Table 1. The production of aluminum in capitalist countries

Table 1. The production of aluminum in capitalist countries (thousands of tons)1
Country	1900	1913	1939	1943	1946	1950	1960	1966
1 From data of the periodical Revue de I’aluminium, 1967, no. 355
2 All of Germany up to 1943
USA .....................	2.3	21.4	148.4	834.8	371.9	651.8	1,827.2	2,693.6
Canada ..................	—	6.4	75.0	449.1	176.1	360.0	690.6	807.9
France ...................	0.9	15.5	52.5	46.5	47.8	60.7	235.2	363.5
Japan ...................	—	—	32.8	149.7	3.2	24.8	131.2	335.1
Norway ..................	—	1.5	31.1	23.5	16.7	47.1	165.4	330.9
West Germany2............	0.7	1.4	195.1	242.0	0.7	27.8	168.9	243.9
Italy .....................	—	0.8	34.2	47.2	10.9	36.8	83.6	127.8
Australia .................	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.0	92.0
India ....................	—	—	—	1.3	3.3	3.7	18.2	83.6
Austria...................	0.5	2.3	4.3	68.2	1.0	18.0	68.0	78.9
Switzerland ..............	0.7	9.0	27.0	19.0	13.1	19.0	39.7	68.7
Spain ....................	—	—	1.0	0.8	1.0	2.5	28.9	62.0
Cameroon ...............	—	—	—	—	—	—	43.9	48.2
England..................	0.6	7.6	25.0	56.6	32.1	29.9	29.4	37.1
Greece ..................	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36.2
Sweden ..................	—	—	2.6	3.7	3.9	4.0	16.0	28.8

Aluminum production became active during the second world war, and again after 1960.

Sources:

"Aluminum Industry." The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. 1970-1979. The Gale Group, Inc. 5 Nov 2012. 
      <http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Aluminum+Industry>.