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(Table): Most major developed countries do not fluoridate their water supplies
Country | Population (millions) | Percent of population drinking artificially fluoridated water | ||
Albania | 3.1 | 0% | ||
Australia | 16.1 | 66 | ||
Austria | 7.6 | 0 | ||
Belgiuma | 9.9 | 0 | ||
Bulgaria | 9.0 | 0 | ||
Canada | 25.9 | 50 | ||
Czechoslovakia | 15.6 | 20 | ||
Denmark | 5.1 | 0 | ||
East Germany | 16.6 | 9 | ||
Finlandb | 4.8 | 1.5 | ||
France | 55.6 | 0 | ||
Greece | 10.0 | 0 | ||
Hungary | 10.6 | 0 | ||
Ireland | 3.5 | 50 | ||
Italy | 57.4 | 0 | ||
Japan | 122.0 | 0 | ||
Luxembourg | 0.4 | 0 | ||
Netherlandsc | 14.6 | 0 | ||
New Zealand | 3.3 | 66 | ||
Norway | 4.2 | 0 | ||
Poland | 37.7 | 4 | ||
Portugala | 10.3 | 0 | ||
Romania | 22.9 | 0 | ||
Spain | 39.0 | Less than 1% | ||
Sweden | 8.4 | 0 | ||
Switzerland | 6.6 | 4 | ||
U.K. | 56.8 | 9 | ||
U.S. | 243.8 | 50 | ||
U.S.S.R. | 284.0 | 15 | ||
West Germanyd | 61.0 | 0 | ||
Yugoslavia | 23.4 | 0 | ||
a One experimental treatment plant now discontinued. b One small experimental treatment plant. cDiscontinued in 1976 after 23 years of experiments. d Discontinued in 1978 after 18 years of experiments. |