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Consumption According to the CIA World Factbook estimate for 2010 the world consumes about 87 million barrels of oil each day. This table orders the amount of petroleum consumed in thousand barrels (bbl) per day and in thousand cubic metres (m 3 ) per day: [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Consuming Nation 2008 (1000 bbl/day) (1000 m 3 /day) population in millions bbl/year per capita m 3 /year per capita Brazil 2,485.00 395.1 193 4.7 0.75 Canada 2,261.36 359.5 33 24.6 3.91 China 7,831.00 1,245.0 1345 2.1 0.33 France 2 1,986.26 315.8 62 11.6 1.84 Germany 2 2,569.28 408.5 82 11.4 1.81 India 2 2,962.00 470.9 1198 0.9 0.14 Iran ( OPEC ) 1,741.00 276.8 74 8.6 1.37 Italy 2 1,639.01 260.6 60 10 1.6 Japan 2 4,784.85 760.7 127 13.7 2.18 Mexico 1 2,128.46 338.4 109 7.1 1.13 Russia 1 2,916.00 463.6 140 7.6 1.21 Saudi Arabia ( OPEC ) 2,376.00 377.8 25 33.7 5.36 South Korea 2 2,174.91 34...