Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2003

Table 9.  Average Annual Regional Growth Rates for Oil Demand, 2001-2025
               (Percent per Year)

  Region

Low  Price

Reference

High Price

Industrialized Countries

1.6

1.3

1.1

Other Developing Countries

2.9

2.8

2.6

Eurasia

3.3

3.1

2.9

  China

4.2

3.9

3.7

  Former Soviet Union

2.1

2.0

1.8

  Eastern Europe

2.4

2.2

2.2

Total World

2.3

2.0

1.8

Source:  Energy Information Administration, AEO2003 National Energy Modeling System runs: lw2003.d110502c; aeo2003.d110502c; and hw2003.d110502c.