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. 2017 Feb 8;12(2):e0171844. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171844

Table 1. Top 20 countries with the highest hydropower potential per capita.

Country Hydropower Potential (TWh/year) Population in 2010 (x 1,000) Hydropower potential per capita (KWh/year/person) Current energy production per capita (KWh/year/person)
1 Bhutan 229 717 319,000 NA
2 Iceland 88 318 275,100 52,374
3 Papua New Guinea 1,087 6,859 158,500 NA
4 Guyana 109 786 138,400 NA
5 Gabon 167 1,556 107,300 907
6 Suriname 54 525 102,800 NA
7 Canada 3,064 34,126 89,800 16,473
8 Bolivia 816 10,157 80,400 623
9 New Zealand 275 4,368 62,900 9,399
10 Congo 227 4,112 55,100 NA
11 Norway 253 4,891 51,700 23,174
12 Laos 320 6,396 50,100 NA
13 Montenegro 29 620 46,100 5,747
14 Peru 1,145 29,263 39,100 1,248
15 Equatorial Guinea 27 696 38900 NA
16 Colombia 1,641 46,445 35,300 1,123
17 Zambia 419 13,217 31,700 599
18 Belize 10 309 31,100 NA
19 Nepal 789 26,846 29,400 106
20 Chile 494 17,151 28,800 3,568
27 Russia 3,503 143,618 24,400 6,486
37 Brazil 3,630 195,210 18,600 2,438
62 United States 2,564 312,247 8,200 13,246
74 China 7,168 1,359,821 5,300 3,298