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CARBON
EMISSIONS FOR THE WORLD'S 20 LARGEST EMITTERS (PER CAPITA) 1 |
| Country |
Tons Per Capita 2 |
Population (millions) 3 |
Total Tons (millions) |
Land Area (square miles) 3 |
Tons Per Square Mile |
| Netherlands |
4.1 |
16.0 |
65.60 |
13,100 |
5007.63 |
| Belgium |
3.7 |
10.3 |
38.11 |
11,700 |
3257.26 |
| Italy |
2.1 |
57.7 |
322.60 |
113,400 |
2844.80 |
| Japan |
2.4 |
126.8 |
304.32 |
152,200 |
1999.47 |
| Germany |
2.9 |
83.1 |
240.99 |
135,100 |
1783.79 |
| United Kingdom |
2.6 |
59.6 |
154.96 |
93,200 |
1662.66 |
| Czech Republic |
2.8 |
10.3 |
28.84 |
30,300 |
951.82 |
| Poland |
2.2 |
38.6 |
84.92 |
117,400 |
723.34 |
| France |
2.1 |
59.6 |
107.28 |
210,400 |
509.89 |
| United States |
5.6 |
287.1 |
1607.76 |
3,535,000 |
454.81 |
| Ukraine |
2.1 |
48.8 |
102.48 |
232,800 |
440.21 |
| Spain |
2.1 |
40.0 |
82.00 |
192,600 |
425.75 |
| South Africa |
2.2 |
43.6 |
95.92 |
470,900 |
203.70 |
| India |
0.2 |
1030.0 |
206.00 |
1,146,000 |
179.76 |
| China |
0.5 |
1273.1 |
636.56 |
3,596,600 |
176.99 |
| Mexico |
1.0 |
101.9 |
101.90 |
741,600 |
137.41 |
| Russia |
2.7 |
145.5 |
392.85 |
6,585,000 |
59.66 |
| Canada |
4.9 |
31.6 |
154.84 |
3,556,000 |
43.544 |
| Australia |
5.0 |
19.4 |
97.00 |
2,937,800 |
33.02 |
| World Average |
1.0 |
6080.0 |
6080.00 |
58,433,000 |
104.05 |
1 Does not include the average for the European Union
2 Tons Per Capita figure as quoted from The United Nations Framework
on Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Emission Statistics for Canada
3 Figures on population and land area quoted from The World Almanac 2002
4 Canada:
| Province |
Percentage of
Canadian Emissions (a) |
Total Emissions
(Millions of Tons) (b) |
Land Area
(Square Miles) (c) |
Tons/Square Mile |
| Nova Scotia |
2.93 |
4.54 |
21,425
|
211.91 |
| Prince Edward Is. |
0.30 |
0.46 |
2,185 |
210.53 |
| Alberta |
29.47 |
45.63 |
255,287 |
178.74 |
| New Brunswick |
2.83 |
4.38 |
28,355 |
154.47 |
| Ontario |
28.73 |
44.49 |
412,581 |
107.83 |
| Saskatchewan |
8.79 |
13.61 |
251,866 |
54.00 |
| British Columbia |
9.07 |
14.04 |
365,948 |
38.37 |
| Newfoundland |
1.31 |
2.02 |
56,649 |
35.66 |
| Quebec |
12.92 |
20.01 |
594,860 |
33.64 |
| Manitoba |
3.12 |
4.83 |
250,947 |
19.25 |
| Yukon |
0.09 |
0.14 |
186,661 |
0.75 |
| NWT/Nun. |
0.26 |
0.40 |
1,322,910 |
0.30 |
a) According to Environment Canada 1997
b) Based on 154.84 Million Tons
c) According to the World Almanac 2002
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