Energy > Petroleum Stats: compare key data on China & South Africa
Definitions
- Production > Thousand barrels/day > 2006: Production of crude oil in thousand barrels/day around the world. Production in this case refers to extraction of crude oil from natural sources. It's exclusive of refining and other kind of processing.
- Production > Thousand barrels/day > 2007 per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
- Production > Thousand barrels/day > 2008 per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
- Production > Thousand barrels/day > 2009 per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
SOURCES: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) - Top 15 Oil Importing Nations 2006; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) - Top 15 Oil Importing Nations 2006. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
