List of countries by uranium production

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This is a list of countries by uranium production in 2015.

Rank	Country/Region	Uranium production (2015) (tonnes U)^[1]	Uranium Production (2011) (thousands pounds U₃O₈)^[2]	Percentage of World Production (2015)
	World	60,496	139,513	100
1	Kazakhstan	23,800	46,284	39.3
2	Canada	13,325	25,434	22.0
3	Australia	5,654	15,339	9.3
4	Niger	4,116	10,914	6.8
5	Russia	3,055	1,516	5.0
6	Namibia	2,993	11,689	4.9
7	Uzbekistan	2,385^[3]	6,239	3.9
8	China	1,616^[3]	2,150	2.7
9	United States	1,256	4,316	2.1
10	Ukraine	1,200^[3]	2,210	2.0
11	South Africa	393	2,210	0.6
12	India	385^[3]	1,040	0.6
13	Czech Republic	155	660	0.3
14	Romania	77^[3]	200	0.1
15	Pakistan	45^[3]	117	0.1
16	Brazil	40^[3]	385	0.1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

^ "World Uranium Mining". World Nuclear Association. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ "World Uranium Production & Requirements". TradeTech. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g estimate

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