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Leading natural gas consuming countries worldwide 2016

Leading countries based on natural gas consumption in 2016 (in billion cubic meters)
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The data displays the ten leading countries in the world based on natural gas consumption in 2016. In that year, the U.S. consumed a total of 778.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas. Thus, the U.S. was the biggest consumer of natural gas worldwide.

United States 778.6
Russia 437.9
China 204
Iran 200.8
Japan 111.2
Saudi Arabia 109.4
Germany 101.5
Canada 99.9
Mexico 89.5
United Kingdom 81.4