**************************************************************** *** Regional CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, *** *** Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2008 *** *** *** *** doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001_V2011 *** *** *** *** September 4, 2011 *** *** *** *** Source: Tom Boden *** *** Gregg Marland *** *** Bob Andres *** *** Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center *** *** Oak Ridge National Laboratory *** *** Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6335 *** **************************************************************** All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. To convert these estimates to units of carbon dioxide (CO2), simply multiply these estimates by 3.667. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. Population estimates were not available to permit calculations of regional per capita estimates before 1950. NORTH AMERICA (1785-2008) Total Fossil-Fuel Emissions from Emissions from Emissions from Emissions from Emissions from Per Capita Year Emissions Gas Fuels Liquid Fuels Solid Fuels Gas Flaring Cement Production Emission Rate 1785 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1786 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1787 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1788 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1789 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1790 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1791 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1792 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1793 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1794 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1795 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1796 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1797 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1798 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1799 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 1800 70 0 0 70 0 0 . 1801 74 0 0 74 0 0 . 1802 79 0 0 79 0 0 . 1803 82 0 0 82 0 0 . 1804 91 0 0 91 0 0 . 1805 94 0 0 94 0 0 . 1806 91 0 0 91 0 0 . 1807 103 0 0 103 0 0 . 1808 108 0 0 108 0 0 . 1809 111 0 0 111 0 0 . 1810 115 0 0 115 0 0 . 1811 123 0 0 123 0 0 . 1812 133 0 0 133 0 0 . 1813 143 0 0 143 0 0 . 1814 153 0 0 153 0 0 . 1815 165 0 0 165 0 0 . 1816 181 0 0 181 0 0 . 1817 196 0 0 196 0 0 . 1818 214 0 0 214 0 0 . 1819 209 0 0 209 0 0 . 1820 216 0 0 216 0 0 . 1821 227 0 0 227 0 0 . 1822 237 0 0 237 0 0 . 1823 246 0 0 246 0 0 . 1824 278 0 0 278 0 0 . 1825 311 0 0 311 0 0 . 1826 359 0 0 359 0 0 . 1827 396 0 0 396 0 0 . 1828 436 0 0 436 0 0 . 1829 491 0 0 491 0 0 . 1830 571 0 0 571 0 0 . 1831 618 0 0 618 0 0 . 1832 825 0 0 825 0 0 . 1833 963 0 0 963 0 0 . 1834 923 0 0 923 0 0 . 1835 1179 0 0 1179 0 0 . 1836 1291 0 0 1291 0 0 . 1837 1449 0 0 1449 0 0 . 1838 1374 0 0 1374 0 0 . 1839 1507 0 0 1507 0 0 . 1840 1604 0 0 1604 0 0 . 1841 1697 0 0 1697 0 0 . 1842 1889 0 0 1889 0 0 . 1843 2120 0 0 2120 0 0 . 1844 2540 0 0 2540 0 0 . 1845 3059 0 0 3059 0 0 . 1846 3477 0 0 3477 0 0 . 1847 4122 0 0 4122 0 0 . 1848 4591 0 0 4591 0 0 . 