Table 11.12  World Dry Natural Gas Consumption, 1980-2006
                          (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 2,621 195 232 972 903 1,493 13,328 – – 334 – – 1,702 19,877 – – 8,369 52,890
1981
 1,842 1,003 2,513 232 155 942 925 1,421 14,440 – – 564 – – 1,740 19,404 – – 8,333 53,513
1982
 1,859 979 2,334 218 200 944 956 1,511 15,522 – – 430 – – 1,743 18,001 – – 8,931 53,628
1983
 1,863 999 2,397 302 310 967 1,020 1,451 16,822 – – 418 – – 1,815 16,835 – – 9,427 54,626
1984
 2,017 1,079 2,584 365 476 1,135 1,372 1,540 18,512 – – 620 – – 1,851 17,951 – – 10,189 59,692
1985
 2,165 1,110 2,546 513 600 1,151 1,468 1,624 20,302 – – 716 – – 1,991 17,281 – – 10,777 62,244
1986
 2,130 1,129 2,595 441 536 1,217 1,494 1,620 21,522 – – 890 – – 2,020 16,221 – – 11,303 63,118
1987
 2,112 1,038 2,733 542 565 1,346 1,543 1,672 22,462 – – 946 – – 2,079 17,211 – – 12,062 66,312
1988
 2,331 963 2,716 492 706 1,460 1,618 1,513 24,092 – – 1,028 – – 1,972 18,030 – – 12,628 69,548
1989
 2,427 984 2,835 546 784 1,581 1,731 1,550 24,529 – – 1,052 – – 1,951 19,119 – – 13,549 72,638
1990
 2,378 997 2,669 547 837 1,674 R 2,028 1,535 24,961 – – 1,077 – – 2,059 19,174 – – 13,611 R 73,547
1991
 2,400 1,131 2,776 557 811 1,775 R 2,175 1,715 25,014 – – 1,130 – – 2,218 19,562 – – 13,841 R 75,106
1992
 2,596 1,146 2,739 673 883 1,760 R 2,177 1,669 – – 16,482 1,201 3,503 2,170 20,228 1,095 16,868 R 75,190
1993
 2,691 1,158 2,830 850 938 1,801 R 2,217 1,714 – – 16,185 1,268 3,871 2,412 20,790 1,541 17,005 R 77,269
1994
 2,738 1,157 2,965 965 1,123 1,748 R 2,334 1,654 – – 15,214 1,331 3,327 2,542 21,247 1,229 17,400 R 76,974
1995
 2,872 1,183 3,172 1,061 1,243 1,921 R 2,409 1,701 – – 14,507 1,343 2,970 2,690 22,207 1,349 18,297 R 78,925
1996
 2,917 1,314 3,163 1,108 1,416 1,984 R 2,524 1,874 – – 14,504 1,460 2,935 3,182 22,609 1,434 19,939 R 82,364
1997
 2,887 1,300 3,012 1,125 1,663 2,048 R 2,590 1,763 – – 13,434 1,601 2,832 3,013 22,737 1,455 20,825 R 82,286
1998
 2,798 1,313 3,130 983 1,828 2,205 R 2,676 1,752 – – 14,045 1,653 2,606 3,072 22,246 1,409 21,357 R 83,071
1999
 3,108 1,383 3,151 1,124 2,112 2,396 R 2,818 1,705 – – 14,013 1,632 2,755 3,259 22,405 1,423 21,995 R 85,278
2000
 2,991 1,403 3,098 1,081 2,221 2,498 R 2,914 1,725 – – 14,130 1,759 2,779 3,373 23,333 1,511 23,538 R 88,356
2001
 3,121 1,471 3,239 1,182 2,478 2,505 R 2,902 1,769 – – 14,412 1,896 2,617 3,338 22,239 1,596 24,804 R 89,571
2002
 3,173 1,528 3,204 1,218 2,798 2,488 R 3,100 1,767 – – 14,567 2,002 2,779 3,379 23,007 1,642 R 26,119 R 92,774
2003
 3,373 1,511 3,566 1,222 2,910 R 2,743 R 3,100 1,775 – – 15,291 2,121 3,023 3,358 22,277 1,670 R 28,072 R 96,012
2004
 R 3,341 R 1,690 3,576 1,309 3,021 2,847 R 3,074 1,812 – – 16,022 2,319 3,051 3,477 R 22,389 1,773 R 30,345 R 100,047
2005
 3,404 1,740 3,566 1,325 3,616 3,046 3,081 1,747 – – 16,153 2,516 3,079 3,357 22,011 1,702 33,156 103,500
2006P
 3,307 1,759 3,637 1,398 3,712 2,984 3,137 1,688 – – 16,598 2,594 3,136 3,225 21,653 1,769 34,836 105,434
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, May 22, 2008.
Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.