Paper and paperboard production fell 0.664% to 292,329,720 kt in the World in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, paper and paperboard production in the World reached an all time high of 294,283,244 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 47,117,696 kt in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, paper and paperboard production in China amounted to 77,900,000 kt, 14,731,000 kt in Germany, 15,591,000 kt in Japan and 58,582,394 kt in USA in 2018.
World has been ranked th within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of paper and paperboard production.
| Paper and Paperboard Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | 2,137,790 | 2,232,694 | 2,255,850 | 2,308,336 | 2,656,859 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 583,000 | 606,000 | 593,000 | 604,000 | 592,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 3,716,000 | 3,750,000 | 3,574,000 | 3,927,000 | 4,081,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 76,550,000 | 79,000,000 | 80,700,000 | 83,400,000 | 77,900,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 5,510,000 | 5,637,000 | 5,725,500 | 5,798,200 | 5,753,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 13,682,000 | 13,987,000 | 14,080,000 | 14,554,000 | 14,747,630 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 8,711,000 | 9,255,000 | 9,772,000 | 10,335,000 | 10,964,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 15,001,000 | 15,013,000 | 15,208,000 | 15,499,000 | 15,591,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,151,000 | 4,582,000 | 4,952,000 | 5,080,000 | 5,298,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 3,377,843 | 3,529,221 | 3,809,336 | 3,907,501 | 4,037,725 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 5,407,000 | 5,674,000 | 6,252,480 | 6,376,871 | 6,556,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 7,934,000 | 8,101,000 | 8,324,000 | 7,604,000 | 7,863,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 55,809,000 | 56,212,000 | 56,011,851 | 57,303,198 | 57,920,135 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 274,698,613 | 281,293,593 | 286,631,102 | 294,094,466 | 292,009,859 |
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