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   2,028 [R] 1,535 24,961 – – 1,077 – – 2,059 19,174   – – 13,611   73,547 [R]
1991
 2,400   1,131   2,776 557 811 1,775   2,175 [R] 1,715 25,014 – – 1,130 – – 2,218 19,562   – – 13,841   75,106 [R]
1992
 2,596   1,146   2,739 673 883 1,760   2,177 [R] 1,669 – – 16,482 1,201 3,503 2,170 20,228   1,095 16,868   75,190 [R]
1993
 2,691   1,158   2,830 850 938 1,801   2,217 [R] 1,714 – – 16,185 1,268 3,871 2,412 20,790   1,541 17,005   77,269 [R]
1994
 2,738   1,157   2,965 965 1,123 1,748   2,334 [R] 1,654 – – 15,214 1,331 3,327 2,542 21,247   1,229 17,400   76,974 [R]
1995
 2,872   1,183   3,172 1,061 1,243 1,921   2,409 [R] 1,701 – – 14,507 1,343 2,970 2,690 22,207   1,349 18,297   78,925 [R]
1996
 2,917   1,314   3,163 1,108 1,416 1,984   2,524 [R] 1,874 – – 14,504 1,460 2,935 3,182 22,609   1,434 19,939   82,364 [R]
1997
 2,887   1,300   3,012 1,125 1,663 2,048   2,590 [R] 1,763 – – 13,434 1,601 2,832 3,013 22,737   1,455 20,825   82,286 [R]
1998
 2,798   1,313   3,130 983 1,828 2,205   2,676 [R] 1,752 – – 14,045 1,653 2,606 3,072 22,246   1,409 21,357   83,071 [R]
1999
 3,108   1,383   3,151 1,124 2,112 2,396   2,818 [R] 1,705 – – 14,013 1,632 2,755 3,259 22,405   1,423 21,995   85,278 [R]
2000
 2,991   1,403   3,098 1,081 2,221 2,498   2,914 [R] 1,725 – – 14,130 1,759 2,779 3,373 23,333   1,511 23,538   88,356 [R]
2001
 3,121   1,471   3,239 1,182 2,478 2,505   2,902 [R] 1,769 – – 14,412 1,896 2,617 3,338 22,239   1,596 24,804   89,571 [R]
2002
 3,173   1,528   3,204 1,218 2,798 2,488   3,100 [R] 1,767 – – 14,567 2,002 2,779 3,379 23,007   1,642 26,119 [R] 92,774 [R]
2003
 3,373   1,511   3,566 1,222 2,910 2,743 [R] 3,100 [R] 1,775 – – 15,291 2,121 3,023 3,358 22,277   1,670 28,072 [R] 96,012 [R]
2004
 3,341 [R] 1,690 [R] 3,576 1,309 3,021 2,847   3,074 [R] 1,812 – – 16,022 2,319 3,051 3,477 22,389 [R] 1,773 30,345 [R] 100,047 [R]
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.