1849 4986 0 0 4986 0 0 . 1850 5418 0 0 5418 0 0 . 1851 6742 0 0 6742 0 0 . 1852 7335 0 0 7335 0 0 . 1853 8261 0 0 8261 0 0 . 1854 9084 0 0 9084 0 0 . 1855 10455 0 0 10455 0 0 . 1856 10976 0 0 10976 0 0 . 1857 11265 0 0 11265 0 0 . 1858 11439 0 0 11439 0 0 . 1859 12455 0 0 12455 0 0 . 1860 13051 0 55 12996 0 0 . 1861 12592 0 235 12357 0 0 . 1862 13103 0 342 12761 0 0 . 1863 15151 0 301 14850 0 0 . 1864 16239 0 246 15993 0 0 . 1865 16332 0 291 16041 0 0 . 1866 16505 0 420 16085 0 0 . 1867 20322 0 394 19927 0 0 . 1868 22733 0 430 22304 0 0 . 1869 25759 0 495 25264 0 0 . 1870 27250 0 586 26663 0 0 . 1871 28603 0 581 28022 0 0 . 1872 34976 0 693 34283 0 0 . 1873 38515 0 1092 37422 0 0 . 1874 37095 0 1198 35897 0 0 . 1875 37561 0 960 36601 0 0 . 1876 36757 0 986 35771 0 0 . 1877 40720 0 1448 39273 0 0 . 1878 39803 0 1688 38115 0 0 . 1879 48486 0 2210 46276 0 0 . 1880 55656 0 2876 52780 0 0 . 1881 58897 0 3014 55883 0 0 . 1882 66060 45 3306 62708 0 0 . 1883 71328 104 2491 68733 0 0 . 1884 75388 320 2524 72544 0 0 . 1885 76542 1014 2258 73269 0 0 . 1886 80869 2095 3002 75771 0 0 . 1887 86675 3217 3010 80448 0 0 . 1888 105687 4578 2964 98145 0 0 . 1889 94674 3337 3786 87550 0 0 . 1890 113051 3190 4957 104904 0 0 . 1891 120475 2442 5899 112135 0 0 . 1892 126747 2122 5461 119164 0 0 . 1893 128005 1989 5211 120806 0 0 . 1894 119897 1828 5292 112777 0 0 . 1895 134706 1922 5708 127076 0 0 . 1896 135267 1869 6611 126787 0 0 . 1897 140606 1989 6528 132089 0 0 . 1898 153147 2309 5982 144856 0 0 . 1899 175956 2976 6144 166835 0 0 . 1900 186508 3150 6832 176526 0 0 . 1901 203431 3510 7489 192432 0 0 . 1902 215650 3737 9578 202335 0 0 . 1903 251737 3964 10935 236839 0 0 . 1904 249269 4138 12846 232285 0 0 . 1905 278353 4685 14842 258826 0 0 . 1906 292229 5190 13828 273212 0 0 . 1907 340828 5422 18369 317037 0 0 . 1908 299777 5367 19688 274722 0 0 . 1909 329896 6416 20035 303445 0 0 . 1910 360494 6796 23116 330583 0 0 . 1911 359349 7016 24328 328005 0 0 . 1912 384411 7725 24792 351893 0 0 . 1913 414682 8063 29773 376846 0 0 . 1914 377751 8213 31937 337600 0 0 . 1915 389297 8681 33652 346965 0 0 . 1916 434693 10421 37407 386865 0 0 . 1917 478633 11008 41456 426168 0 0 . 1918 500846 9914 44701 446231 0 0 . 1919 423866 10246 50248 363372 0 0 . 1920 489621 11082 56725 421814 0 0 . 1921 403819 9200 62152 332467 0 0 . 1922 404192 10570 72568 321054 0 0 . 1923 535273 13912 85525 435836 0 0 . 1924 475159 15725 81589 377846 0 0 . 1925 486728 16395 85630 384703 0 0 . 1926 528340 18110 85825 424405 0 0 . 1927 516582 19943 98307 398332 0 0 . 1928 511243 21629 99928 385307 0 4380 . 1929 550665 26465 113679 406247 0 4274 . 1930 491664 26839 101163 359626 0 4035 . 1931 419085 23358 97074 295495 0 3158 . 1932 357381 21614 90434 243442 0 1891 . 1933 380896 21650 99440 258271 0 1535 . 1934 407223 24574 99894 280861 0 1894 . 1935 422487 26641 108736 285232 0 1879 . 1936 484660 30104 120834 330960 0 2762 . 1937 506267 33477 137179 332739 0 2871 . 1938 427030 31957 126839 265628 0 2605 . 1939 471444 34385 134048 299995 0 3016 . 1940 536379 37089 153909 342139 0 3242 . 1941 586260 39256 164001 378950 0 4052 . 1942 628264 42652 154240 426876 0 4496 . 1943 650173 47570 167717 431592 0 3295 . 