National Population and Energy Consumption (IMAGE)

Joint Quantum Institute

National Population and Energy Consumption

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This is a plot of the fraction of world population (as displayed on a logarithmic scale) versus per-capita energy consumption expressed in kilowatts. If the data are exponential in nature, they should lie along a straight line, which they largely do. The labels show the consumption rates for several countries

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Yakovenko

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