Country Comparison > Natural gas - consumption

Rank	Country	Natural gas - consumption (cubic meters)
1	Russia	610,000,000,000
2	United States	604,000,000,000
3	Iran	98,190,000,000
4	Germany	96,840,000,000
5	Canada	92,760,000,000
6	United Kingdom	91,160,000,000
7	Japan	83,670,000,000
8	Italy	82,640,000,000
9	Ukraine	73,940,000,000
10	Saudi Arabia	68,320,000,000
11	China	55,600,000,000
12	Uzbekistan	48,400,000,000
13	Netherlands	47,800,000,000
14	Mexico	47,500,000,000
15	France	47,260,000,000
16	United Arab Emirates	39,560,000,000
17	Argentina	38,790,000,000
18	Indonesia	37,500,000,000
19	Trinidad and Tobago	37,290,000,000
20	India	34,470,000,000
21	Korea, South	34,200,000,000
22	Egypt	32,810,000,000
23	Malaysia	31,840,000,000
24	Thailand	31,230,000,000
25	Spain	30,580,000,000
26	Pakistan	29,540,000,000
27	Venezuela	27,530,000,000
28	Turkey	26,250,000,000
29	Australia	25,720,000,000
30	Algeria	21,800,000,000
31	Belarus	19,470,000,000
32	Qatar	17,930,000,000
33	Brazil	17,850,000,000
34	Romania	17,090,000,000
35	Belgium	16,610,000,000
36	Poland	15,580,000,000
37	Turkmenistan	14,400,000,000
38	Hungary	14,370,000,000
39	Bangladesh	13,430,000,000
40	Kuwait	11,800,000,000
41	Taiwan	10,280,000,000
42	Bahrain	10,270,000,000
43	Nigeria	9,936,000,000
44	Azerbaijan	9,800,000,000
45	Austria	9,217,000,000
46	Czech Republic	9,076,000,000
47	Oman	8,795,000,000
48	Kazakhstan	8,400,000,000
49	Chile	8,191,000,000
50	Vietnam	6,860,000,000
51	Singapore	6,800,000,000
52	Colombia	6,397,000,000
53	Slovakia	6,231,000,000
54	Libya	5,591,000,000
55	Norway	5,342,000,000
56	Bulgaria	5,179,000,000
57	Denmark	4,775,000,000
58	Syria	4,400,000,000
59	Tunisia	4,124,000,000
60	Burma	3,971,000,000
61	Finland	3,909,000,000
62	Ireland	3,895,000,000
63	Portugal	3,860,000,000
64	New Zealand	3,700,000,000
65	Switzerland	3,260,000,000
66	Hong Kong	2,944,000,000
67	Lithuania	2,916,000,000
68	Philippines	2,781,000,000
69	Greece	2,724,000,000
70	Croatia	2,580,000,000
71	Serbia	2,550,000,000
72	Moldova	2,350,000,000
73	Brunei	2,254,000,000
74	Armenia	2,200,000,000
75	South Africa	2,110,000,000
76	Senegal	2,000,000,000
77	Latvia	1,861,000,000
78	Georgia	1,800,000,000
79	Peru	1,515,000,000
80	Jordan	1,496,000,000
81	Bolivia	1,486,000,000
82	Estonia	1,458,000,000
83	Luxembourg	1,356,000,000
84	Cote d'Ivoire	1,247,000,000
85	Equatorial Guinea	1,247,000,000
86	Slovenia	1,078,000,000
87	Cuba	1,058,000,000
88	Iraq	980,000,000
89	Sweden	893,900,000
90	Angola	767,300,000
91	Kyrgyzstan	709,700,000
92	Israel	709,700,000
93	Tajikistan	689,000,000
94	Puerto Rico	642,600,000
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	383,600,000
96	Ecuador	249,400,000
97	Dominican Republic	239,800,000
98	Mozambique	191,800,000
99	Congo, Republic of the	115,100,000
100	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	102,800,000
101	Uruguay	102,800,000
102	Gabon	95,910,000
103	Papua New Guinea	95,910,000
104	Morocco	47,950,000
105	Albania	28,770,000
106	Barbados	27,970,000
107	Afghanistan	19,180,000
108	Benin	0
109	Bhutan	0
110	Solomon Islands	0
111	Burundi	0
112	Cambodia	0
113	Chad	0
114	Sri Lanka	0
115	Botswana	0
116	Bermuda	0
117	Belize	0
118	Bahamas, The	0
119	Aruba	0
120	Antigua and Barbuda	0
121	American Samoa	0
122	Honduras	0
123	Iceland	0
124	Guinea	0
125	Central African Republic	0
126	Guyana	0
127	Haiti	0
128	Cayman Islands	0
129	Comoros	0
130	Korea, North	0
131	Kiribati	0
132	Kenya	0
133	Jamaica	0
134	Liberia	0
135	Laos	0
136	Lebanon	0
137	Mauritius	0
138	Mauritania	0
139	Malta	0
140	Mali	0
141	Maldives	0
142	Mongolia	0
143	Montserrat	0
144	Malawi	0
145	Madagascar	0
146	Macau	0
147	Costa Rica	0
148	Lesotho	0
149	Guinea-Bissau	0
150	Panama	0
151	Paraguay	0
152	New Caledonia	0
153	Niue	0
154	Niger	0
155	Vanuatu	0
156	Nepal	0
157	Nauru	0
158	Suriname	0
159	Netherlands Antilles	0
160	Nicaragua	0
161	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0
163	Seychelles	0
164	Sierra Leone	0
165	Somalia	0
166	Saint Helena	0
167	Rwanda	0
168	Turks and Caicos Islands	0
169	Tonga	0
170	Togo	0
171	Sao Tome and Principe	0
172	Saint Lucia	0
173	Sudan	0
174	East Timor	0
175	Gambia, The	0
176	Fiji	0
177	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0
178	Faroe Islands	0
179	French Polynesia	0
180	Ghana	0
181	Gibraltar	0
182	Grenada	0
183	Greenland	0
184	Guatemala	0
185	Guam	0
186	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0
187	Cameroon	0
188	Eritrea	0
189	El Salvador	0
190	Ethiopia	0
191	Cape Verde	0
192	Cook Islands	0
193	Djibouti	0
194	Dominica	0
195	British Virgin Islands	0
196	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
197	Virgin Islands	0
198	Namibia	0
199	Western Sahara	0
200	Samoa	0
201	Swaziland	0
202	Yemen	0
203	Zambia	0
204	Zimbabwe	0
205	Tanzania	0
206	Uganda	0
207	Burkina Faso	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, 2009