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Table 5. Renewable water resources and potential water availability by selected countries of the world

 

 
Area
 Population
Water resources km3/year
Potential water availability
Countries
in mln.km2
in mln.
Inflow
Local
(in 1000m3/year)
   
1995
 Average
Max
Min
Cv
 Average
Max
Min
Cv
per km2
per capita
Albania
0.03
3.60
5.30
10.0
3.30
0.20
19.1
34.3
11.9
0.20
637
6.04
Argentina
2.78
34.2
623
1410
343
0.27
270
610
149
0.27
97.1
17.0
Armenia
0.03
3.55
2.06
3.50
0.68
0.29
6.58
9.21
4.60
0.13
219
2.14
Australia
7.68
17.9
0
0
0
0
352
701
228
0.24
45.8
19.7
Azerbaijan
0.09
7.47
20.4
32.4
12.4
0.19
7.56
12.6
5.13
0.17
84.0
2.38
Belarus
0.21
10.3
22.4
34.2
13.2
0.22
34.8
58.8
20.4
0.23
166
4.36
Bolivia
1.10
7.20
155
209
120
0.13
361
487
279
0.13
328
60.9
Brazil
8.51
159
1900
2350
1600
0.08
6220
7640
5200
0.08
730
45.2
Canada
9.98
28.0
130
166
99.4
0.12
3287
3760
2910
0.06
329
120
Chad
1.28
6.18
36.6
59.2
3.70
0.31
10.4
13.2
7.1
0.13
8.12
4.64
Chile
0.76
14.0
0
0
0
0
354
515
266
0.13
466
25.3
China
9.60
1209
0
0
0
0
2701
3455
2015
0.12
281
2.23
Colombia
1.14
34.3
0
0
0
0
1200
1436
1049
0.06
1053
35.0
Costa Rica
0.05
3.42
0
0
0
0
110
158
75.0
0.16
2200
32.1
Cuba
0.11
11.1
0
0
0
0
34.7
48.5
24.2
0.16
315
3.11
Ecuador
0.28
11.2
0
0
0
0
265
324
197
0.07
946
23.7
El Salvador
0.02
5.2
0
0
0
0
18.9
27.4
10.2
0.16
945
3.65
Estonia
0.05
1.54
5.01
13.9
2.20
0.33
11.7
22.2
6.2
0.28
234
9.22
France
0.55
56.8
26.8
38.6
11.9
0.23
168
232
78.1
0.23
305
3.19
Gabon
0.27
1.28
15.6
21.0
10.3
0.15
205
272
133
0.15
759
166
Gambia
0.01
1.08
6.70
9.62
2.10
0.28
3.97
5.69
1.24
0.28
397
6.78
Georgia
0.07
5.45
9.56
14.4
5.85
0.17
51.1
66.3
38.5
0.13
730
10.2
Honduras
0.11
5.49
0
0
0
0
93
128
66.2
0.14
845
17.3
India
3.27
919
581
697
508
0.03
1456
1794
1065
0.11
445
1.90
Jamaica
0.01
2.43
0
0
0
0
8.20
16.0
3.88
0.29
820
3.42
Kazakhstan
2.72
16.7
55.9
97.0
29.7
0.29
68.4
111
38.0
0.28
25.1
5.77
Kyrgizstan
0.20
4.67
0
0
0
0
48.9
71.6
37.3
0.15
245
10.5
Latvia
0.06
2.58
17.4
27.8
10.3
0.24
15.9
27.0
8.90
0.27
265
9.53
Lithuania
0.07
3.72
10.4
16.1
7.10
0.17
13.5
21.9
7.90
0.24
193
5.03
Mali
1.24
10.5
54.8
81.5
21.8
0.27
39.6
62.2
18.4
0.32
31.9
6.38
Mexico
1.97
94.8
2.51
5.20
0.30
0.38
345
476
236
0.12
175
3.67
Moldova
0.03
4.43
11.9
21.4
5.46
0.30
1.20
3.59
0.19
0.65
40.0
1.61
Nicaragua
0.13
4.50
0
0
0
0
176
226
134
0.13
1354
39.1
Niger
1.27
8.85
32.1
47.2
13.7
0.24
2.33
5.40
0.28
0.43
1.83
2.08
Nigeria
0.92
108
43.7
69.4
23.4
0.26
275
437
148
0.26
299
2.75
New Zealand
0.27
3.50
0
0
0
0
313
405
246
0.11
1159
89.4
Panama
0.08
2.60
0
0
0
0
144
196
98.0
0.17
1800
55.4
Peru
1.28
23.3
144
204
119
0.09
1100
1526
911
0.09
859
50.3
Portugal
0.09
9.93
34.1
101
10
0.55
18.9
56.0
5.00
0.55
210
3.62
Russia
17.08
148
222
330
144
0.17
4053
4513
3533
0.05
237
28.1
Senegal
0.20
8.1
14.9
21.9
5.27
0.30
21.4
31.1
6.31
0.28
107
3.56
Spain
0.51
39.6
0
0
0
0
109
256
27.7
0.48
214
2.75
Sudan
2.51
27.4
132
194
88.7
0.14
34.6
65.3
9.74
0.31
13.8
3.67
Tadjikistan
0.15
5.93
46.9
70.4
30.7
0.16
47.2
69.7
30.4
0.15
315
11.9
Turkmenistan
0.49
4.01
69.6
112
43.1
0.17
1.07
1.66
0.20
0.26
2.18
8.94
Ukraine
0.60
51.4
159
233
91.8
0.17
51.2
91.9
25.6
0.30
85.3
2.54
Uruguay
0.18
3.20
74.1
150
25.0
0.38
68.1
201
10.3
0.50
378
32.9
USA
9.36
262
148
178
107
0.13
2930
3864
2058
0.11
313
11.5
Uzbekistan
0.45
20.3
94.8
142
66.1
0.15
9.52
19.7
4.98
0.25
21.2
2.80
Zaire
2.34
42.6
313
420
248
0.10
989
1328
786
0.10
423
26.9