Based on population, what is the factor i.e. Kilowatts/head, to
determine the electrical power generation capacity to supply a city
with its total electrical power requirements?  This would include
factors such as domestic, public lighting, hospitals, schools and the
like.
Provide for three geographical areas:  Middle East, Europe and USA.

Hello.

The data on this subject is generally expressed in "kilowatt hours"
(i.e., 1000 watts used for one hour).

The World Bank's Development Data division is considered a definitive
source of the exact information that you seek.  The World Bank has
calculated the per capita (i.e., per head) electricity use for
virtually every country and region:

1998 data
Electricity use per capita - kilowatt hours (kWh)
Middle East/North Africa: 1,236.5 kWh
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?CCODE=MNA&PTYPE=CP
European Monetary Union: 5,434.0 kWh
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?SelectedCountry=EMU&CCODE=EMU&CNAME=European+Monetary+Union&PTYPE=CP
United States: 11,925.3 kWh
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?SelectedCountry=USA&CCODE=USA&CNAME=United+States&PTYPE=CP

Thus, the factor (kilowatt hours per head) in the Middle East/North
Africa in 1998 was 1,236.5 kilowatt hours per person while the factor
in the U.S. was almost ten times higher.  The Europeans were in the
middle.

[ Note: if you're interested in data for any specific country, you may
obtain the information by using the World Bank's data profile center.
Simply select the the country from the drop down menu on this page
labeled -SELECT A GROUP OR COUNTRY-
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html ]

Of course, if you multiply the per capita electricity use times the
total population, you get the annual total electrical requirements for
the country or region. Thus, the annual total electricity requirement
of a country are typically expressed in billions or even trillions of
kilowatthours.

The U.S. Department of Energy has some other data that you might be
able to use.
See this chart:
Table 6.2 World Total Net Electricity Consumption, 1992-2001 (Billion
Kilowatthours)
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea/table62.html
Figuring the per capita factor would simply be a matter of dividing
the toal  kilowatthour usage by the population of the particular
country or region.

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search strategy: 
"electricity use", "per capita"
"electricity consumtion", site:doe.gov

I hope this helps.  If anything is unclear or requires additional
explanation or amplification, please use the "request clarification"
feature to let me know.  I will be glad to provide any assistance
necessary. Thank you.

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Request for Answer Clarification by garyh-ga on 09 Oct 2003 04:27 PDT

The factor is kWh per person.
Is this per hour, day, week, etc?
Thanks.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 09 Oct 2003 08:45 PDT

Hi.

The figures above are generally "per year."

Thus, in the United States, electrical use in 1998 was 11,925.3 kWh
per person per year.

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As I mentioned above, a kWh is 1000 watts used for one hour.  Another
way to think about it is that a kWh is the equivalent of having a 100
watt light bulb on for 10 hours. Thus, if you want to think about what
the 11,925.3 kWh per person per year statistic means in real-world,
per-day terms, you could divide it by 365 (the result would be about
32.67 kWh per day). In other words, in an average day in 1998, the
electrical use per person was the approximate equivalent of almost 33
light bulbs (100 watt) for 10 hours each.

I hope this helps.

Thanks, quick and concise.  Good linkd for follow up.