| Characteristic | Number of nuclear power plants |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 417 |
| 2023 | 413 |
| 2022 | 411 |
| 2021 | 437 |
| 2020 | 442 |
| 2019 | 443 |
| 2018 | 450 |
| 2017 | 448 |
| 2016 | 447 |
| 2015 | 441 |
| 2014 | 438 |
| 2013 | 434 |
| 2012 | 437 |
| 2011 | 435 |
| 2010 | 441 |
| 2009 | 437 |
| 2008 | 438 |
| 2007 | 439 |
| 2006 | 435 |
| 2005 | 441 |
| 2004 | 438 |
| 2003 | 437 |
| 2002 | 439 |
| 2001 | 438 |
| 2000 | 435 |
| 1999 | 432 |
| 1998 | 430 |
| 1997 | 433 |
| 1996 | 438 |
| 1995 | 434 |
| 1994 | 429 |
| 1993 | 427 |
| 1992 | 418 |
| 1991 | 415 |
| 1990 | 416 |
| 1989 | 420 |
| 1988 | 416 |
| 1987 | 407 |
| 1986 | 389 |
| 1985 | 363 |
| 1984 | 336 |
| 1983 | 306 |
| 1982 | 284 |
| 1981 | 267 |
| 1980 | 245 |
| 1979 | 225 |
| 1978 | 219 |
| 1977 | 200 |
| 1976 | 186 |
| 1975 | 169 |
| 1974 | 154 |
| 1973 | 132 |
| 1972 | 113 |
| 1971 | 99 |
| 1970 | 84 |
| 1969 | 78 |
| 1968 | 68 |
| 1967 | 64 |
| 1966 | 55 |
| 1965 | 48 |
| 1964 | 40 |
| 1963 | 33 |
| 1962 | 25 |
| 1961 | 16 |
| 1960 | 15 |
| 1959 | 11 |
| 1958 | 6 |
| 1957 | 5 |
| 1956 | 2 |
| 1955 | 1 |
| 1954 | 1 |
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Release date
August 2025
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Region
Worldwide
Survey time period
1954 to 2024
Supplementary notes
This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.
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