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Global Carbon Emissions from Fossil Fuel Burning, 1751-2005
Year
Carbon Emissions 
Annual Change
Million Tons of Carbon
Percent
   
1751
3
1752
3
0.0
1753
3
0.0
1754
3
0.0
1755
3
0.0
1756
3
0.0
1757
3
0.0
1758
3
0.0
1759
3
0.0
1760
3
0.0
1761
3
0.0
1762
3
0.0
1763
3
0.0
1764
3
0.0
1765
3
0.0
1766
3
0.0
1767
3
0.0
1768
3
0.0
1769
3
0.0
1770
3
0.0
1771
4
33.3
1772
4
0.0
1773
4
0.0
1774
4
0.0
1775
4
0.0
1776
4
0.0
1777
4
0.0
1778
4
0.0
1779
4
0.0
1780
4
0.0
1781
5
25.0
1782
5
0.0
1783
5
0.0
1784
5
0.0
1785
5
0.0
1786
5
0.0
1787
5
0.0
1788
5
0.0
1789
5
0.0
1790
5
0.0
1791
6
20.0
1792
6
0.0
1793
6
0.0
1794
6
0.0
1795
6
0.0
1796
6
0.0
1797
7
16.7
1798
7
0.0
1799
7
0.0
1800
8
14.3
1801
8
0.0
1802
10
25.0
1803
9
-10.0
1804
9
0.0
1805
9
0.0
1806
10
11.1
1807
10
0.0
1808
10
0.0
1809
10
0.0
1810
10
0.0
1811
11
10.0
1812
11
0.0
1813
11
0.0
1814
11
0.0
1815
12
9.1
1816
13
8.3
1817
14
7.7
1818
14
0.0
1819
14
0.0
1820
14
0.0
1821
14
0.0
1822
15
7.1
1823
16
6.7
1824
16
0.0
1825
17
6.3
1826
17
0.0
1827
18
5.9
1828
18
0.0
1829
18
0.0
1830
24
33.3
1831
23
-4.2
1832
23
0.0
1833
24
4.3
1834
24
0.0
1835
25
4.2
1836
29
16.0
1837
29
0.0
1838
30
3.4
1839
31
3.3
1840
33
6.5
1841
34
3.0
1842
36
5.9
1843
37
2.8
1844
39
5.4
1845
43
10.3
1846
43
0.0
1847
46
7.0
1848
47
2.2
1849
50
6.4
1850
54
8.0
1851
54
0.0
1852
57
5.6
1853
59
3.5
1854
69
16.9
1855
71
2.9
1856
76
7.0
1857
77
1.3
1858
78
1.3
1859
83
6.4
1860
91
9.6
1861
95
4.4
1862
97
2.1
1863
104
7.2
1864
112
7.7
1865
119
6.3
1866
122
2.5
1867
130
6.6
1868
135
3.8
1869
142
5.2
1870
147
3.5
1871
156
6.1
1872
173
10.9
1873
184
6.4
1874
174
-5.4
1875
188
8.0
1876
191
1.6
1877
194
1.6
1878
196
1.0
1879
210
7.1
1880
236
12.4
1881
243
3.0
1882
256
5.3
1883
272
6.3
1884
275
1.1
1885
277
0.7
1886
281
1.4
1887
295
5.0
1888
327
10.8
1889
327
0.0
1890
356
8.9
1891
372
4.5
1892
374
0.5
1893
370
-1.1
1894
383
3.5
1895
406
6.0
1896
419
3.2
1897
440
5.0
1898
465
5.7
1899
507
9.0
1900
534
5.3
1901
552
3.4
1902
566
2.5
1903
617
9.0
1904
624
1.1
1905
663
6.3
1906
707
6.6
1907
784
10.9
1908
750
-4.3
1909
785
4.7
1910
819
4.3
1911
836
2.1
1912
879
5.1
1913
943
7.3
1914
850
-9.9
1915
838
-1.4
1916
901
7.5
1917
955
6.0
1918
936
-2.0
1919
806
-13.9
1920
932
15.6
1921
803
-13.8
1922
845
5.2
1923
970
14.8
1924
963
-0.7
1925
975
1.2
1926
983
0.8
1927
1,062
8.0
1928
1,065
0.3
1929
1,145
7.5
1930
1,053
-8.0
1931
940
-10.7
1932
847
-9.9
1933
893
5.4
1934
973
9.0
1935
1,027
5.5
1936
1,130
10.0
1937
1,209
7.0
1938
1,142
-5.5
1939
1,192
4.4
1940
1,299
9.0
1941
1,334
2.7
1942
1,342
0.6
1943
1,391
3.7
1944
1,383
-0.6
1945
1,160
-16.1
1946
1,238
6.7
1947
1,392
12.4
1948
1,469
5.5
1949
1,419
-3.4
1950
1,630
14.9
1951
1,767
8.4
1952
1,795
1.6
1953
1,841
2.6
1954
1,865
1.3
1955
2,043
9.5
1956
2,177
6.6
1957
2,270
4.3
1958
2,330
2.6
1959
2,462
5.7
1960
2,577
4.7
1961
2,594
0.7
1962
2,700
4.1
1963
2,847
5.4
1964
3,008
5.7
1965
3,145
4.6
1966
3,305
5.1
1967
3,411
3.2
1968
3,589
5.2
1969
3,801
5.9
1970
4,076
7.2
1971
4,231
3.8
1972
4,399
4.0
1973
4,635
5.4
1974
4,644
0.2
1975
4,615
-0.6
1976
4,883
5.8
1977
5,029
3.0
1978
5,097
1.4
1979
5,389
5.7
1980
5,330
-1.1
1981
5,164
-3.1
1982
5,118
-0.9
1983
5,101
-0.3
1984
5,281
3.5
1985
5,436
2.9
1986
5,600
3.0
1987
5,731
2.3
1988
5,958
4.0
1989
6,072
1.9
1990
6,143
1.2
1991
6,252
1.8
1992
6,121
-2.1
1993
6,129
0.1
1994
6,262
2.2
1995
6,402
2.2
1996
6,560
2.5
1997
6,696
2.1
1998
6,656
-0.6
1999
6,522
-2.0
2000
6,672
2.3
2001
6,842
2.5
2002
6,973
1.9
2003
7,303
4.7
2004
7,696
5.4
2005
7,923
2.9
Note: Data includes emissions from cement manufacture.
Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute from G. Marland, T.A. Boden, and R.J. Andres, "Global, Regional, and National Fossil Fuels CO2 Emissions," in Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global Change (Oak Ridge, TN: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2006), at cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/tre_glob.htm; with 2004-2005 data calculated using data from U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual 2004 (Washington, DC: July 2006), at www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea; BP, BP Statistical Review of World Energy (London: 2006); CDIAC, op. cit. this note.

 

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