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Table 3: Water Use in West Asia (1995)
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Country |
Domestic |
Industry |
Agriculture |
Total |
Water Use(2) |
Population(3) |
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Arabian Peninsula sub-region |
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Bahrain |
107 |
19 |
161 |
287 |
515 |
557 |
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Kuwait |
297 |
13 |
323 |
633 |
374 |
1 691 |
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Oman |
85 |
6 |
1 150 |
1 241 |
562 |
2 207 |
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Qatar |
85 |
17 |
337 |
439 |
801 |
548 |
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Saudi Arabia |
2 387 |
193 |
18 575 |
21 155 |
1 159 |
18 255 |
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UAE |
600 |
73 |
1 539 |
2 212 |
1 001 |
2 210 |
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Yemen |
470 |
69 |
3 280 |
3 819 |
254 |
15 027 |
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Sub-total |
4 031 |
390 |
25 365 |
29 786 |
4 666 |
40 495 |
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Water use rate(5) |
273 |
26 |
1 701 |
2 000 |
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% of water use |
13.7 |
1.3 |
85 |
100 |
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Mashriq sub-region |
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Iraq |
1 179 |
344 |
47 584 |
49 107 |
2 444 |
20 095 |
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Jordan |
245 |
50 |
1 088 |
1 383 |
257 |
5 377 |
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Lebanon |
415 |
60 |
750 |
1 225 |
407 |
3 009 |
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NPA(4) |
64 |
0 |
155 |
219 |
91 |
2 400 |
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Syria |
773 |
175 |
13 618 |
14 566 |
1 026 |
14 203 |
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Sub-total |
2 676 |
629 |
63 195 |
66 500 |
4 225 |
45 084 |
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Water use rate(5) |
163 |
38 |
3 840 |
4 041 |
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% of water use |
4 |
1 |
95 |
100 |
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Regional total |
6 707 |
1 019 |
88 560 |
96 286 |
8 891 |
85 579 |
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Water use rate(5) |
215 |
32 |
2 828 |
3 075 |
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% of water use |
7 |
1 |
92 |
100 |
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1. Volume in multiples of a million cubic metres
2. Cubic metres a year
3. Population by thousands
4. National Palestinian Authority
5. Water use in litres a day per capita
(Data from verified Country Reports, GCC 1996, UNSPD 1997)
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