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STAT Japan United States
Capacity 44,215 MW
Ranked 3rd. 		102,136 MW
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Japan
Capacity per million people 346.62 MW
Ranked 9th. 7% more than United States 		325.36 MW
Ranked 12th.
Nuclear share of electricity production 18.1%
Ranked 19th. 		19%
Ranked 16th. 5% more than Japan
Uranium production 84
Ranked 34th. 		363,640
Ranked 2nd. 4329 times more than Japan
Uranium production per thousand people 0.000658
Ranked 34th. 		1.2
Ranked 14th. 1818 times more than Japan
Uranium reserves 6,600
Ranked 28th. 		207,400
Ranked 9th. 31 times more than Japan
Uranium reserves (world share) 0.1%
Ranked 28th. 		3.8%
Ranked 9th. 38 times more than Japan
Uranium reserves per thousand people 0.0517
Ranked 32nd. 		0.676
Ranked 19th. 13 times more than Japan

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Nuclear power by country (Overview) ("Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation in 2011" . IAEA. 203-04-13 . Retrieved 2013-04-14 .); Wikipedia: Nuclear power by country (Overview) ("Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation in 2011" . IAEA. 203-04-13 . Retrieved 2013-04-14 .). 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 uranium reserves; Wikipedia: List of countries by uranium reserves. 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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