.14

Juno shut down in 2019. The figure is a pre-2019 three-company total, republished as a current Uber-only count.

New York City publishes monthly driver counts

The TLC Factbook reports working drivers every month

The TLC maintains the TLC Factbook, a dashboard updated monthly. It reports Working Drivers: drivers who completed at least one trip in a given month for that sector.15

"FHV – High Volume" covers only Uber and Lyft

The category covers for-hire vehicle bases dispatching more than 10,000 trips per day. The TLC states that Lyft and Uber are the only two bases licensed under it.1516

The category excludes black cars, liveries, and yellow cabs. It is Uber and Lyft combined, so it gives a ceiling for NYC Uber drivers rather than a count.

NYC driver numbers are capped by regulation

Uber's driver site states that since April 1, 2023 it has limited new for-hire vehicle driver signups in New York City, citing the TLC's utilization regulations. The TLC is issuing new for-hire vehicle licences only for wheelchair-accessible vehicles.17

Flat NYC driver counts reflect a licensing cap, not demand.

California's TNC reports are public but partly redacted

The California Public Utilities Commission has required annual reports from Transportation Network Companies since 2014, covering trip requests and completions, collisions, incidents, assaults and harassment, and miles and hours driven. Reports from 2020 onward were designated public.1819

Uber, Lyft, HopSkipDrive, and Nomad have filed motions for confidential treatment of portions of those reports.20

Uber's country figures use different metrics

The two Tier 1 statements, ten months apart, from the same executive:

India · May 2024
1 million
Counts: drivers
Status: unstated
Context: milestone announcement
Brazil · Feb 2025
1.4 million
Counts: drivers and delivery partners
Status: registered
Context: market-size claim

Three incompatible definitions appear across the sources on this page:

  1. Registered vs. active — Brazil's 1.4M is registered; South Africa's 40,000 is monthly active. Registration totals run higher, given rideshare's churn.
  2. Drivers vs. drivers + couriers — the global and Brazil figures bundle; India's and South Africa's do not.
  3. Per-quarter vs. per-month — California's 209,000 was per quarter; the NYC Factbook is per month.

Uber is under no obligation to publish standardised country data. The effect downstream is that aggregators collect these fragments, drop the caveats, and present them as comparable.

Licensing data sets a ceiling, not a count

England has 381,100 licensed taxi and PHV drivers

As of April 1, 2024, the UK Department for Transport recorded 381,100 licensed taxi and private hire vehicle driver licences in England and 313,000 licensed vehicles. Private hire vehicles reached 256,600, up 10.5% year over year; taxis fell 1.4% to 56,400. Roughly 262,800 licences were PHV-only, up about 14% from 2023.21

Every Uber driver in England holds one of those licences, as does every Bolt, Free Now, and local minicab driver. Uber's claimed 100,000 fits inside a pool of roughly 262,800 PHV-only licences, which makes the claim plausible. A claim of 300,000 would not have survived the comparison.

Licensing data cannot identify a platform's drivers. It can establish the maximum, and falsify an inflated claim. The method works in any market with a licensing regime.

The UK government cannot identify which drivers are Uber's

The Department for Transport's statistical release states that its figures include PHV operators and drivers using app-based technology, but that it cannot separate out which drivers are working through those apps.

"…not able to disaggregate which drivers are using these apps."

UK Department for Transport — Taxi and PHV Statistics, England 202421

The agency issuing the licences and collecting the returns cannot separate Uber from other operators.

Countries with no Uber drivers

CountryStatusReasonYear
ChinaExitedSold to Didi Chuxing2016
RussiaExitedMerged into Yandex Go
Southeast AsiaExitedSold to Grab2018
DenmarkReturned2017 taxi law; back via local partner2017 / 2025
HungaryBlockedLaw targeting "illegal dispatcher services"2016
BulgariaBlockedCourt ruling on unfair competition2015
MENA regionUber-ownedOperates under the Careem brand

China, Russia and Southeast Asia were sold to competitors

Uber sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing in 2016. Russia's market runs through Yandex Go. Uber sold its Southeast Asia business to Grab in 2018; Gojek holds much of the rest.

