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Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel Burning, 1751-2006
Year
Carbon Dioxide
Million Tons of Carbon
1751
3
1752
3
1753
3
1754
3
1755
3
1756
3
1757
3
1758
3
1759
3
1760
3
1761
3
1762
3
1763
3
1764
3
1765
3
1766
3
1767
3
1768
3
1769
3
1770
3
1771
4
1772
4
1773
4
1774
4
1775
4
1776
4
1777
4
1778
4
1779
4
1780
4
1781
5
1782
5
1783
5
1784
5
1785
5
1786
5
1787
5
1788
5
1789
5
1790
5
1791
6
1792
6
1793
6
1794
6
1795
6
1796
6
1797
7
1798
7
1799
7
1800
8
1801
8
1802
10
1803
9
1804
9
1805
9
1806
10
1807
10
1808
10
1809
10
1810
10
1811
11
1812
11
1813
11
1814
11
1815
12
1816
13
1817
14
1818
14
1819
14
1820
14
1821
14
1822
15
1823
16
1824
16
1825
17
1826
17
1827
18
1828
18
1829
18
1830
24
1831
23
1832
23
1833
24
1834
24
1835
25
1836
29
1837
29
1838
30
1839
31
1840
33
1841
34
1842
36
1843
37
1844
39
1845
43
1846
43
1847
46
1848
47
1849
50
1850
54
1851
54
1852
57
1853
59
1854
69
1855
71
1856
76
1857
77
1858
78
1859
83
1860
91
1861
95
1862
97
1863
104
1864
112
1865
119
1866
122
1867
130
1868
135
1869
142
1870
147
1871
156
1872
173
1873
184
1874
174
1875
188
1876
191
1877
194
1878
196
1879
210
1880
236
1881
243
1882
256
1883
272
1884
275
1885
277
1886
281
1887
295
1888
327
1889
327
1890
356
1891
372
1892
374
1893
370
1894
383
1895
406
1896
419
1897
440
1898
465
1899
507
1900
534
1901
552
1902
566
1903
617
1904
624
1905
663
1906
707
1907
784
1908
750
1909
785
1910
819
1911
836
1912
879
1913
943
1914
850
1915
838
1916
901
1917
955
1918
936
1919
806
1920
932
1921
803
1922
845
1923
970
1924
963
1925
975
1926
983
1927
1,062
1928
1,065
1929
1,145
1930
1,053
1931
940
1932
847
1933
893
1934
973
1935
1,027
1936
1,130
1937
1,209
1938
1,142
1939
1,192
1940
1,299
1941
1,334
1942
1,342
1943
1,391
1944
1,383
1945
1,160
1946
1,238
1947
1,392
1948
1,469
1949
1,419
1950
1,630
1951
1,767
1952
1,795
1953
1,841
1954
1,865
1955
2,043
1956
2,177
1957
2,270
1958
2,330
1959
2,462
1960
2,577
1961
2,594
1962
2,700
1963
2,847
1964
3,008
1965
3,145
1966
3,305
1967
3,411
1968
3,588
1969
3,800
1970
4,077
1971
4,231
1972
4,399
1973
4,635
1974
4,644
1975
4,615
1976
4,884
1977
5,035
1978
5,107
1979
5,403
1980
5,348
1981
5,186
1982
5,144
1983
5,126
1984
5,308
1985
5,464
1986
5,629
1987
5,762
1988
5,992
1989
6,106
1990
6,196
1991
6,312
1992
6,187
1993
6,203
1994
6,344
1995
6,487
1996
6,649
1997
6,840
1998
6,788
1999
6,804
2000
6,981
2001
7,116
2002
7,167
2003
7,504
2004
7,910
2005
8,166
2006
8,379
Note: Values include CO2 emissions from cement and gas flaring.
Source: G. Marland, T. A. Boden, and R. J. Andres, "Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emissions," Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global Change (Oak Ridge, TN: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, 2007); 2005 and 2006 emissions calculated by Earth Policy Institute from energy consumption in BP, Statistical Review of World Energy (London: 2007).  

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