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Renewable freshwater resources, water use and gross domestic product for selected countries

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Renewable freshwater resources, water use and gross domestic product for selected countries
	Population	Area	Renewable freshwater resources				Total water withdrawal	Gross Domestic Product	Gross Domestic Product per capita
	Population	Area	Volume		Volume per capita	Volume per unit area	Total water withdrawal	Gross Domestic Product	Gross Domestic Product per capita
	thousands	km ²	km ³ per year	global rank	m ³ per capita	m ³ per m ²	km ³ per year	millions of $U.S. (current prices)	$U.S. per capita
Brazil	188,158	8,514,880	8,233	1	43,756	0.967	59.3	1,089,398	5,790
India	1,147,746	3,287,260	1,892	9	1,648	0.576	645.9	911,376	794
France	63,236	549,190	204	43	3,226	0.371	40.0	2,266,137	35,836
Canada	32,628	9,978,904	3,472	3	109,837 ¹	0.348	42.0	1,278,682	39,189
United States	305,697	9,632,030	3,051	4	9,980	0.317	473.6	13,116,500	42,907
China	1,297,847	9,598,090	2,830	6	2,181	0.295	630.4	2,779,871	2,142
Russian Federation	142,530	17,098,240	4,508	2	31,628	0.264	66.2	989,428	6,942
Mexico	106,411	1,964,380	457	25	4,295	0.233	78.2	945,644	8,887
Australia	20,628	7,741,220	492	21	23,851	0.064	23.9	787,418	38,172
South Africa	48,639	1,219,090	50	95	1,028	0.041	12.5	257,728	5,299

This value is calculated using population aggregates by drainage region, and is consistent with the value presented in Table 2.3. Population counts that adjust for Census undercount are not available by the drainage region geography.

Note(s):

Population and Gross Domestic Product data are for 2006. Renewable water resource data are annual volumes listed in the United Nations AQUASTAT database for the period 2003 to 2007, with the exception of Canada, which is a long term average for 1971 to 2004 (Table 3). Total water withdrawal volumes are for 2000 for all countries except the Russian Federation which is for 2001, and Canada which is for 2005. Selected countries include six of the top ten countries in total volume of renewable freshwater resources and other countries representative of their geographic area.

Source(s):

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, n.d., AQUASTAT Database Query, www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html (accessed April 27, 2010). Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2010, special tabulation. United Nations Statistics Division, 2010, National Accounts Main Aggregates Database, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/selbasicFast.asp (accessed February 11, 2010).

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Table 1.1Renewable freshwater resources, water use and gross domestic product for selected countries

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Table 1.1
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