Uber typically took an equity stake in the buyer.22 It has no drivers in these markets but retains financial exposure to them.

Denmark, Hungary and Bulgaria regulated Uber out

  • Denmark (2017) — a taxi law requiring fare meters and seat sensors; Uber withdrew rather than comply.
  • Hungary (2016) — parliament allowed authorities to block internet access for what it termed illegal dispatcher services.
  • Bulgaria (2015) — the Supreme Administrative Court ruled Uber was competing unfairly by not complying with taxi regulations. Uber suspended service within a year of launching.2324

Careem is Uber-owned

Across the Middle East and North Africa, ride-hailing largely runs through Careem, which Uber acquired. Drivers there work for an Uber subsidiary under a different brand.

We have excluded Careem drivers from this page because Careem operates as a distinct platform. That is a judgement call, not a fact.

Denmark returned in 2025

Uber returned to Denmark in 2025 through a partnership with Copenhagen taxi company Drivr. Riders order through the Uber app and receive a licensed taxi.23 Uber has no drivers of its own in Denmark.

What could change

California — the state Supreme Court unanimously upheld Proposition 22 on July 25, 2024.25 Drivers remain independent contractors, so employment-related reporting obligations do not apply.

Mexico — in December 2024 the Mexican Congress passed a bill amending the Federal Labor Law to reclassify mobility and delivery earners making more than one minimum salary per month as employees, with full labour rights including profit sharing.26 Employment relationships require headcounts.

Methodology

Scope. Rideshare drivers only. Where a source bundles delivery couriers, we say so.

Confidence tiers. Tier 1 — Uber's CEO, on the record, dated. Tier 2 — Uber corporately, or a named regulator, dated. Tier 3 — no credible figure; listed as unknown.

Exclusion rule. Figures without a traceable primary source are not used, regardless of how widely they are repeated. Several high-ranking pages on this topic contradict themselves across their own articles; those were discarded.

What we could not establish. A current US national driver count. Driver counts for roughly 67 of the ~70 countries Uber operates in. A global rideshare-only figure with couriers excluded.

Corrections. If you have a primary source we missed — particularly a regulatory filing with platform-level driver counts — send it to us.

Frequently asked questions

How many Uber drivers are there in total?

No verified global rideshare-only figure exists. Uber reports roughly 9.7 million drivers and couriers combined (Q4 2025) and publishes no split between them.

Which country has the most Uber drivers?

Brazil, at approximately 1.4 million (Uber CEO, February 2025). The figure counts registered drivers and delivery partners together.

How many Uber drivers are there in the US?

No reliable current figure. The commonly cited "1 million" dates to 2019 and has not been updated.

Does Uber publish driver numbers by country?

No. Uber reports a single global drivers-and-couriers figure. Country numbers surface occasionally in earnings calls, press statements, and lobbying campaigns, using inconsistent definitions.

Is Uber banned in any countries?

Hungary and Bulgaria blocked Uber through legislation and court rulings. China, Russia, and most of Southeast Asia are markets Uber sold to local rivals rather than bans. Denmark left in 2017 over taxi regulations and returned in 2025 through a local partner.

Sources

Every figure on this page traces to one of the following. Superscript numbers in the text link here.

