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Oil Consumption and Production

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Oil Consumption

Barrels per day and per person per year, calculated in October, 2007

United States 20,730,000, 25.13

China 6,534,000, 1.80 (many people)

Japan 5,578,000, 15.98 (big on rail transportation)

Germany 2,650,000, 11.74 (less than half per capita than the U.S.)

Canada 2,294,000, 25.07 (as bad as the Yanks)

Mexico 1,970,000, 6.61 (less affluence and fewer cars)

Italy 1,881,000, 11.81 (as good as the Germans)

Saudi Arabia 1,845.000, 24.40

Britain 1,827,000, 10.98 (less than half per caita than the U.S.)

Iran 1,510,000, 8.43

France 1,197,000, 6.86 (big on nuclear energy)

Sweden 362,400, 14.64 (colder winters?)

Ireland 182,400, 16.23 (what is their excuse?)

Per Capita Oil Production (rough figures)

Barrels per person per year

Kuwait 352.24 (affluence)

Qatar 319.13 (affluence)

Equatorial Guinea 278.12 (little benefit for people in general)

Norway 253.95 (consumes 19.09, rising standard of living)

Saudi Arabia 125.30 (consumes 24.4)

Libya 103.99 (rising standard of living)

Venezuela 43.21

Canada 34.27 (consumes 25.07)

Iraq 28.27

Russia 24.26 (consumes 6.45)

Algeria 15.03

Britain 12.46 (consumes 10.98)

United States 9.92 (consumes 25.13)

Nigeria 6.62

Sudan 3.19

Egypt 3.18

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