Table 3.
World coal production, 1950–2005 (million tonnes). Adapted from Energy Information Administration (2008) and Mitchell (2000a,b,c).
| year | China | other Asia/Oceania | USA | Europe | Eurasia | other | world total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 41 | 111 | 508 | 849 | 261 | 53 | 1823 |
| 1960 | 397 | 176 | 394 | 1059 | 510 | 60 | 2596 |
| 1970 | 354 | 248 | 518 | 1098 | 624 | 85 | 2927 |
| 1980 | 621 | 323 | 754 | 1212 | 718 | 178 | 3806 |
| 1985 | 874 | 449 | 803 | 1329 | 728 | 267 | 4450 |
| 1990 | 1082 | 547 | 935 | 1211 | 802 | 290 | 4867 |
| 1995 | 1397 | 660 | 939 | 872 | 438 | 336 | 4642 |
| 2000 | 1195 | 802 | 976 | 756 | 403 | 368 | 4500 |
| 2005 | 2209 | 1075 | 1029 | 702 | 457 | 429 | 5901 |