BRAZIL

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Total fossil-fuel CO₂ emissions from Brazil have grown rapidly since the early 1900s except for a short lull during the early 1980s. Emissions have increased steadily since 1983 and now total 90 million metric tons of carbon in 2004. Liquid-fuel use accounts for 64.6% of the 2004 emission total and 18.2% comes from coal burning. Natural gas consumption has increased steadily over the past two decades and now accounts for approximately 10% of Brazil's fossil-fuel CO₂ emissions. With a population exceeding 180 million people, Brazil's 2004 per capita emission rate of 0.50 metric tons of carbon is well below the global average per capita rate of 1.23 metric tons of carbon.