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I subscribe to the Economist, and it recently sent its subscribers a booklet, Pocket World in Figures, that contains rankings of 198 countries in categories ranging from longest river to biggest cities to number of refugees to living standards, etc. Here are some interesting statistics related to energy from that booklet:
Top 10 Oil Producers 2012 (‘000 bbls/day)
Saudi Arabia 11,530
Russia 10,643
U.S. 8,905
China 4,153
Canada 3,741
Iran 3,680
UAR 3,380
Kuwait 3,127
Iraq 3,115
Mexico 2,911
Top Ten Oil Consumers 2012 (‘000 bbls/day)
U.S. 18,555
China 10,221
Japan 4,714
India 3,652
Russia 3,174
Saudi Arabia 2,935
Brazil 2,805
South Korea 2,458
Canada 2,412
Germany 2,358
Top 10 Natural Gas Producers 2012 (billion cubic meters)
U.S. 681.4
Russia 592.3
Iran 160.5
Qatar 157.0
Canada 156.5
Norway 114.9
China 107.2
Saudi Arabia 102.8
Algeria 81.5
Indonesia 71.1
Top 10 Natural Gas Consumers 2012 (billion cubic meters)
U.S. 722.1
Russia 416.2
Iran 156.1
China 143.8
Japan 116.7
Saudi Arabia 102.8
Canada 100.7
Mexico 83.7
U.K. 78.3
Germany 75.2
In coal production, China ranked 1st (2012), with 1,825 million tonnes oil equivalent, with the U.S. a distant second at 515.9.
The U.S. ranks 30th in number of cars owned per 1,000 population (2011), behind countries such as Australia, Germany, France, Norway, Spain, and the Czech Republic.
In 2011, China produced 14,485,000 cars. Number two was Japan at 7,159,000. The U.S. ranked 6th, at 2,966,000, behind Germany, South Kora and India (3,054,000).
China ranked 1st in emissions of carbon dioxide in 2009 (7,687 million tonnes). Following it (in order): U.S. (5,267 million tonnes), India (1,979), Russia (1,574), Japan, Germany, Iran, Canada, South Korea, and South Africa. In the rank of carbon dioxide emissions per person, U.S. ranked 10 (17.3 tonnes per person). The leader was Qatar at 44 tonnes per person, followed by Trinidad & Tobago, Kuwait, Brunei, UAR, Aruba, Bahrain, Luxembourg and Australia.