FAQ: “Strong economic growth leads China and India to more than double their combined energy demand by 2035, accounting for one-half of the world’s energy growth according to EIA’s recently released International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011). The IEO2011 projects that China and India together will consume 31% of the world’s energy in 2035, up from 21% in 2008. China, which surpassed the United States as the world’s largest energy consumer in 2009, is the predominant driver of growing energy demand. By 2035, China’s projected energy consumption is 68% higher than U.S. energy consumption. Global energy consumption grows 53% between 2008 and 2035, representing an average annual growth rate of 1.6%.”