Emerging markets Compared by Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area

DEFINITION: SO2 emissions per populated land area
Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Bulgaria	4,610 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
2	Chile	4,380 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
3	Poland	3,900 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
4	China	2,680 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
5	Hungary	2,650 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
6	South Africa	2,350 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
7	Ukraine	2,060 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
8	Romania	2,040 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
9	Lithuania	1,690 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
10	Malaysia	1,600 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
11	India	1,150 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
12	Thailand	1,070 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
13	Mexico	970 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
14	Russia	930 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
15	Philippines	880 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
16	Turkey	650 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
17	Venezuela	590 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
18	Estonia	580 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
19	Peru	450 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=20	Indonesia	360 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=20	Brazil	360 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
22	Pakistan	300 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
23	Colombia	240 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
24	Latvia	180 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
25	Argentina	150 thousand metric tons/squ	2000

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