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Energy > Natural gas > Consumption Stats: compare key data on China & United States

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  • Billion cubic feet per day: Natural Gas: Consumption, Billion cubic feet per day, as of end of 2004

    Notes: Others have less than 0.05
  • Billion cubic metres: Natural Gas: Consumption, Billion cubic metres, as of end of 2004

    Notes: Others have less than 0.05
  • Billion cubic metres > Share of total: Natural Gas: Consumption, Billion cubic metres, share of total (%), as of end of 2004

    Notes: Others have less than 0.05%
  • Billion cubic metres per million: Natural Gas: Consumption, Billion cubic metres, as of end of 2004

    Notes: Others have less than 0.05. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Million tonnes oil equivalent: Natural Gas: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004

    Notes: Others have less than 0.05
  • Million tonnes oil equivalent > Share of total: Natural Gas: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, share of total (%), as of end of 2004

    Notes: Others have less than 0.05%
  • Million tonnes oil equivalent per million: Natural Gas: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004

    Notes: Others have less than 0.05. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Per capita: This entry is the total natural gas consumed in cubic meters (cu m). The discrepancy between the amount of natural gas produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes and other complicating factors. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT China United States HISTORY
Billion cubic feet per day 3.8
Ranked 16th.
62.4
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than China
Billion cubic metres 39
Ranked 16th.
646.7
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than China
Billion cubic metres > Share of total 1.45
Ranked 16th.
24.05
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than China
Billion cubic metres per million 0.0301
Ranked 57th.
2.21
Ranked 9th. 73 times more than China
Date of > Information 2003 est. 2003 est.
Million tonnes oil equivalent 35.1
Ranked 16th.
582
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than China
Million tonnes oil equivalent > Share of total 1.45
Ranked 16th.
24.05
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than China
Million tonnes oil equivalent per million 0.0271
Ranked 57th.
1.99
Ranked 9th. 73 times more than China
Per capita 53,341.83 cu m per 1,000 people
Ranked 70th.
2.17 million cu m per 1,000 people
Ranked 11th. 41 times more than China

SOURCES: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005; BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005. 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.; Wikipedia: List of countries by natural gas consumption; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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