| Table 1 (Handbook of International Economic Statistics 1997-CIA)  Selected
      World Statisticsa  | 
    
    
      |   | 
      1970 | 
      1980 | 
      1990 | 
      1991 | 
      1992 | 
      1993 | 
      1994 | 
      1995 | 
      1996 | 
    
    
      | Gross domestic productb (billion 1996 US $) | 
      15,700.0 | 
      22,900.0 | 
      30,700.0 | 
      31,000.0 | 
      31,700.0 | 
      32,400.0 | 
      33,500.0 | 
      34,600.0 | 
      35,900.0 | 
    
    
      | Population (million persons, midyear) | 
      3,706.0 | 
      4,455.0 | 
      5,276.0 | 
      5,359.0 | 
      5,441.0 | 
      5,522.0 | 
      5,603.0 | 
      5,686.0 | 
      5,767.0 | 
    
    
      | Exports (billion US $) | 
      298.3 | 
      1,920.8 | 
      3,379.1 | 
      3,477.6 | 
      3,731.8 | 
      3,725.5 | 
      4,239.3 | 
      5,079.5 | 
      5,250.3 | 
    
    
      | Crude oil, excluding natural gas liquids (million b/d) | 
      45.7 | 
      59.5 | 
      60.6 | 
      60.1 | 
      60.0 | 
      59.8 | 
      60.5 | 
      61.9 | 
      63.4 | 
    
    
      | Natural gas (trillion cubic meters) | 
      1.0 | 
      1.5 | 
      2.1 | 
      2.1 | 
      2.1 | 
      2.2 | 
      2.2 | 
      2.2 | 
      2.3 | 
    
    
      | Iron ore (million metric tons) | 
      769.0 | 
      896.0 | 
      893.0 | 
      955.6 | 
      924.9 | 
      953.1 | 
      969.4 | 
      1,034.8 | 
      NA | 
    
    
      | Bauxite (million metric tons) | 
      57.8 | 
      88.8 | 
      112.9 | 
      110.8 | 
      104.6 | 
      109.0 | 
      104.1 | 
      107.5 | 
      113.8 | 
    
    
      | Pig ironb (million metric tons) | 
      431.0 | 
      510.0 | 
      550.0 | 
      508.7 | 
      522.6 | 
      529.9 | 
      543.4 | 
      562.6 | 
      559.4 | 
    
    
      | Crude steel (million metric tons) | 
      594.0 | 
      714.0 | 
      772.0 | 
      736.6 | 
      723.7 | 
      730.1 | 
      730.3 | 
      754.4 | 
      758.2 | 
    
    
      | Refined copper (thousand metric tons) | 
      7,543.0 | 
      8,916.0 | 
      10,696.0 | 
      10,637.0 | 
      11,173.0 | 
      11,344.0 | 
      11,175.0 | 
      11,897.0 | 
      12,547.0 | 
    
    
      | Primary aluminum (million metric tons) | 
      9.7 | 
      15.4 | 
      19.3 | 
      19.6 | 
      19.5 | 
      19.8 | 
      19.2 | 
      19.9 | 
      20.7 | 
    
    
      | Smelter lead (thousand metric tons) | 
      3,292.0 | 
      3,205.0 | 
      3,098.0 | 
      3,008.0 | 
      3,042.0 | 
      NA | 
      NA | 
      NA | 
      NA | 
    
    
      | Refined zinc (thousand metric tons) | 
      4,827.0 | 
      6,057.0 | 
      7,179.0 | 
      7,306.6 | 
      7,259.3 | 
      7,458.9 | 
      7,453.4 | 
      7,547.5 | 
      7,5 33.3 | 
    
    
      | Primary tin (thousand metric tons) | 
      227.0 | 
      248.0 | 
      223.0 | 
      190.1 | 
      193.6 | 
      193.3 | 
      197.5 | 
      201.2 | 
      190.7 | 
    
    
      | Mineral fertilizerc (million metric tons) | 
      66.3 | 
      116.4 | 
      152.6 | 
      147.9 | 
      144.2 | 
      138.3 | 
      NA | 
      NA | 
      NA | 
    
    
      | Nitrogen fertilizerd (million metric tons of N) | 
      30.2 | 
      59.6 | 
      84.6 | 
      81.9 | 
      80.6 | 
      79.4 | 
      80.4 | 
      NA | 
      NA | 
    
    
      | Phosphate fertilizerd (million metric tons of P2O5) | 
      20.3 | 
      33.3 | 
      39.7 | 
      39.0 | 
      38.6 | 
      31.8 | 
      32.8 | 
      NA | 
      NA | 
    
    
      | Potassium fertilizerd (million metric tons of K2O) | 
      16.7 | 
      25.9 | 
      28.3 | 
      26.1 | 
      23.9 | 
      20.5 | 
      23.3 | 
      24.7 | 
      NA | 
    
    
      | Automobiles (thousand units) | 
      22,500.0 | 
      28,997.0 | 
      35,700.0 | 
      36,000.0 | 
      35,200 | 
      33,800.0 | 
      35,400.0 | 
      36,050 | 
      NA | 
    
    
      | Grain (million metric tons) | 
      1,171.0 | 
      1,535.0 | 
      1,930.5 | 
      1,872.2 | 
      1,920.2 | 
      1,848.9 | 
      1,898.5 | 
      1,887.5 | 
      2,044.0 | 
    
    
      | Wheat (million metric tons) | 
      319.0 | 
      446.0 | 
      589.0 | 
      542.0 | 
      561.8 | 
      559.3 | 
      525.3 | 
      537.9 | 
      583.0 | 
    
    
      | Coarse grain (million metric tons) | 
      540.0 | 
      693.0 | 
      821.0 | 
      805.0 | 
      832.0 | 
      762.6 | 
      832.2 | 
      798.6 | 
      902.0 | 
    
    
      | Rice (million metric tons) | 
      312.0 | 
      396.0 | 
      520.5 | 
      525.2 | 
      526.4 | 
      527.0 | 
      541.0 | 
      551.0 | 
      559.0 | 
    
    
      | Sugar (million metric tons) | 
      76.7 | 
      87.7 | 
      113.6 | 
      116.5 | 
      112.1 | 
      109.8 | 
      115.8 | 
      122.3 | 
      122.3 | 
    
    
      | Coffee (thousand metric tons) | 
      3,566.0 | 
      4,810.0 | 
      6,028.0 | 
      6,223.9 | 
      5,573.3 | 
      5,598.4 | 
      5,896.9 | 
      5,349.5 | 
      6,043.1 |