Table 11.12  World Dry Natural Gas Consumption, 1980-2007
                          (Billion Cubic Feet)

Year

Canada

France

Germany 1

Indonesia

Iran

Italy

Japan
Nether-
lands
Former
U.S.S.R.

Russia
Saudi
Arabia

Ukraine
United
Kingdom
United
States
Uzbek-
istan

Other

World
1980
1,883 981 2,621 R 248 232 972 903 1,493 13,328 – – 334 – – 1,702 19,877 – – 8,369 R 52,943
1981
1,842 1,003 2,513 R 248 155 942 925 1,421 14,440 – – 564 – – 1,740 19,404 – – 8,333 R 53,529
1982
1,859 979 2,334 R 236 200 944 956 1,511 15,522 – – 430 – – 1,743 18,001 – – 8,931 R 53,646
1983
1,863 999 2,397 R 316 310 967 1,020 1,451 16,822 – – 418 – – 1,815 16,835 – – 9,427 R 54,640
1984
2,017 1,079 2,584 R 369 476 1,135 1,372 1,540 18,512 – – 620 – – 1,851 17,951 – – 10,189 R 59,696
1985
2,165 1,110 2,546 R 436 600 1,151 1,468 1,624 20,302 – – 716 – – 1,991 17,281 – – 10,777 R 62,168
1986
2,130 1,129 2,595 R 471 536 1,217 1,494 1,620 21,522 – – 890 – – 2,020 16,221 – – 11,303 R 63,148
1987
2,112 1,038 2,733 R 487 565 1,346 1,543 1,672 22,462 – – 946 – – 2,079 17,211 – – 12,062 R 66,256
1988
2,331 963 2,716 R 517 706 1,460 1,618 1,513 24,092 – – 1,028 – – 1,972 18,030 – – 12,628 R 69,573
1989
2,427 984 2,835 R 579 784 1,581 1,731 1,550 24,529 – – 1,052 – – 1,951 19,119 – – 13,549 R 72,671
1990
2,378 997 2,669 R 630 837 1,674 2,028 1,535 24,961 – – 1,077 – – 2,059 19,174 – – 13,611 R 73,629
1991
2,400 1,131 2,776 R 765 811 1,775 2,175 1,715 25,014 – – 1,130 – – 2,218 19,562 – – 13,841 R 75,314
1992
2,596 1,146 2,739 R 797 883 1,760 2,177 1,669 – – 16,482 1,201 3,503 2,170 20,228 1,095 16,868 R 75,314
1993
2,691 1,158 2,830 850 938 1,801 2,217 1,714 – – 16,185 1,268 3,871 2,412 20,790 1,541 17,005 77,269
1994
2,738 1,157 2,965 965 1,123 1,748 2,334 1,654 – – 15,214 1,331 3,327 2,542 21,247 1,229 17,400 76,974
1995
2,872 1,183 3,172 1,061 1,243 1,921 2,409 1,701 – – 14,507 1,343 2,970 2,690 22,207 1,349 18,297 78,925
1996
2,917 1,314 3,163 R 1,137 1,416 1,984 2,524 1,874 – – 14,504 1,460 2,935 3,182 22,609 1,434 19,939 R 82,392
1997
2,887 1,300 3,012 1,125 1,663 2,048 2,590 1,763 – – 13,434 1,601 2,832 3,013 22,737 1,455 20,825 82,286
1998
2,798 1,313 3,130 983 1,828 2,205 2,676 1,752 – – 14,045 1,653 2,606 3,072 22,246 1,409 21,357 83,071
1999
3,108 1,383 3,151 1,124 2,112 2,396 2,818 1,705 – – 14,013 1,632 2,755 3,259 22,405 1,423 21,995 85,278
2000
2,991 1,403 3,098 R 958 2,221 2,498 2,914 1,725 – – 14,130 1,759 2,779 3,373 23,333 1,511 R 23,636 R 88,330
2001
3,121 1,471 3,239 R 726 2,478 2,505 2,902 1,769 – – 14,412 1,896 2,617 3,338 22,239 1,596 R 24,789 R 89,100
2002
3,173 1,528 3,204 R 797 2,798 2,488 3,100 1,767 – – 14,567 2,002 2,779 3,379 23,007 1,642 R 26,112 R 92,346
2003
3,373 1,511 3,566 R 805 2,910 2,743 3,100 1,775 – – 15,291 2,121 3,023 3,358 22,277 1,670 R 27,923 R 95,446
2004
3,341 1,690 3,576 R 675 3,021 2,847 3,074 1,812 – – 16,022 2,319 3,051 3,477 22,389 1,773 R 30,020 R 99,088
2005
3,404 1,740 3,566 R 719 3,616 3,046 3,081 1,747 – – 16,153 2,516 3,079 3,357 22,011 1,702 R 32,898 R 102,636
2006
3,307 R 1,763 R 3,524 R 992 R 3,839 2,984 R 3,247 R 1,690 – – 16,598 2,594 R 2,483 R 3,213 R 21,685 1,769 R 34,685 R 104,372
2007P
2,894 1,647 3,441 913 3,948 2,998 3,542 1,639 – – 16,746 2,627 2,352 3,199 23,047 1,807 36,253 107,056
1Through 1990, this is East and West Germany.  Beginning in 1991, this is unified Germany. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/international.
R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  – – = Not applicable.   Sources:  United States:  Table 6.1.  All Other Data:  Energy Information Administration, International
Energy Database, June 9, 2009.
Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.