Cold countries Compared by Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area

DEFINITION: SO2 emissions per populated land area
Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Belgium	21,390 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
2	Czech Republic	7,980 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
3	North Korea	7,640 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
4	United Kingdom	5,370 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
5	Germany	5,100 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
6	Slovakia	4,850 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
7	Chile	4,380 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
8	Poland	3,900 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
9	Denmark	2,860 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
10	Canada	2,790 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
11	China	2,680 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
12	Hungary	2,650 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
13	Tajikistan	2,610 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
14	Slovenia	2,340 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
15	Armenia	2,290 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
16	Ukraine	2,060 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
17	Romania	2,040 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,780 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
19	Lithuania	1,690 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
20	United States	1,680 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
21	Finland	1,480 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
22	Ireland	970 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
23	Iceland	960 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
24	Belarus	950 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
25	Russia	930 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
26	Republic of Macedonia	900 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
27	Austria	850 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
28	Sweden	770 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=29	Estonia	580 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=29	Kazakhstan	580 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
31	Switzerland	510 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
32	Mongolia	430 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
33	Norway	350 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
34	Kyrgyzstan	270 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
35	Latvia	180 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
36	Nepal	50 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
37	Bhutan	30 thousand metric tons/squ	2000

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