1944 691054 51572 185317 451872 0 2293 . 1945 666638 54651 194041 415345 0 2602 . 1946 646410 56124 202851 383322 0 4113 . 1947 710281 61920 218581 425128 0 4653 . 1948 742773 69552 244683 423388 0 5150 . 1949 628674 73218 232383 317791 0 5282 . 1950 734194 88093 259074 369555 11769 5702 4.22 1951 757385 103792 278669 357118 11654 6153 4.29 1952 738128 111098 290610 317692 12468 6260 4.12 1953 755014 116854 305657 313563 12252 6689 4.14 1954 722170 122801 310696 271160 10631 6882 3.89 1955 789086 132813 336698 299791 11938 7847 4.17 1956 830437 140401 355074 313002 13605 8355 4.31 1957 821902 150521 353107 297217 13032 8024 4.19 1958 797790 159423 361521 258081 10435 8329 3.99 1959 820998 166625 372848 263243 9255 9026 4.04 1960 840903 177828 381378 264084 9149 8464 4.07 1961 838474 179962 386457 254649 8785 8620 3.99 1962 871118 191687 398754 264151 7514 9012 4.09 1963 908192 202189 407622 282098 6873 9410 4.20 1964 952767 216493 419662 300517 6180 9915 4.35 1965 993476 223974 441168 312444 5840 10050 4.48 1966 1042050 241437 460013 323499 6681 10420 4.64 1967 1084702 252823 480536 333069 8343 9931 4.78 1968 1127595 270711 509996 327560 8765 10564 4.91 1969 1181388 293771 535796 332184 8949 10688 5.10 1970 1273627 306179 613934 334854 8475 10186 5.44 1971 1284259 317794 632542 317490 5406 11028 5.43 1972 1348811 325370 682995 323962 4820 11663 5.65 1973 1404913 323513 719885 344586 4751 12178 5.83 1974 1360365 309958 695642 339735 3394 11637 5.60 1975 1309919 290405 675961 330927 2669 9957 5.34 1976 1366899 298413 691366 363953 2667 10500 5.52 1977 1401818 290623 727744 369647 2617 11188 5.60 1978 1443943 296066 740878 392141 2908 11949 5.72 1979 1452971 307747 722927 406873 3225 12199 5.70 1980 1404341 303842 666292 420634 2681 10892 5.46 1981 1349303 294745 612867 429073 2239 10378 5.19 1982 1281944 276497 577813 416407 2143 9084 4.89 1983 1290453 265164 573680 439511 2226 9873 4.87 1984 1329981 274964 580408 460973 2754 10881 4.98 1985 1333056 268886 579104 471191 2759 11115 4.94 1986 1330352 254522 603029 458773 2725 11302 4.87 1987 1389742 268588 620773 485764 3096 11521 5.03 1988 1451597 282179 645531 509092 3503 11292 5.19 1989 1470264 293898 642060 519557 3345 11404 5.20 1990 1453355 296364 629995 512303 3392 11301 5.07 1991 1450584 326500 607543 502128 3825 10589 5.01 1992 1457228 336509 596211 510379 3715 10415 4.97 1993 1539515 343677 640716 539395 4605 11123 5.19 1994 1549405 347947 658811 525792 4624 12231 5.16 1995 1553794 358398 645649 532213 5461 12072 5.11 1996 1584782 360848 649637 556447 5284 12567 5.15 1997 1632015 368064 657691 588259 4909 13093 5.24 1998 1616569 369178 662827 568522 2763 13280 5.13 1999 1637856 379249 669233 572821 2896 13656 5.13 2000 1704623 394724 695286 598107 2619 13888 5.28 2001 1671257 368075 698353 588262 2526 14041 5.12 2002 1683335 382087 690241 594184 2632 14191 5.11 2003 1700339 375271 714922 592936 2556 14654 5.11 2004 1730743 369455 731907 611586 2443 15351 5.15 2005 1742348 369010 736815 618130 2742 15651 5.14 2006 1714254 365443 719714 610601 2985 15511 5.00 2007 1737468 390395 715660 612999 3191 15223 5.02 2008 1695278 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