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  ALMANAC   Top Ten Lists    World's Largest Oil Consumers

 
 
World's Largest Oil Consumers
Countries with the highest oil consumption ranked by barrels of oil per day

1
 United States   20,030,000 barrels per day (2003 est)

 The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is a country in North America. A federal republic, the United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico, and extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.The United States is also in extremely close proximity to Russia via the state of Alaska; separated only by the Bering Strait.
 

2
 European Union   14,590,000 barrels per day (2001 est)

 The European Union is an intergovernmental and supranational union of 25 democratic member states. The European Union is the world's largest confederation of independent states, established under that name in 1992 by the Treaty on European Union .
 

3
 China   6,391,000 barrels per day (2004 est)

 China is a cultural region and ancient civilization in East Asia. Due to the stalemate of the last Chinese Civil War following World War II, the word "China" is used today by two de facto separate states: the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China.
 

4
 Japan   5,578,000 barrels per day (2003 est)

 is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea, and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. Its capital is Tokyo. At over 377,872 square kilometres , Japan is the 62nd largest country by area.
 

5
 Russia   2,800,000 barrels per day (2005 est)

 Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia. With an area of 17,075,400 square kilometres, it is the largest country in the world by land mass, covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest country, Canada.
 

6
 Germany   2,677,000 barrels per day (2003 est)

 Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.
 

7
 India   2,320,000 barrels per day (2003 est)

 India , officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the largest liberal democracy in the world. India has a coastline of over seven thousand kilometres and borders Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east.
 

8
 Canada   2,300,000 barrels per day (2004 est)

 Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, occupying most of northern North America. Extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, Canada shares land borders with the United States to the south and to the northwest.
 

9
 South Korea   2,061,000 barrels per day (2004 est)

 South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is an East Asian state on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. To the north, it is bordered by North Korea , with which it was a single country called Korea until 1945. To the west, across the Yellow Sea, lies China, and to the southeast, across the Korea Strait, lies Japan.
 

10
 Saudi Arabia   1,775,000 barrels per day (2003 est)

 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. It borders Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its northeast and the Red Sea to its west.
 
 
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