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Natural gas consumption by area
This stacked area chart shows world natural gas consumption according to geographic region for the years from 1978 to 2004. Natural gas consumption is measured in Bcm (billion cubic metres).

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	Units	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
Total North America - Gas consumption	Bcm	624.5	650.5	644.5	631.5	596.7	562.2
Total S. & Cent. America - Gas consumption	Bcm	31.0	32.9	34.9	35.9	39.8	41.7
Total Europe & Eurasia - Gas consumption	Bcm	599.7	635.4	648.5	670.1	697.7	731.7
Total Middle East - Gas consumption	Bcm	30.2	40.1	35.3	35.9	39.4	42.8
Total Africa - Gas consumption	Bcm	9.3	12.9	18.5	22.1	24.6	27.5
Total Asia Pacific - Gas consumption	Bcm	56.7	65.8	70.7	73.6	76.7	83.7

	Units	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Total North America - Gas consumption	Bcm	603.0	584.4	551.8	580.3	608.4	646.2
Total S. & Cent. America - Gas consumption	Bcm	45.0	46.0	49.7	49.8	54.5	56.5
Total Europe & Eurasia - Gas consumption	Bcm	787.0	841.2	864.4	907.6	935.6	960.9
Total Middle East - Gas consumption	Bcm	56.0	60.5	73.2	79.3	90.5	98.9
Total Africa - Gas consumption	Bcm	27.1	28.1	31.1	32.0	35.6	36.9
Total Asia Pacific - Gas consumption	Bcm	103.1	112.2	121.3	127.8	134.7	149.4

	Units	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Total North America - Gas consumption	Bcm	646.4	659.9	684.0	701.2	717.4	746.3
Total S. & Cent. America - Gas consumption	Bcm	58.4	59.0	61.0	64.5	67.1	73.1
Total Europe & Eurasia - Gas consumption	Bcm	994.2	1,005.2	965.9	963.3	923.0	929.4
Total Middle East - Gas consumption	Bcm	97.5	98.0	110.6	119.0	130.6	141.8
Total Africa - Gas consumption	Bcm	38.1	38.2	40.3	39.9	41.9	44.8
Total Asia Pacific - Gas consumption	Bcm	159.2	171.1	180.1	189.4	205.3	218.1

	Units	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total North America - Gas consumption	Bcm	763.4	769.3	762.6	764.8	791.2	763.2
Total S. & Cent. America - Gas consumption	Bcm	81.4	82.9	89.1	88.5	94.0	99.1
Total Europe & Eurasia - Gas consumption	Bcm	977.5	936.1	959.9	981.3	1,012.9	1,025.7
Total Middle East - Gas consumption	Bcm	150.7	164.9	173.7	180.1	185.4	199.4
Total Africa - Gas consumption	Bcm	47.2	46.1	47.7	50.9	55.2	59.1
Total Asia Pacific - Gas consumption	Bcm	239.6	250.2	255.6	275.3	299.7	319.0

	Units	2002	2003	2004
Total North America - Gas consumption	Bcm	789.9	783.3	784.3
Total S. & Cent. America - Gas consumption	Bcm	100.7	105.8	117.9
Total Europe & Eurasia - Gas consumption	Bcm	1,041.5	1,074.9	1,108.5
Total Middle East - Gas consumption	Bcm	215.1	226.1	242.2
Total Africa - Gas consumption	Bcm	61.7	66.7	68.6
Total Asia Pacific - Gas consumption	Bcm	327.1	346.8	367.7

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