Based on a comparison of 50 countries in 2020, Canada ranked the highest in newsprint paper production with 2,093,279 kt followed by Japan and Russia. On the other end of the scale was Honduras with 46.0 kt, Kazakhstan with 130 kt and Uzbekistan with 193 kt.
Total newsprint paper production reached 14,959,543 kt in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 22.3 % less than in the previous year and -121 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, total newsprint paper production reached an all time high of 39,552,784 kt in 2004 and an all time low of 14,362,000 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 0.069 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, Canada, accounted for 14.0 % of newsprint paper production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 36.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 73.2 % in 2020.
Data for more countries are available at Newsprint Paper Production indicator page.
| Newsprint Paper Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Canada | kt | 4,018,000 | 3,500,000 | 3,342,000 | 3,056,000 | 3,001,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 3,250,000 | 2,950,000 | 2,600,000 | 2,350,000 | 1,900,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 871,000 | 790,000 | 787,069 | 775,560 | 739,446 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 1,733,000 | 1,770,000 | 1,761,000 | 1,433,000 | 1,210,115 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 1,380,000 | 1,380,000 | 1,090,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 328,971 | 312,842 | 322,195 | 314,491 | 314,491 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 3,134,000 | 2,985,000 | 2,906,000 | 2,779,000 | 2,594,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kt | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | kt | 450,000 | 414,000 | 499,000 | 483,000 | 488,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 1,636,000 | 1,489,091 | 1,469,467 | 1,438,000 | 1,527,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 1,423,000 | 1,334,000 | 1,390,000 | 1,120,000 | 986,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kt | 1,258,000 | 1,197,000 | 1,016,000 | 1,011,000 | 977,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 389,090 | 394,908 | 402,377 | 433,265 | 381,254 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 1,921,000 | 1,658,000 | 1,485,000 | 1,194,713 | 958,895 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kt | 1,159,000 | 790,432 | 673,447 | 689,210 | 722,244 |
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