Historically Responsible Countries For Climate Change

For every 20 year interval between 1800-2000, name the modern-day countries that had the highest carbon emissions that year.

Source - Our World in Data (which sourced its data from the Global Carbon Budget)

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1800
United Kingdom	31.34 million tonnes
Germany	795,100 tonnes
Poland	406,700 tonnes
United States	252,800 tonnes
Canada	3,700 tonnes
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1820
United Kingdom	42.57 million tonnes
Germany	3.38 million tonnes
France	2.9 million tonnes
United States	791,400 tonnes
Poland	747,500 tonnes
Austria	333,400 tonnes
Australia	6,200 tonnes
Canada	3,700 tonnes
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1840
United Kingdom	80.79 million tonnes
France	11.8 million tonnes
Germany	9.17 million tonnes
Belgium	7.73 million tonnes
United States	5.87 million tonnes
Poland	1.97 million tonnes
Austria	1.17 million tonnes
Hungary	135,600 tonnes
Australia	47,600 tonnes
Norway	44,000 tonnes

1860
United Kingdom	167.95 million tonnes
United States	47.44 million tonnes
France	38.13 million tonnes
Germany	36.39 million tonnes
Belgium	15.21 million tonnes
Poland	7.49 million tonnes
Austria	6.15 million tonnes
Netherlands	4.8 million tonnes
Spain	1.93 million tonnes
Hungary	905,000 tonnes

1880
United Kingdom	297.12 million tonnes
United States	198.68 million tonnes
Germany	124.5 million tonnes
France	76.15 million tonnes
Belgium	30.43 million tonnes
Poland	26.35 million tonnes
Austria	23.65 million tonnes
Czechia	15.56 million tonnes
Russia	8.58 million tonnes
Netherlands	7.97 million tonnes

1900
United States	662.74 million tonnes
United Kingdom	419.74 million tonnes
Germany	326.76 million tonnes
France	129.28 million tonnes
Poland	63.31 million tonnes
Belgium	49.67 million tonnes
Russia	45.99 million tonnes
Czechia	33.72 million tonnes
Austria	27.7 million tonnes
Canada	20.63 million tonnes

1920
United States	1.74 billion tonnes
United Kingdom	480.47 million tonnes
Germany	429.21 million tonnes
France	151.78 million tonnes
Canada	84.38 million tonnes
Mexico	77.67 million tonnes
Poland	76.38 million tonnes
Japan	74.28 million tonnes
Belgium	55.15 million tonnes
China	40.28 million tonnes

1940
United States	1.87 billion tonnes
Germany	654.33 million tonnes
United Kingdom	500.08 million tonnes
Russia	297.24 million tonnes
Poland	167.25 million tonnes
Japan	153.24 million tonnes
France	137.74 million tonnes
Canada	108.62 million tonnes
Ukraine	94.29 million tonnes
China	90.79 million tonnes

1960
United States	2.9 billion tonnes
Russia	884.7 million tonnes
Germany	813.95 million tonnes
China	798.8 million tonnes
United Kingdom	584.02 million tonnes
France	296.6 million tonnes
Ukraine	280.58 million tonnes
Japan	232.83 million tonnes
Poland	199.58 million tonnes
Canada	192.72 million tonnes

1980
United States	4.81 billion tonnes
Russia	2.13 billion tonnes
China	1.49 billion tonnes
Germany	1.1 billion tonnes
Japan	948.54 million tonnes
Ukraine	674.12 million tonnes
United Kingdom	579.04 million tonnes
France	512.22 million tonnes
Poland	463.33 million tonnes
Canada	442.85 million tonnes

2000
United States	6.01 billion tonnes
China	3.65 billion tonnes
Russia	1.48 billion tonnes
Japan	1.26 billion tonnes
India	986.44 million tonnes
Germany	898.98 million tonnes
United Kingdom	569.03 million tonnes
Canada	566.26 million tonnes
Italy	469.6 million tonnes
France	406.14 million tonnes

1810
United Kingdom	35.4 million tonnes
France	2.21 million tonnes
Germany	978,300 tonnes
Poland	567,900 tonnes
United States	417,700 tonnes
Canada	3,700 tonnes
Australia	1,300 tonnes
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1830
United Kingdom	67.72 million tonnes
France	6.55 million tonnes
Belgium	6.2 million tonnes
Germany	4.79 million tonnes
United States	2.09 million tonnes
Poland	989,300 tonnes
Austria	494,600 tonnes
Hungary	113,600 tonnes
Russia	11,200 tonnes
Norway	7,300 tonnes

1850
United Kingdom	122.35 million tonnes
United States	19.79 million tonnes
France	19.62 million tonnes
Germany	15.14 million tonnes
Belgium	9.33 million tonnes
Poland	3.2 million tonnes
Netherlands	3.14 million tonnes
Austria	2.33 million tonnes
Spain	494,600 tonnes
Ireland	395,700 tonnes

1870
United Kingdom	228.49 million tonnes
United States	98.62 million tonnes
Germany	76.64 million tonnes
France	50.54 million tonnes
Belgium	24.75 million tonnes
Poland	16.66 million tonnes
Austria	7.36 million tonnes
Netherlands	4.94 million tonnes
Czechia	4.85 million tonnes
Spain	3.07 million tonnes

1890
United States	401.75 million tonnes
United Kingdom	353.02 million tonnes
Germany	208.23 million tonnes
France	97.82 million tonnes
Poland	41.86 million tonnes
Belgium	39.82 million tonnes
Czechia	26.09 million tonnes
Russia	16.58 million tonnes
Austria	13.04 million tonnes
Canada	12.41 million tonnes

1910
United States	1.27 billion tonnes
United Kingdom	469.73 million tonnes
Germany	445.37 million tonnes
France	150.61 million tonnes
Poland	94.55 million tonnes
Belgium	61.29 million tonnes
Russia	58.95 million tonnes
Austria	58.79 million tonnes
Canada	51.62 million tonnes
Czechia	41.57 million tonnes

1930
United States	1.74 billion tonnes
Germany	462.09 million tonnes
United Kingdom	460.8 million tonnes
France	237.63 million tonnes
Russia	95.55 million tonnes
Canada	94.35 million tonnes
Belgium	93.67 million tonnes
Japan	86.17 million tonnes
Poland	56.57 million tonnes
China	49.56 million tonnes

1950
United Kingdom	2.54 billion tonnes
Germany	510.68 million tonnes
United Kingdom	500.79 million tonnes
Russia	415.06 million tonnes
France	202.28 million tonnes
Canada	154.13 million tonnes
Ukraine	131.69 million tonnes
Poland	112.12 million tonnes
Japan	102.54 million tonnes
China	78.84 million tonnes

1970
United States	4.34 billion tonnes
Russia	1.44 billion tonnes
Germany	1.03 billion tonnes
China	807.95 million tonnes
Japan	769.74 million tonnes
United Kingdom	652.58 million tonnes
France	361.34 million tonnse
Ukraine	356.32 million tonnes
Canada	341.18 million tonnes
Poland	304.14 million tonnes

1990
United States	5.12 billion tonnes
Russia	2.54 billion tonnes
China	2.48 billion tonnes
Japan	1.16 billion tonnes
Germany	1.05 billion tonnes
Ukraine	706.23 million tonnes
United Kingdom	601.95 million tonnes
India	578 million tonnes
Canada	458.01 million tonnes
Italy	438.21 million tonnes