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TABLE 8
GOLD: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Kilograms)
 
Country   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
Algeria -- -- 300 369 365 3
Argentina 38,515 25,954 30,632 r 32,530 r 38,355 3
Armenia 400 e 600 1,900 3,200 1,800 3
Australia 301,070 296,410 285,030 273,010 282,000 3
Belizee 6 7 r 1 1 1
Benine 15 r -- r, 3 16 r, 3 20 r 20
Bolivia 11,788 12,001 12,395 11,256 9,362 3
Botswana 2 4 2 8 8
Brazil4 52,634 50,393 51,867 r 47,886 r 48,000
Bulgariae 1,034 868 r 1,540 r 1,110 r 1,100
Burkina Faso 869 r 553 r 209 r 390 r 400
Burundi -- -- 415 483 r 500
Burmae 267 3 250 200 200 150
Cameroone 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Canada 157,617 156,207 158,875 151,504 r 140,559 3
Central African Republice 41 3 12 3 20 20 20
Chile 48,069 54,143 42,673 38,688 r 40,000
Chinae 173,000 180,000 185,000 192,000 r 202,000
Colombia 43,847 37,018 21,813 20,823 r 46,515 3
Congo, Brazzavillee 10 10 10 10 10
Congo, Kinshasa 207 52 50 50 e 100
Costa Ricae 165 3 50 r 100 100 110
Cote d'Ivoire 2,717 3,154 3,100 e 2,000 e 2,000
Cubae 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 500
Dominican Republic 651 -- -- -- --
Ecuador5 2,026 2,871 3,005 r 10,650 r 10,700
El Salvadore 71 -- -- -- --
Equatorial Guineae 500 500 500 500 500
Eritrea 534 264 107 r -- r --
Ethiopia6 4,905 5,177 5,200 e 5,300 e 5,300
Fiji 4,428 3,842 3,858 3,731 3,250 3
Finland 5,900 e 4,951 5,552 4,600 e 5,600
Francee 3,600 2,632 3 3,000 2,800 2,800
French Guiana 2,819 3,469 3,971 2,971 3,000
Gabone, 7 70 70 70 70 70
Georgiae 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Ghana 79,946 72,100 68,341 r 69,271 r 69,600
Guatemalae 4,449 3 4,500 4,500 4,500 e 4,550
Guinea 12,001 13,104 16,264 r 16,666 r 16,000
Guyana 12,905 13,510 14,183 13,581 r 14,000
Honduras 879 878 4,574 r 4,984 r 5,000
India8 2,500 6,200 3,700 3,800 e 3,100
Indonesia9 127,184 124,596 166,091 142,238 r 140,000
Iran 930 765 770 e 650 r, e 500
Italye 700 709 3 503 3 500 500
Jamaica -- -- 214 214 e 200
Japan 9,405 8,399 7,815 8,615 8,143 3
Kazakhstan 20,236 28,171 27,100 27,000 e 30,000
Kenya 990 1,243 1,545 1,477 r 1,500
Korea, Northe 2,500 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Korea, Republic of8 25,730 22,608 28,595 26,181 27,000
Kyrgyzstane 20,000 22,000 24,000 17,000 22,476 3
Liberiae 25 r 25 r 57 r, 3 42 r, 3 20
Madagascar 8 e 5 (10) -- e --
Malaysia 3,449 4,026 3,965 4,289 4,739 3
Mali 23,688 28,717 42,288 56,028 r 45,528 3
Mexico 23,755 26,375 26,300 e 20,617 20,000
Mongolia 10,146 11,808 13,675 12,097 12,000
Morocco -- e 505 e 1,191 r 2,654 1,863 3
Mozambique 19 r 23 22 r 17 r 63 3
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 8--Continued
GOLD: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Kilograms)
 
Country   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
Namibia 2,005 2,417 2,706 r 2,644 r 2,425 3
New Zealand 8,577 9,880 r 9,885 9,770 9,500
Nicaragua 4,448 r 3,673 r 3,840 r 3,904 r 3,900
Niger 21 r 25 r 30 r 28 r 30
Nigeriae 40 r 52 r, 3 37 r, 3 40 r 50
Oman 597 r 551 r 603 r 188 r 100
Panamae 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 r 1,550
Papua New Guinea 65,747 74,540 67,043 65,200 64,000
Peru11 128,486 132,585 138,022 157,013 171,551 3
Philippines 31,031 36,540 33,840 40,000 38,000
Poland 489 367 349 296 r 300
Romaniae 3,500 r 3,500 r 3,500 r 3,000 r 3,000
Russia 125,870 143,000 152,500 168,411 r, 12 170,068 3, 12
Rwanda 10 10 10 e 10 e 10
Saudi Arabiae 4,570 3 3,800 5,000 4,192 r, 3 8,769 3
Senegale 550 550 550 550 550
Serbia and Montenegroe 1,260 1,121 3 1,100 1,100 1,100
Sierra Leone13 -- r -- r -- r -- r --
Slovakia 363 306 157 r 77 r 75
Solomon Islands 3,456 338 300 e 100 e 100
South Africa 451,300 430,800 394,800 395,173 r 375,787 3
Spain 5,081 4,310 3,300 3,600 e 3,300
Sudan 5,566 5,774 5,417 5,239 r 5,000
Surinamee 300 300 14 300 300 300
Sweden 4,400 3,570 4,986 4,500 r 4,300
Taiwan 13 9 2 -- e --
Tajikistane 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700
Tanzania 4,767 15,060 30,088 37,000 r, e 46,000
Thailand -- -- 320 4,950 4,400
Turkeye 1,200 500 2,000 2,400 r, e 2,350
Uganda 5 56 (10) 3 r 5
United States 341,000 353,000 335,000 298,000 277,000 3
Uruguay 2,400 e 2,177 r 2,083 2,079 r 1,730 3
Uzbekistan 85,000 85,000 e 87,000 e 90,000 90,000
Venezuela 5,946 7,332 9,076 9,465 r 10,000
Vietname 1,500 2,000 3,000 3,000 3,000
Zambiae 700 600 -- r -- r --
Zimbabwe 27,666 22,070 18,050 15,469   12,564 3
Total   2,570,000   2,590,000   2,600,000   2,580,000 r 2,590,000  
eEstimated. rRevised. -- Zero.
1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Table includes data available through August 7, 2004.
3Reported figure.
4Officially reported figures are as follows, in kilograms: Major companies: 1999--42,367; 2000--42,025; 2001--46,001; 2002--32,886
(revised); 2003--43,000 (estimated); garimpos: 1999--10,267; 2000--8,368; 2001--5,866 (revised); 2002--5,000 (revised); and 2003--
5,000 (estimated).
5Includes undocumented artisanal production.
6Year ending July 7 of that stated.
7Undocumented artisanal production.
8Refinery output.
9Excludes production from so-called people's mines, which may be as much as 18,000 kilograms per year, but includes gold recovered
as byproduct of copper mining.
10Less than 1/2 unit.
11Includes documented production from placer artisanal production.
12Mine output including gold recovered as a byproduct, but excludes secondary gold production, which for Russia in 2002-03 was
2,546 kilograms and 6,835 kilograms, respectively.
13Data are based on official exports and do not reflect gold moved through undocumented channels.
14Government estimates unreported production as high as 30,000 kilograms.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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