Table 11.15  World Coal Consumption, 1980-2006
                          (Million Short Tons)

Year

Australia

China

Germany 1

Greece

India

Japan
North
Korea

Poland
Former
U.S.S.R.

Russia
South
Africa

Turkey

Ukraine
United
Kingdom
United
States

Other

World
1980
74 679 535 26 R 123 98 49 221 751 – – 105 R 23 – – 134 703 R 611 R 4,131
1981
R 74 680 544 30 R 144 106 51 200 748 – – 116 R 24 – – 130 733 R 640 R 4,221
1982
R 80 726 548 31 R 150 R 104 54 208 771 – – 124 26 – – 122 707 R 666 R 4,316
1983
R 77 768 549 36 R 158 R 99 56 213 764 – – 127 R 30 – – 123 737 R 691 R 4,428
1984
R 80 845 573 36 R 187 R 111 57 227 770 – – 137 35 – – 88 791 R 740 R 4,677
1985
86 R 911 579 42 R 194 R 117 60 238 779 – – 142 46 – – 116 818 R 767 R 4,896
1986
R 85 962 576 44 209 R 107 59 247 803 – – 145 R 55 – – 123 804 R 765 R 4,985
1987
93 1,027 565 49 R 211 R 110 57 258 807 – – 148 54 – – 129 837 R 782 R 5,127
1988
96 1,098 561 56 R 222 R 122 58 253 821 – – 151 R 46 – – 123 884 R 780 R 5,271
1989
104 1,113 553 59 R 236 123 57 242 777 – – 140 R 61 – – 126 895 R 796 R 5,283
1990
104 1,124 528 59 R 248 R 127 54 202 848 – – 139 60 – – 119 904 R 749 R 5,266
1991
R 102 1,165 408 59 R 270 129 52 202 672 – – 144 64 – – 118 899 R 725 R 5,008
1992
R 108 1,199 362 62 R 282 125 46 192 – – R 347 147 66 R 132 111 908 R 847 R 4,935
1993
R 107 1,276 335 62 R 296 127 42 R 193 – – R 332 146 60 R 115 96 944 R 824 R 4,956
1994
110 1,390 314 66 R 313 R 136 39 184 – – R 305 161 66 R 92 91 951 802 R 5,019
1995
112 1,495 298 64 R 329 R 141 36 185 – – R 290 162 67 R 95 79 962 R 798 R 5,113
1996
120 1,509 296 66 R 326 142 31 189 – – R 297 164 73 R 74 77 1,006 R 821 R 5,192
1997
127 1,450 R 281 66 R 351 R 148 30 182 – – R 268 172 80 72 69 1,030 R 818 R 5,144
1998
138 1,392 269 68 R 362 R 141 27 168 – – R 250 161 86 73 68 1,037 R 810 R 5,050
1999
141 1,343 258 68 R 388 R 153 31 162 – – R 258 R 169 84 72 61 1,039 R 774 R 4,999
2000
141 1,282 270 72 R 403 169 33 R 158 – – R 264 R 175 89 R 72 R 65 1,084 R 819 R 5,098
2001
141 1,357 278 75 417 R 173 34 152 – – R 254 R 179 80 R 70 70 1,060 R 851 R 5,191
2002
145 1,413 R 278 77 R 430 R 179 32 149 – – R 252 170 73 R 71 64 1,066 R 871 R 5,272
2003
143 1,720 277 78 R 443 185 33 155 – – R 256 R 186 71 R 77 R 70 1,095 R 917 R 5,706
2004
R 146 R 2,057 R 283 R 79 R 494 R 203 33 R 154 – – R 249 R 199 R 71 R 69 67 1,107 R 939 R 6,150
2005
158 2,333 273 78 507 196 35 150 – – 258 193 85 68 68 1,126 953 6,483
2006P
156 2,578 272 74 543 198 35 155 – – 264 195 86 70 75 1,112 959 6,771
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 7.1.  All Other Data:  Energy Information Administration, International
Energy Database, May 2, 2008.
Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.