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Overview of Energy Consumption in Principal Countries

Country Japan USA Canada Germany
Calendar Year 1973 1985 1998 1973 1985 1998 1973 1985 1998 1973 1985 1998
GDP
(1995 price: US$1 billion)
2,561 3,814 5,319 4,216 5,520 8,023 317 463 620 1,527 1,955 2,555
Population
(1 million persons)
108 121 126 212 238 270 22 26 30 79 78 82
Primary energy consumption
(1 million ton of oil equivalent)
324 367 510 1,736 1,782 2,182 161 193 234 338 361 345
Final energy consumption
(1 million to of oil equivalent)
234 246 337 1,323 1,277 1,430 133 151 183 247 253 243
Breakdown   
  Industrial sector
  Share of the total (%)
131
(56.1%)
109
(44.4%)
131
(38.8%)
438
(33.1%)
378
(29.6%)
349
(24.4%)
48
(35.8%)
56
(37.0%)
67
(36.7%)
98
(39.6%)
90
(35.4%)
71
(29.3%)
  Transport sector
  Share of the total (%)
43
(18.2%)
58
(23.4%)
93
(27.5%)
420
(31.8%)
450
(35.2%)
582
(40.7%)
35
(26.5%)
40
(26.3%)
53
(29.0%)
40
(16.1%)
49
(19.4%)
66
(27.2%)
  Civil/Agricultural sectors
  Share of the total (%)
52
(22.0%)
70
(28.5%)
103
(30.6%)
420
(31.7%)
398
(31.2%)
437
(30.6%)
45
(33.8%)
51
(33.5%)
57
(31.0%)
101
(41.0%)
108
(42.5%)
99
(40.8%)
Per capita GDP
(1995 price US$/person)
23,695 31,588 42,081 19,896 23,200 29,683 14,168 17,850 20,458 19,340 25,166 31,141
Per capita primary energy consumption (oil equivalent ton/person) 2.99 3.04 4.04 8.19 7.49 8.07 7.20 7.45 7.73 4.28 4.65 4.20
Primary energy consumption per GDP
(oil equivalent ton/1996 price: US$ 1 million)
126 96 96 412 323 272 508 418 378 221 185 135

Country United Kingdom France Italy
Calendar Year 1973 1985 1998 1973 1985 1998 1973 1985 1998
GDP
(1995 price: US$1 billion)
743 881 1,195 960 1,242 1,646 648 889 1,127
Population
(1 million persons)
56 57 59 52 55 59 55 57 58
Primary energy consumption
(1 million ton of oil equivalent)
221 204 233 177 200 256 129 136 168
Final energy consumption
(1 million to of oil equivalent)
148 137 159 138 134 167 99 103 129
Breakdown   
  Industrial sector
  Share of the total (%)
61
(41.3%)
39
(28.7%)
41
(25.8%)
48
(34.9%)
42
(31.5%)
47
(28.1%)
45
(45.1%)
36
(34.8%)
41
(31.7%)
  Transport sector
  Share of the total (%)
31
(21.0%)
37
(26.9%)
51
(32.2%)
27
(19.6%)
35
(25.9%)
50
(29.8%)
21
(20.8%)
29
(28.3%)
42
(32.4%)
  Civil/Agricultural sectors
  Share of the total (%)
51
(34.7%)
57
(41.9%)
63
(39.5%)
55
(40.1%)
53
(39.6%)
66
(39.3%)
31
(31.0%)
35
(34.1%)
42
(32.4%)
Per capita GDP
(1995 price US$/person)
13,210 15,546 20,237 18,419 22,510 27,975 11,831 15,707 19,574
Per capita primary energy consumption (oil equivalent ton/person) 3.93 3.60 3.94 3.39 3.63 4.34 2.35 2.39 2.92
Primary energy consumption per GDP
(oil equivalent ton/1996 price: US$ 1 million)
297 231 195 184 161 155 199 152 149
*From Handbook of Energy and Economic Statistics in Japan

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