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Uranium Production
Total uranium produced in 2017 was 59,135 tonnes. Divided equally between all 7.5 billion people, this would be 7.9 grams per person; divided between 10 million, 5.9 grams; divided between 12.5 billion, 4.7 grams.
The top 10 producing countries are listed and charted below. Click the “▶Remaining countries” legend under the chart to see the others.
Country | Tonnes produced, as metal |
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Kazakhstan | 23,321 |
Canada | 12,433 |
Australia | 5,713 |
Namibia | 4,529 |
Niger | 3,485 |
Russia | 2,917 |
Uzbekistan | 2,404 |
China | 1,885 |
USA | 941 |
Ukraine | 550 |
From https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/statistics/wms.cfc?method=searchWMS :
Data type=”Production”, Commodity=”uranium”, Dates=2017, Countries=”All countries”.

â–¶Remaining countries
India | 421 |
South Africa | 358 |
Czech Republic | 59 |
Pakistan | 45 |
Iran | 40 |
Germany | 34 |
Brazil | 0 |
Romania | 0 |