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- World Summary: 1970 - 1988Item Unit 1970 1975 1980 1985 1988
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- Population Million 678 4,033 4,453 4,854 5,112
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- Agriculture, forestry,
- & fishing:
- Barley Mil.mtrc tns 126 140 160 177 166
- Coffee Mil.mtrc tns 3.9 4.7 4.8 5.8 5.6
- Corn Mil.mtrc tns 278 346 396 488 401
- Cotton (lint) Mil.mtrc tns 11.8 12.3 13.9 17.4 18.2
- Meats Mil.mtrc tns (NA) (NA) 134 151 165
- Peanuts
- (groundnuts) Mil.mtrc tns 18.5 19.7 17.1 20.0 21.3
- Potatoes Mil.mtrc tns 288 259 264 283 270
- Rice Mil.mtrc tns 316 358 399 473 491
- Tobacco Mil.mtrc tns 4.7 5.4 5.3 7.0 6.8
- Wheat Mil.mtrc tns 318 360 446 506 507
- Wool, greasy Mil.mtrc tns (NA) (NA) 2.8 2.9 3.2
- Roundwood Mil.cu.mtrs 2,614 2,598 2,942 3,158 3,352
- Fish catches Mil.mtrc tns 68.0 68.7 72.0 86.0 92.7
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- Industrial production:
- Wine Mil.mtrc tns (NA) (NA) 35.4 29.3 27.3
- Sugar Mil.mtrc tns 72.9 81.5 84.0 98.8 103.7
- Wheat flour Mil.mtrc tns 121.2 125.2 137.2 211.5 217.9
- Coal Mil.mtrc tns 2,143 2,364 2,728 3,161 3,450
- Lignite &
- brown coal Mil.mtrc tns 793 863 1,005 1,202 1,259
- Crude petroleum Bil.bbl 16.5 19.3 21.7 19.4 21.4
- Natural gas
- (dry)(1) Tri.cu.ft. 37.5 44.1 53.1 62.0 67.7
- Electricity Bil.kWh 4,935 6,527 8,247 9,747 11,026
- Iron ore Mil.mtrc tns 421 523 743 858 890
- Pig iron &
- ferroalloys Mil.mtrc tns 440 489 531 507 504
- Tin(2) 1,000 mtrc tns 184 178 227 196 197
- Crude steel Mil.mtrc tns 594 644 704 685 685
- Cement Mil.mtrc tns (NA) (NA) 867 945 1,058
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- Non-cellulosic
- fibers(2) Mil.mtrc tns 4.9 7.4 10.5 11.7 11.6
- Sawnwood Mil.cu.mtrs 413 402 438 462 499
- Woodpulp Mil.mtrc tns 97.2 97.9 121.1 131.2 133.9
- Newsprint Mil.mtrc tns 21.6 21.0 26.1 28.3 30.7
- Merchant vessels,
- launched(2) Mil.gr.tns 21.7 35.9 13.9 17.3 11.8
- Motor vehicles Millions 29.3 33.0 38.9 43.9 44.2
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- External trade:
- Imports, c.i.f. Bil. U.S. $ 329 902 2,057 2,027 2,941
- Exports, f.o.b. Bil. U.S. $ 314 874 1,995 1,925 2,838
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- Transport:
- Railway freight Bil. metric
- ton-km. 5,027 6,015 6,754 7,285 (NA)
- Merchant shipping,
- freight(3) Mil.mtrc tns (NA) (NA) 3,676 3,362 (NA)
- Civil aviation,
- kilometers
- flown(4) Millions 4,353 4,670 9,440 10,420 12,208
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- NA=Not available.
- 1. Source:U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- 2. Excludes China Mainland. "Tin" and "Merchant vessels" exclude
- Soviet Union.
- 3. Freight loaded.
- 4. Scheduled services of members of International Civil Aviation
- Organization. Excludes Soviet Union.
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- Source:Except as noted, Statistical Office of the United
- Nations, New York, NY.
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