United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

World Summary 855
No. 1513. W o r ld Sum m ary: i9 6 0 t o 1981
[See text, p. 854, for genera! comments c o n c e rn in g q u a lity o f th e d a ta ]
ITEM Unit I860 1965 1970 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Millions........... 2,986 3,286 3,610 3,967 4,212 4,284 4,367 4,432 4,508
Farm products, wood, fish:
100 117 154 173 195 200 175
4.7 5.6 4.2 4.9 4.7 $ 2 64 64
226 250 289 359 384 461
11 13 13 14 15 1 7
15 18 20 21 20
314 314 344 316 354 304 313
261 262 348 397 408 456
30 40 51 76 87
4.2 5.0 5.1 6.0 6.1
269 295 351 391 431
2 .8 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.9
Bll. c u . ft.......... 67 73 85 85 103 104 (N A )
44 5 9 75 76 7 8 79 7 9 80
Industrial production:
Bil. kWh........ 2 ,3 0 4 3,380 4,923 6,453 7.299
Energy (coal equivalent)................ Mil. sh. ton....... 4 ,6 7 7 5,9 1 1 7,791 8,940 9.765 9,956 10,439 10,293 (N a )
Coal.......................... ................ . Mil. sh. ton....... 2 ,1 7 0 2 ,2 1 8 2 ,3 6 2 2,615 2,783 2,848 2,963 3,020 3,037
Lignite...... Mil. sh. ton....... 7 0 0 8 1 6 8 7 4 951 996 1,017 1,074 1,098 1,110
Coke oven coke........................... Mil. sh. ton....... 2 7 4 3 4 6 3 8 8 4 0 4 407 4 0 1 427 423 fllAl
Crude petroleum 1......................... Bil. bbl............. 7 .7 11.1 1 5 .7 19.3 21.8 22.0 22.9 21.8 20.5
Iron ore...,,. Mil. sh. ton....... 2 8 3 359 4 6 4 576 544 584 546 547 531
Nickel ore.. 1,000 sh. ton... 371 4 6 3 7 2 7 821 874 880 (NA) (NA)
Tin concentrate 9............ .............. I.ooo ah. ton..... 153 171 2 0 4 194 208 219 237 238 231
Meat........ Mil. sh. ton....... 6 8 7 7 9 3 ioa 113 115 119 121 121
Wheat flour9 Mil. sh. ton....... 10 9 1 1 8 134 139 144 145 (NA) (NA)
Sugar........ Mil. sh, ton....... 5 8 7 2 8 0 90 99 99 97 94 ioo
6 8 6 8 7
11 13 17 21 20
Noncelluloslc fibers.......................
1,899 2 ,2 9 6 2 ,6 8 8 3,112 3,332 ( n a )
1 ,0 0 0 sh, ton.... 772 2 ,2 6 0 5 *3 6 8 6,223 9,996 10>69 11,700 11,554 10,627
BJ). CU. f t .............. 1 2 13 14 14 16
6 5 8 7 115 114 93
1 5
349
19
477
24
626
23
766
25
860
Newsprint........... .......................... Ml), sh. Ion___ 27 26 2 7 27
286 369 484 538 544 574
362 506 655 709 733
585
Magnesium............................ ...... l.ooo sh. ton.... (NA) (N A )
Tin9................................ ............. 1,000 sh. ton__ 237 238 831
Merchant vessels, launched9........ MW. gr. ton........... 8.4 12.2 21.7 35.9 27.5 18.2 If.5 13.9 1?.f
Motor vehicles....................................... Millions................. 16.5 24.3 29.3 33.0 40.8 43.6 41.6 38.5 37.1
100
163
173
166
250
202
291
193
279
198
337
212
External trade:
Bll. U.S. dol........ 138 197 329 3 0 2 1.162
Bll. U.S. dol...... 187 874 1,125 1,301 1,642 1,990 1.359
Transport;
Railway freight.............................. B il. sh. ton-mi.... 2,286 2,873 3,438 4,104 4,386 4,484 4,544 4,544 4,678
Merchant shipping, freight * ........... Mil. sh. ton....... 1,224 1,649 2,833 3,500 3,830 3,992 4,221 4,114
Civil aviation, miles flown 4............ Millions............ 1,926 2,548 4,353 4,670 5,024 5,279 5,682 5,862 (NA)
NA Not available. 'Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, In te rn a tio n a l E n e rg y A n n u a l, Sept 1981. z Excludes
People's Republic of China. Tin, tin concentrate, and merchant vessels exclude Soviet Union. For other exclusions, see source.
1 Freight loaded. 'Scheduled services of members of International Civil Aviation Organization.
Source; Except as noted. Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, N.Y., S ta tis tic s I Y e a rb o o k and M o n th ly B u lle tin o f
S ta tis tic s . (Copyright.)
No. 1514. W o r ld P o p u la tio n an d A re a , by S ize o f C o u n try : 1970 a n d 1979
[Covers only countries listed in table 1518. See headnote, table 1518]
1 9 7 0 1 8 7 9
POPULATION C U S S
Total...............................
Under 1 million......................... .
1 - 5 million................ .................
5 - 1 0 million............ ....................
1 0 - 2 5 million..............................
2 5 - 5 0 million..............................
Over 5 0 million...........................
Countries Population Area Countries Population Area
Total
number
Percent
of
total
Total
(mil.)
Percent
of
total
Total
(1 ,0 0 0
3q.
mi.)
Percent
of
total
Total
number
Percent
of
total
Total
(mil.)
Percent
of
total
Total
(1 ,0 0 0
sq.
mi.)
Percent
of
total
1 6 9 1 0 0 .0 3 ,7 2 9 1 0 0 .0 6 1 ,4 4 6 i o o . o 1 6 9 1 0 0 .0 4 ,4 1 8 1 0 0 .0 5 1 ,4 4 8 1 0 0 .0
4 4
4 8
2 6
2 5
11
15
2 6 .0
2 8 .4
1 5 .4
1 4 .8
6 .5
8 .9
1 4
1 3 5
1 9 0
3 8 8
3 6 7
2 ,6 3 5
.4
3 .6
5.1
1 0 .4
9 .8
7 0 .7
1 ,0 7 3
5 ,7 5 5
4 ,2 9 3
1 4 ,0 5 1
2 ,6 5 2
2 3 ,4 2 2
2.1
1 1 .2
B.3
2 7 .3
5 .5
4 5 .5
4 3
3 9
31
2 7
1 3
1 8
2 5 .4
2 3 .1
1 8 .3
1 6 .0
7.7
9.5
1 7
1 1 3
2 2 0
4 4 1
4 7 6
3 , 1 5 2
.4
2 ,6
5 .0
1 0 .0
1 0 .8
7 1 .3
1 ,0 6 6
4 ,2 2 1
4 ,8 8 9
1 2 ,5 5 1
5,1 7 1
2 3 ,5 8 0
2.1
8 .2
9 .5
24.4
. 10.1
4 5 .8
Source: Compiled from data In U.S. Bureau of the Census, W o rld P o p u la tio n : 1 9 7 9 — R e c e n t D e m o g ra p h ic E s tim a te s fo r th e
C o u n trie s a n d R e g io n s o f r ite W o rld , 1 9 6 0 a n d D e m o g ra p h ic E s tim a te s f o r C o u n trie s W ith a P o p u la tio n o f 1 0 M illio n o r M o re :
1 9 8 1 ,1981; and U.S. Department of State, S ta tu s o f th e W o rld ’s N a tio n s , biennial.