List of countries by copper production

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Production trends in the top five copper-producing countries, 1950-2012

This is a list of countries by mined copper production.

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Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production .

2023

2023
RankCountry/regionProduction (thousand tons of) [1]
  World 21,550
1 Flag of Chile.svg Chile 5,000
2 Flag of Peru.svg Peru 2,600
3 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,500
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1,700
5 Flag of the United States.svg United States 1,100
6 Flag of Russia.svg Russia 910
7 Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 840
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 810
9 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 760
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 750
11 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 600
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 480
13 Flag of Poland.svg Poland 400
  Other Countries3,100

2020

2020
RankCountry/regionProduction (thousand tons of) [2]
  World 16,890
1 Flag of Chile.svg Chile 5,700
2 Flag of Peru.svg Peru 2,200
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1,700
4 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,300
5 Flag of the United States.svg United States 1,200
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 870
7 Flag of Russia.svg Russia 850
8 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 830
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 690
10 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 580
11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 570
12 Flag of Poland.svg Poland 400
  Other Countries3300

2017

2017
RankCountry/regionProduction (thousand tons of) [3] [4]
  World 19,939
1 Flag of Chile.svg Chile 5,503
2 Flag of Peru.svg Peru 3,462
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China1,656
4 Flag of the United States.svg United States 1,260
5 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,094
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 859
7 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 797
8 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 742
9 Flag of Russia.svg Russia 705
10 Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 622
11 Flag of Poland.svg Poland 620
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 605
13 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 540
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 419
15 Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 384
16 Flag of Iran.svg Iran 314
17 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 204
18 Flag of Laos.svg Laos 153

2015

2015
RankCountry/regionProduction (thousand tons) [5]
  World 19,100
1 Flag of Chile.svg Chile 5,760
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1,710
3 Flag of Peru.svg Peru 1,700
4 Flag of the United States.svg United States 1,372
5 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,020
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 971
7 Flag of Russia.svg Russia 732
8 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 712
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 697
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 594
  Other Countries3,800

2012

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1907

1907
RankCountry/regionProduction (thousand tons) [6]
 World723
1 Flag of the United States.svg United States 399
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 61
3 Flag of Spain.svg Spain and Portugal 50
4 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 50
5 Flag of Australia (1903-1908).svg Australasia 42
6 Flag of Chile.svg Chile 27
7 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 21
8 Flag of Russia.svg Russia 15

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References

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  2. "Copper" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries. 29 January 2021. p. 53.
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