As of October 2023, China had the largest prospective capacity of nuclear power with a total amounting to roughly 116 gigawatts. Second to China at this time was India with a total nuclear power capacity of 32 gigawatts.
The two countries also had the largest nuclear electricity capacity under construction worldwide that year.
Leading countries by prospective nuclear power capacity worldwide as of October 2023
(in gigawatts)
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