| Rank | Country | Natural gas - consumption (cubic meters) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 683,300,000,000 |  |
| 2 | Russia | 414,100,000,000 |  |
| 3 | Iran | 137,500,000,000 | |
| 4 | China | 129,000,000,000 | |
| 5 | Japan | 100,300,000,000 | |
| 6 | Germany | 99,500,000,000 | |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 94,280,000,000 | |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 83,940,000,000 | |
| 9 | Canada | 82,480,000,000 | |
| 10 | Italy | 77,800,000,000 | |
| 11 | India | 64,950,000,000 | |
| 12 | Mexico | 62,420,000,000 | |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 59,080,000,000 | |
| 14 | Netherlands | 53,190,000,000 | |
| 15 | France | 49,780,000,000 | |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 45,500,000,000 | |
| 17 | Egypt | 44,370,000,000 | |
| 18 | Ukraine | 44,160,000,000 | |
| 19 | Argentina | 43,460,000,000 | |
| 20 | Korea, South | 43,000,000,000 | |
| 21 | Pakistan | 42,900,000,000 | |
| 22 | Indonesia | 40,470,000,000 | |
| 23 | Thailand | 39,170,000,000 | |
| 24 | Turkey | 38,120,000,000 | |
| 25 | Spain | 35,820,000,000 | |
| 26 | Malaysia | 35,700,000,000 | |
| 27 | Algeria | 29,860,000,000 | |
| 28 | Australia | 26,410,000,000 | |
| 29 | Brazil | 25,130,000,000 | |
| 30 | Venezuela | 25,080,000,000 | |
| 31 | Turkmenistan | 22,600,000,000 | |
| 32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21,970,000,000 | |
| 33 | Qatar | 21,890,000,000 | |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 20,100,000,000 | |
| 35 | Belgium | 19,530,000,000 | |
| 36 | Belarus | 17,750,000,000 | |
| 37 | Poland | 17,200,000,000 | |
| 38 | Oman | 14,720,000,000 | |
| 39 | Romania | 12,880,000,000 | |
| 40 | Bahrain | 12,580,000,000 | |
| 41 | Kuwait | 12,380,000,000 | |
| 42 | Hungary | 12,130,000,000 | |
| 43 | Taiwan | 12,100,000,000 | |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 10,590,000,000 | |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 10,200,000,000 | |
| 46 | Vietnam | 9,500,000,000 | |
| 47 | Austria | 9,116,000,000 | |
| 48 | Colombia | 8,690,000,000 | |
| 49 | Singapore | 8,400,000,000 | |
| 50 | Czech Republic | 8,075,000,000 | |
| 51 | Nigeria | 7,216,000,000 | |
| 52 | Syria | 7,100,000,000 | |
| 53 | Norway | 6,600,000,000 | |
| 54 | Libya | 6,010,000,000 | |
| 55 | Slovakia | 5,900,000,000 | |
| 56 | Ireland | 5,667,000,000 | |
| 57 | South Africa | 5,400,000,000 | |
| 58 | Portugal | 5,161,000,000 | |
| 59 | Denmark | 4,914,000,000 | |
| 60 | Tunisia | 4,850,000,000 | |
| 61 | Finland | 4,782,000,000 | |
| 62 | New Zealand | 4,481,000,000 | |
| 63 | Greece | 3,824,000,000 | |
| 64 | Peru | 3,650,000,000 | |
| 65 | Switzerland | 3,625,000,000 | |
| 66 | Hong Kong | 3,460,000,000 | |
| 67 | Israel | 3,250,000,000 | |
| 68 | Burma | 3,250,000,000 | |
| 69 | Moldova | 3,176,000,000 | |
| 70 | Philippines | 3,150,000,000 | |
| 71 | Lithuania | 3,120,000,000 | |
| 72 | Jordan | 3,100,000,000 | |
| 73 | Bolivia | 3,010,000,000 | |
| 74 | Croatia | 2,974,000,000 | |
| 75 | Chile | 2,840,000,000 | |
| 76 | Brunei | 2,690,000,000 | |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 2,620,000,000 | |
| 78 | Serbia | 2,510,000,000 | |
| 79 | Armenia | 2,077,000,000 | |
| 80 | Georgia | 1,710,000,000 | |
| 81 | Sweden | 1,626,000,000 | |
| 82 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,600,000,000 | |
| 83 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,550,000,000 | |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 1,366,000,000 | |
| 85 | Iraq | 1,300,000,000 | |
| 86 | Cuba | 1,160,000,000 | |
| 87 | Slovenia | 890,000,000 | |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 756,700,000 | |
| 89 | Estonia | 701,000,000 | |
| 90 | Angola | 690,000,000 | |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 665,400,000 | |
| 92 | Tanzania | 658,000,000 | |
| 93 | Latvia | 620,100,000 | |
| 94 | Morocco | 560,000,000 | |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 560,000,000 | |
