Table 11.1  World Population, Energy Consumption, and Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Region, 1986-1995

  1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
                     
North America                    
 Population 346 350 354 358 363 369 374 379 383 388
 Energy consumption 89 92 96 98 98 98 99 101 103 106
 CO2 emissions 1,385 1,436 1,515 1,541 1,474 1,494 1,527 1,527 1,663 1,694
Cen. & So. America                    
 Population 327 333 339 346 352 358 364 370 376 383
 Energy consumption 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 17 17
 CO2 emissions 163 175 178 179 177 186 194 204 224 234
Western Europe                    
 Population 446 448 451 454 457 460 463 466 468 471
 Energy consumption 61 62 63 64 64 65 64 64 64 66
 CO2 emissions 909 912 883 912 920 900 885 872 859 890
Eastern Europe                    
 Population 379 382 383 385 390 392 392 392 392 393
 Energy consumption 70 72 74 73 71 67 63 59 53 51
 CO2 emissions 1,298 1,347 1,368 1,335 1,223 1,173 1,060 1,009 880 934
Middle East                    
 Population 116 119 123 126 130 134 137 141 145 149
 Energy consumption 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 14
 CO2 emissions 147 146 157 163 167 312 200 208 235 243
Africa                    
 Population 574 591 608 624 641 661 682 703 724 746
 Energy consumption 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12
 CO2 emissions 169 168 178 180 182 186 194 195 198 196
Far East & Oceania                    
 Population 2,740 2,785 2,836 2,887 2,934 2,982 3,030 3,078 3,145 3,195
 Energy consumption 61 64 69 72 74 77 80 86 91 96
 CO2 emissions 1,199 1,256 1,356 1,383 1,449 1,534 1,611 1,659 1,785 1,875
WORLD                    
 Population 4,927 5,009 5,094 5,180 5,266 5,356 5,442 5,528 5,634 5,724
 Energy consumption 313 323 335 341 343 343 345 351 354 362
 CO2 emissions 5,270 5,440 5,635 5,693 5,593 5,785 5,671 5,674 5,844 6,066

Sources:  U.S. Department oif Energy, Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual 1995, Appendix Table E1, pp. 169-170, and Appendix Table B1, pp.121-124, DOE/EIA-0219(95) (GPO, Washington, DC, 1996).

Marland, G. and T. Boden, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Global CO2 Emissions From Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Production, and Gas Flaring :1751-1996 (an Internet accessible numerical database) (Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 1999).

Notes:  Population is expressed in millions, energy consumption in quadrillion Btu, and CO2 emissions in million metric tons of carbon (to convert the latter to carbon dioxide gas emitted, multiply times 3.664). Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions refers to emissions from fossil fuel burning and gas flaring; excludes emissions from cement production. Regional grouping of countries in sources have been reconciled as follows: North America includes Mexico; Western Europe includes Germany and Turkey; Eastern Europe includes the former USSR, and Far East and Oceania includes Centrally Planned Asia.

Last Updated on Wednesday, September 29, 1999