  1. Backlinko — Uber Statistics 2026: How Many People Ride with Uber? Drivers and couriers, Q4 2025 and Q2 2024. April 2026. backlinko.com/uber-users
  2. Uber Technologies, Inc. — FY2025 Form 10-K and Q4/FY2025 results. Countries and cities, as of Dec 31, 2025. investor.uber.com
  3. The Rio Times — Brazil Becomes Uber's Biggest Market with 1.4 Million Drivers. CEO remarks at BTG Pactual, Feb 26, 2025. riotimesonline.com
  4. CPG / Click Petróleo e Gás — Brazil leads Uber's global ranking in trips and active drivers, CEO Conference 2025. en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br
  5. Business Standard — India becomes the third country in the world with a million Uber drivers. CEO, Q1 2024 earnings call, May 2024. business-standard.com
  6. Uber Newsroom (UK) — The Impact of Uber in the UK. Over 100,000 drivers. September 2023. uber.com/en-GB/newsroom
  7. Public First — Uber's Impact in the UK, 2023. Commissioned by Uber UK. uberuk.publicfirst.co.uk
  8. Staffing Industry Analysts — Uber changes status of 70,000 drivers in UK. March 2021. staffingindustry.com
  9. News24 (via SAMI) — The real size of Uber in SA. 40,000+ active drivers and 12,000+ Eats deliverers, Q4 2024. Uber SA communications. sami.co.za
  10. Statista, reported by Tradingpedia — Uber app usage by country, urban online respondents. tradingpedia.com
  11. The Rideshare Guy — Uber Statistics. US driver counts not disclosed for 2022. therideshareguy.com
  12. CalMatters — California Proposition 22: Exempting some gig workers. Uber's 209,000 California drivers claim. October 2020. calmatters.org
  13. Quartz — The meaning of Uber's win on Prop 22 in California. 209,000 to 51,000 active drivers per quarter; $200M+ campaign spend. qz.com
  14. NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission — Driver Pay for Drivers. 80,000+ drivers across Uber, Lyft and Juno. nyc.gov/site/tlc
  15. NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission — Introducing the TLC Factbook. Working Drivers definition; FHV – High Volume category. medium.com/@NYCTLC
  16. NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission — High-Volume For-Hire Services. Licensing category, Local Law 149 of 2018. nyc.gov/site/tlc
  17. Uber — TLC Plates, New York City. Limiting new FHV driver signups since April 1, 2023. uber.com/us/en/drive
  18. California Public Utilities Commission — Transportation Network Companies. TNC annual reporting requirements. cpuc.ca.gov
  19. San Francisco County Transportation Authority — TNCs 2020, Executive Summary. TNC annual reports public from 2020. tncs2020.sfcta.org
  20. California Public Utilities Commission — Ruling on motions of Uber, Lyft, HopSkipDrive and Nomad for confidential treatment of TNC annual reports. docs.cpuc.ca.gov
  21. UK Department for Transport — Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, England 2024 (revised). Licensed drivers and vehicles as at 1 April 2024; disaggregation limitation. gov.uk
  22. World Population Review — Uber Countries. Market exits, partnerships, and Careem. worldpopulationreview.com
  23. Daily Passport — 8 Places Where Uber Has Been Banned or Unavailable. Denmark 2017 exit and 2025 return via Drivr; Hungary 2016. dailypassport.com
  24. Marketing Scoop — Where Uber is banned. Bulgaria 2015 Supreme Administrative Court ruling; Denmark 2017; Hungary 2016. marketingscoop.com
  25. Uber Technologies, Inc. — Form 10-Q, FY2024. California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, July 25, 2024. sec.gov
  26. Uber Technologies, Inc. — Form 10-Q, FY2025. Mexican Congress bill amending the Federal Labor Law, December 2024. sec.gov
Excluded. Sources without a traceable primary reference were not used, including AI-generated wikis and aggregator pages that contradict themselves across their own articles. Where a figure existed only in such sources, it was dropped rather than repeated.

Related statistics

  • How many Lyft drivers are there? — Lyft publishes driver counts in its Economic Impact Report rather than its SEC filings, and its own S-1 shows a 1.7× spread from the choice of time window alone. The SEC asked for a number; Lyft formally declined.

That is the whole list. We have published two statistics pieces and we are not going to pad this section with links to articles we have not written.