This is a list of countries by mined copper production.

Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.

2023

2023

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons of)[1]
—	World	21,550
1	Chile	5,000
2	Peru	2,600
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,500
4	China	1,700
5	United States	1,100
6	Russia	910
7	Indonesia	840
8	Australia	810
9	Zambia	760
10	Mexico	750
11	Kazakhstan	600
12	Canada	480
13	Poland	400
—	Other countries	3,100

2020

2020

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons of)[2]
—	World	16,890
1	Chile	5,700
2	Peru	2,200
3	China	1,700
4	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,300
5	United States	1,200
6	Australia	870
7	Russia	850
8	Zambia	830
9	Mexico	690
10	Kazakhstan	580
11	Canada	570
12	Poland	400
—	Other countries	3300

2017

2017

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons of)[3][4]
—	World	19,939
1	Chile	5,503
2	Peru	3,462
3	China	1,656
4	United States	1,260
5	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,094
6	Australia	859
7	Zambia	797
8	Mexico	742
9	Russia	705
10	Indonesia	622
11	Poland	620
12	Canada	605
13	Zambia	540
14	Brazil	419
15	Mongolia	384
16	Iran	314
17	Spain	204
18	Laos	153

2015

2015

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons)[5]
—	World	19,100
1	Chile	5,760
2	China	1,710
3	Peru	1,700
4	United States	1,372
5	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,020
6	Australia	971
7	Russia	732
8	Zambia	712
9	Canada	697
10	Mexico	594
	Other Countries	3,800

2012

1907

1907

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons)[6]
—	Worldwide	723
1	United States	399
2	Mexico	61
3	Spain and Portugal	50
4	Japan	50
5	Australasia	42
6	Chile	27
7	Germany	21
8	Russia	15