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  • Consumption: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
  • Consumption per thousand people: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Exports: This entry is the total oil exported in barrels per day (bbl/day), including both crude oil and oil products.
    Additional details:
    • Bahamas, The: transshipments of 41,570 bbl/day (2007)
    • Bahamas, The: transshipments of 41,610 bbl/day (2009)
  • Exports per thousand people: This entry is the total oil exported in barrels per day (bbl/day), including both crude oil and oil products.
    Additional details:
    • Bahamas, The: transshipments of 41,570 bbl/day (2007)
    • Bahamas, The: transshipments of 41,610 bbl/day (2009)
    . Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Imports: This entry is the total oil imported in barrels per day (bbl/day), including both crude oil and oil products.
  • Imports per thousand people: This entry is the total oil imported in barrels per day (bbl/day), including both crude oil and oil products. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Production: This entry is the total oil produced in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
  • Production per thousand people: This entry is the total oil produced in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Proved reserves: This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
  • Proved reserves per capita: This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
STAT Iran United States HISTORY
Consumption 1.84 million bbl/day
Ranked 13th.
19.15 million bbl/day
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Iran

Consumption per thousand people 24.78 bbl/day
Ranked 69th.
61.91 bbl/day
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than Iran

Exports 2.52 million bbl/day
Ranked 3rd. 31% more than United States
1.92 million bbl/day
Ranked 9th.

Exports per thousand people 34.31 bbl/day
Ranked 26th. 5 times more than United States
6.26 bbl/day
Ranked 55th.

Imports 297,100 bbl/day
Ranked 34th.
10.27 million bbl/day
Ranked 1st. 35 times more than Iran

Imports per thousand people 4.04 bbl/day
Ranked 112th.
33.48 bbl/day
Ranked 37th. 8 times more than Iran

Production 4.25 million bbl/day
Ranked 5th.
9.69 million bbl/day
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Iran

Production per thousand people 57.1 bbl/day
Ranked 22nd. 82% more than United States
31.32 bbl/day
Ranked 28th.

Proved reserves 137 billion bbl
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than United States
20.68 billion bbl
Ranked 13th.

Proved reserves per capita 1,816.39 bbl
Ranked 11th. 27 times more than United States
66.37 bbl
Ranked 35th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. 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.

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