Abstract: Based on the analysis of the global copper consumption history,the application areas and the copper consumption of major countries,and also the "s"-shaped law between the copper consumption and the GDP per capita,the whole world was divided into four categories with the indexes of population,GDP per capita,urbanization rate,industrial structure and so on,the copper consumption law of different country types and the whole world was analyzed from now to 2040.The analysis shows that with the economic development,the global copper demand will grow rapidly in the next 25years;the global copper consumption in developed countries and this proportion in the whole world both show a downward trend;China,Brazil and other countries which are about to enter the industrialization mid and late part are still the major copper consumption,taking up half of the world for a long time;the copper demand of India and other countries which are about to enter the industrialization grows rapidly;and the demand of those undeveloped countries grow slowly.