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Rank | Country/Region | Gold production (kilograms) |
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1 | China | 320,000 |
2 | United States | 223,323 |
3 | Australia | 222,000 |
4 | Russia | 205,236 |
5 | South Africa | 197,628 |
6 | Peru | 182,390 |
7 | Indonesia | 127,716 |
8 | Canada | 97,367 |
9 | Ghana | 97,197 |
10 | Uzbekistan | 73,000 |
This is a list of countries by production of gold in 2006 mostly based on British Geological Survey accessed in July 2008. Volumes and world percentage share have changed dramatically over the last twenty years.
Rank | Country/Region | Gold production (kilograms) |
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World | 2,310,000 | |
1 | South Africa | 272,128 |
2 | China | 247,200 |
3 | Australia | 247,000 |
4 | United States | 242,000 |
5 | Peru | 203,268 |
6 | Russia | 159,340 |
7 | Canada | 104,198 |
8 | Mali | 85,411 |
9 | Uzbekistan | 84,000 |
10 | Ghana | 66,205 |
11 | Indonesia | 58,773 |
12 | Papua New Guinea | 58,349 |
13 | Argentina | 44,131 |
14 | Chile | 42,100 |
15 | Brazil | 40,075 |
16 | Tanzania | 39,750 |
17 | Philippines | 36,098 |
18 | Mexico | 35,899 |
19 | Mongolia | 22,561 |
20 | Guinea | 16,336 |
21 | Colombia | 15,683 |
22 | Venezuela | 13,200 |
23 | Zimbabwe | 11,354 |
24 | Kyrgyzstan | 10,721 |
25 | New Zealand | 10,618 |
26 | Suriname | 10,426 |
27 | Kazakhstan | 10,000 |
28 | Bolivia | 9,628 |
29 | Japan | 8,904 |
30 | Sweden | 6,848 |
31 | Guyana | 6,405 |
32 | Niger | 5,500 |
33 | Laos | 5,397 |
34 | Ecuador | 5,280 |
35 | Saudi Arabia | 5,192 |
36 | Guatemala | 5,036 |
37 | Sudan | 4,500 |
38 | Burundi | 4,313 |
39 | Honduras | 4,055 |
40 | Ethiopia | 3,828 |
41 | Bulgaria | 3,818 |
42 | Malaysia | 3,497 |
43 | Thailand | 3,470 |
44 | Nicaragua | 3,395 |
45 | Botswana | 3,020 |
46 | Vietnam | 3,000 |
47 | Denmark | 2,800 |
48 | Uruguay | 2,800 |
49 | Namibia | 2,790 |
50 | Costa Rica | 2,500 |
51 | India | 2,362 |
52 | Turkey | 2,205 |
53 | French Guiana | 2,000 |
54 | Tajikistan | 1,920 |
55 | Romania | 1,878 |
56 | Poland | 1,700 |
57 | Georgia | 1,600 |
58 | Ivory Coast | 1,600 |
59 | Burkina Faso | 1,571 |
60 | Spain | 1,565 |
61 | Armenia | 1,500 |
62 | Morocco | 1,500 |
63 | Uganda | 1,500 |
64 | Fiji | 1,403 |
65 | Finland | 1,300 |
66 | Iran | 850 |
67 | Cameroon | 600 |
68 | Senegal | 600 |
69 | Cuba | 500 |
70 | Kenya | 432 |
71 | Algeria | 377 |
72 | Serbia | 330 |
73 | Gabon | 300 |
74 | South Korea | 277 |
75 | Zambia | 180 |
76 | Burma | 100 |
77 | DR Congo | 100 |
78 | Slovakia | 84 |