A world map shows nitrate mining locations marked by orange circles with "N." Key areas include the U S, Mexico, Chile, and Spain. Major clusters are in the U S (western states), Mexico, and northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
Nitrate Mines | Class | Rank | Metric tons per person | Class | Rank | Children per woman | Belgium | Austria | Denmark | Spain | Germany | Italy | Japan | Netherlands | Ottoman Empire (Turkey) | Portugal | Russia | France | United Kingdom | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.42% | 63.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 99.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 98.2% | 99.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 83.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 44.9% | 97.3% | 63.5% | 7.80% | 84.5% | 9.42% | 96.0% | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 99.0% | 99.2% | 99.4% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 99.4% | 99.8% | 69.6% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13.5 | 99.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 99.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 96.9% | 99.0% | 98.2% | 94.3% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 38.2% | 49.3% | 48.3% | 68.5% | 58.1% | |||||||||||||||||
| 99.8% | 99.7% | 98.8% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 99.0% | ||||||||||||||||
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