Toyota Motor Corp. outsold General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG in 2013 to lead the global auto industry for the second straight year and forecast 3.4 percent growth for 2014 on rising demand in the U.S. and China.

Worldwide vehicle sales at Toyota, including deliveries from subsidiaries Hino Motors Ltd. and Daihatsu Motor Co., rose 2.4 percent to 9.98 million units last year, the automaker said Thursday.

That compared with the 9.71 million units sold by GM and more than 9.7 million units at VW. Sales will probably rise to 10.32 million units this year, Toyota said.