Table 1.  Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions by Region, 1990-2020

Region

Energy Consumption
(Quadrillion Btu)

Carbon Dioxide Emissions
(Million Metric Tons Carbon Equivalent)

1990

1999

2010

2020

1990

1999

2010

2020

Industrialized

182.4

209.6

243.4

270.4

2,842

3,122

3,619

4,043

EE/FSU

76.3

50.5

60.3

72.3

1,337

810

940

1,094

Developing

               

  Asia

51.0

70.9

113.4

162.2

1,053

1,361

2,137

3,013

  Middle East

13.1

19.3

26.9

37.2

231

330

451

627

  Africa

9.3

11.8

16.1

20.8

179

218

294

373

  Central and South America

13.7

19.8

29.6

44.1

178

249

394

611

    Total

87.2

121.8

186.1

264.4

1,641

2,158

3,276

4,624

Total World

346.0

381.8

489.7

607.1

5,821

6,091

7,835

9,762

Sources: History: Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Annual 1999, DOE/EIA-0219(99) (Washington, DC, January 2001). Projections: EIA, World Energy Projection System (2001).

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