Global Production and Sales Revenue Data for Several Chemicals – Part 2

In my previous blog, I provided a listing of 37 industrial chemicals and their 2019 global production and sales revenues.  (Click here to read that blog.)   In this blog, I provide estimated data on per capital global use of these chemicals in 2019 and an estimate of the increased production of each chemical in 2025, using an estimated 2025 global population.  

The following table show the per capital global use for each of the 37 industrial chemicals in kilograms.   The global 2019 population is assumed to be 7.7 billion (source:  United Nations). 

37 highly used industrial chemicals	average 2019 global production in million metric tons	average 2019 use per capital of chemical in kilograms, assuming global population = 7.7 billion
acetic acid	15,500,000	2.214
acetone	7,500,000	1.071
ammonia	175,000,000	25.000
argon	700,000	0.100
benzene	45,000,000	6.429
bromine	650,000	0.093
butadiene	14,000,000	2.000
calcium carbonate	132,500,000	18.929
chlorine	80,000,000	11.429
ethanol	102,500,000	14.643
ethylene	160,000,000	22.857
ethylene glycol	27,000,000	3.857
ethylene oxide	29,000,000	4.143
fluorine	2,900,000	0.414
formaldehyde	12,000,000	1.714
helium	28,000	0.004
hydrogen	60,000,000	8.571
hydrogen chloride	4,000,000	0.571
hydrogen fluoride	2,000,000	0.286
hydrogen peroxide	5,000,000	0.714
iodine	30,000	0.004
methanol	92,500,000	13.214
methyl tertiary-butyl ether	19,500,000	2.786
nitric acid	59,000,000	8.429
nitrogen	53,000,000	7.571
oxygen	220,000,000	31.429
phenol	13,000,000	1.857
phosphoric acid	50,000,000	7.143
phosphorus	240,000,000	34.286
propylene	120,000,000	17.143
sodium carbonate	58,000,000	8.286
sodium hydroxide	72,500,000	10.357
sulfuric acid	272,500,000	38.929
sulfur	77,500,000	11.071
titanium dioxide	5,500,000	0.786
urea	200,000,000	28.571
xenon	51,500	0.007

The following table shows an estimated increase in global production of each chemical from 2019 to 2025, assuming the average global use per person is the same as in 2019 (see above table) and the 2025 estimated global population is 8.1 billion (source:  United Nations).   (Estimated 2025 global production = 8.1 billion population times average 2019 per capital use.)

37 highly used industrial chemicals	estimated 2019 global production in million metric tons (mt)	estimated  2025 global production in million metric tons	estimated increased global production in 2025 over 2019 (in mt)
acetic acid	15,500,000	17,935,714	2,435,714
acetone	7,500,000	8,678,571	1,178,571
ammonia	175,000,000	202,500,000	27,500,000
argon	700,000	810,000	110,000
benzene	45,000,000	52,071,429	7,071,429
bromine	650,000	752,143	102,143
butadiene	14,000,000	16,200,000	2,200,000
calcium carbonate	132,500,000	153,321,429	20,821,429
chlorine	80,000,000	92,571,429	12,571,429
ethanol	102,500,000	118,607,143	16,107,143
ethylene	160,000,000	185,142,857	25,142,857
ethylene glycol	27,000,000	31,242,857	4,242,857
ethylene oxide	29,000,000	33,557,143	4,557,143
fluorine	2,900,000	3,355,714	455,714
formaldehyde	12,000,000	13,885,714	1,885,714
helium	28,000	32,400	4,400
hydrogen	60,000,000	69,428,571	9,428,571
hydrogen chloride	4,000,000	4,628,571	628,571
hydrogen fluoride	2,000,000	2,314,286	314,286
hydrogen peroxide	5,000,000	5,785,714	785,714
iodine	30,000	34,714	4,714
methanol	92,500,000	107,035,714	14,535,714
methyl tertiary-butyl ether	19,500,000	22,564,286	3,064,286
nitric acid	59,000,000	68,271,429	9,271,429
nitrogen	53,000,000	61,328,571	8,328,571
oxygen	220,000,000	254,571,429	34,571,429
phenol	13,000,000	15,042,857	2,042,857
phosphoric acid	50,000,000	57,857,143	7,857,143
phosphorus	240,000,000	277,714,286	37,714,286
propylene	120,000,000	138,857,143	18,857,143
sodium carbonate	58,000,000	67,114,286	9,114,286
sodium hydroxide	72,500,000	83,892,857	11,392,857
sulfuric acid	272,500,000	315,321,429	42,821,429
sulfur	77,500,000	89,678,571	12,178,571
titanium dioxide	5,500,000	6,364,286	864,286
urea	200,000,000	231,428,571	31,428,571
xenon	51,500	59,593	8,093

It is interesting that while the population increase from 2019 to 2025 is about 5%, the increase in production of the chemicals is about 16% in order to have the same per capital use in 2025 as in 2019.