| 96 | Congo, Republic of the | 530,000,000 | |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 390,000,000 | |
| 98 | Ecuador | 331,000,000 | |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 227,000,000 | |
| 100 | Macau | 154,700,000 | |
| 101 | Macedonia | 136,800,000 | |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 130,000,000 | |
| 103 | Mozambique | 100,000,000 | |
| 104 | Yemen | 100,000,000 | |
| 105 | Gabon | 80,000,000 | |
| 106 | Senegal | 50,000,000 | |
| 107 | Uruguay | 45,700,000 | |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 30,000,000 | |
| 109 | Albania | 30,000,000 | |
| 110 | Cameroon | 20,000,000 | |
| 111 | Aruba | 1 | |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | |
| 113 | American Samoa | 0 | |
| 114 | Barbados | 0 | |
| 115 | Botswana | 0 | |
| 116 | Bermuda | 0 | |
| 117 | Bahamas, The | 0 | |
| 118 | Belize | 0 | |
| 119 | Benin | 0 | |
| 120 | Solomon Islands | 0 | |
| 121 | Bhutan | 0 | |
| 122 | Burundi | 0 | |
| 123 | Cambodia | 0 | |
| 124 | Chad | 0 | |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 0 | |
| 126 | Comoros | 0 | |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 0 | |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 0 | |
| 129 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 | |
| 130 | Cayman Islands | 0 | |
| 131 | Eritrea | 0 | |
| 132 | El Salvador | 0 | |
| 133 | Ethiopia | 0 | |
| 134 | Cape Verde | 0 | |
| 135 | Cook Islands | 0 | |
| 136 | Djibouti | 0 | |
| 137 | Dominica | 0 | |
| 138 | Gambia, The | 0 | |
| 139 | Fiji | 0 | |
| 140 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0 | |
| 141 | Faroe Islands | 0 | |
| 142 | French Polynesia | 0 | |
| 143 | Ghana | 0 | |
| 144 | Gibraltar | 0 | |
| 145 | Grenada | 0 | |
| 146 | Greenland | 0 | |
| 147 | Guatemala | 0 | |
| 148 | Guinea | 0 | |
| 149 | Guyana | 0 | |
| 150 | Haiti | 0 | |
| 151 | Iceland | 0 | |
| 152 | Honduras | 0 | |
| 153 | Guam | 0 | |
| 154 | Jamaica | 0 | |
| 155 | Madagascar | 0 | |
| 156 | Liberia | 0 | |
| 157 | Lesotho | 0 | |
| 158 | Korea, North | 0 | |
| 159 | Kiribati | 0 | |
| 160 | Kenya | 0 | |
| 161 | Laos | 0 | |
| 162 | Lebanon | 0 | |
| 163 | Kosovo | 0 | |
| 164 | New Caledonia | 0 | |
| 165 | Niue | 0 | |
| 166 | Niger | 0 | |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 0 | |
| 168 | Mali | 0 | |
| 169 | Maldives | 0 | |
| 170 | Mauritius | 0 | |
| 171 | Mauritania | 0 | |
| 172 | Malta | 0 | |
| 173 | Mongolia | 0 | |
| 174 | Montserrat | 0 | |
| 175 | Malawi | 0 | |
| 176 | Montenegro | 0 | |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | |
| 178 | Panama | 0 | |
| 179 | Paraguay | 0 | |
| 180 | Nepal | 0 | |
| 181 | Nauru | 0 | |
| 182 | Suriname | 0 | |
| 183 | Nicaragua | 0 | |
| 184 | Zambia | 0 | |
| 185 | Zimbabwe | 0 | |
| 186 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | |
| 187 | Virgin Islands | 0 | |
| 188 | Namibia | 0 | |
| 189 | West Bank | 0 | |
| 190 | Western Sahara | 0 | |
| 191 | Samoa | 0 | |
| 192 | Swaziland | 0 | |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | |
| 194 | Burkina Faso | 0 | |
| 195 | Saint Helena | 0 | |
| 196 | Rwanda | 0 | |
| 197 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | |
| 198 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | |
| 199 | Seychelles | 0 | |
| 200 | Sierra Leone | 0 | |
| 201 | Somalia | 0 | |
| 202 | Saint Lucia | 0 | |
| 203 | Sudan | 0 | |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | |
| 205 | Tonga | 0 | |
| 206 | Togo | 0 | |
| 207 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | |
| 208 | Uganda | 0 | |
| 209 | East Timor | 0 | |
Definition: This entry is the total natural gas consumed in cubic meters (cu m). The discrepancy between the amount of natural gas produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes and other complicating factors.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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