Dec. 6 (Reuters) - The world's population may be increasing at breakneck speed, but U.N data shows global greenhouse gas emissions are growing even faster.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published a report last week issuing one of the strongest warnings yet of the lasting impact of climate change on living standards, and called for urgent collective action.

Below is a list of the 30 heaviest emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, as of 2004. Data refer to CO2 emissions stemming from fossil fuel consumption, natural gas flaring, and cement production.

Also included are each country's global share in CO2 emissions and population between 1990, the base year used in the Kyoto Protocol, and 2004.

The final column shows how per capita CO2 emissions for each country have changed between 1990 and 2004.

TOTAL CO2 SHARE GLOBAL SHARE GLOBAL CO2 EMISSIONS

EMISSIONS CO2 EMISSIONS POPULATION PER CAPITA

(MtCO2) (PCT) (PCT) (tCO2)

1990 2004 1990 2004 2004 1990 2004

U.S. 4,818 6,046 21.2 20.9 4.6 19.3 20.6 China 2,399 5,007 10.6 17.3 20.0 2.1 3.8 Russia* 1,984 1,524 8.7 5.3 2.2 13.4 10.6 India 682 1,342 3.0 4.6 17.1 0.8 1.2 Japan 1,071 1,257 4.7 4.3 2.0 8.7 9.9 Germany 980 808 4.3 2.8 1.3 12.3 9.8 Canada 416 639 1.8 2.2 0.5 15.0 20.0 UK 579 587 2.6 2.0 0.9 10.0 9.8 South Korea 241 465 1.1 1.6 0.7 5.6 9.7 Italy 390 450 1.7 1.6 0.9 6.9 7.8 Mexico 413 438 1.8 1.5 1.6 5.0 4.2 South Africa 332 437 1.5 1.5 0.7 9.1 9.8 Iran 218 433 1.0 1.5 1.1 4.0 6.4 Indonesia 214 378 0.9 1.3 3.4 1.2 1.7 France 364 373 1.6 1.3 0.9 6.4 6.0 Brazil 210 332 0.9 1.1 2.8 1.4 1.8 Spain 212 330 0.9 1.1 0.7 5.5 7.6 Ukraine* 600 330 2.6 1.1 0.7 11.5 7.0 Australia 278 327 1.2 1.1 0.3 16.3 16.2 Saudi Arabia 255 308 1.1 1.1 0.4 15.9 13.6 Poland 348 307 1.5 1.1 0.6 9.1 8.0 Thailand 96 268 0.4 0.9 1.0 1.7 4.2 Turkey 146 226 0.6 0.8 1.1 2.6 3.2 Kazakhstan* 259 200 1.1 0.7 0.2 15.7 13.3 Algeria 77 194 0.3 0.7 0.5 3.0 5.5 Malaysia 55 177 0.2 0.6 0.4 3.0 7.5 Venezuela 117 173 0.5 0.6 0.4 6.0 6.6 Egypt 75 158 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 2.3 UAE 55 149 0.2 0.5 0.1 27.2 34.1 Netherlands 141 142 0.6 0.5 0.2 9.4 8.7 3.4 1.2 1.7 France 364 373 1.6 1.3 0.9 6.4 6.0 Brazil 210 332 0.9 1.1 2.8 1.4 1.8 Spain 212 330 0.9 1.1 0.7 5.5 7.6 Ukraine* 600 330 2.6 1.1 0.7 11.5 7.0 Australia 278 327 1.2 1.1 0.3 16.3 16.2 Saudi Arabia 255 308 1.1 1.1 0.4 15.9 13.6 Poland 348 307 1.5 1.1 0.6 9.1 8.0 Thailand 96 268 0.4 0.9 1.0 1.7 4.2 Turkey 146 226 0.6 0.8 1.1 2.6 3.2 Kazakhstan* 259 200 1.1 0.7 0.2 15.7 13.3 Algeria 77 194 0.3 0.7 0.5 3.0 5.5 Malaysia 55 177 0.2 0.6 0.4 3.0 7.5 Venezuela 117 173 0.5 0.6 0.4 6.0 6.6 Egypt 75 158 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 2.3 UAE 55 149 0.2 0.5 0.1 27.2 34.1 Netherlands 141 142 0.6 0.5 0.2 9.4 8.7 158 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 2.3 UAE 55 149 0.2 0.5 0.1 27.2 34.1 Netherlands 141 142 0.6 0.5 0.2 9.4 8.7

TOP 30 18,025 23,805 78.9 82.1 68.4 4.8 5.3

WORLD 22,703 28,983 100 100 100 4.3 4.5

*NOTE: Figures for Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan use 1992 instead of 1990 as base year. Source: UNDP (Reporting by Michael Szabo; Editing by James Jukwey)

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