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(Table): Most major developed countries do not fluoridate their water supplies

SOURCE: Chemical & Engineering News | August 1, 1988 | by Bette Hileman
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.