| 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1913 | 1920 | 1930 | 1938 | |
| United States | 147 | 248 | 483 | 541 | 694 | 762 | 697 |
| Britain | 145 | 171 | 185 | 195 | 212 | 184 | 196 |
| Germany | 71 | 112 | 158 | 187 | 159 | 177 | 228 |
| France | 36 | 47.9 | 55 | 62.5 | 65 | 97.5 | 84 |
| Austria-Hungary | 19.7 | 29 | 40 | 49.4 | - | - | - |
| Russia | 10.9 | 30 | 41 | 54 | 14.3 | 65 | 177 |
| Japan | 4.6 | 4.6 | 15.4 | 23 | 34 | 55.8 | 96.5 |
| Italy | 4.5 | 5 | 9.6 | 11 | 14.3 | 24 | 27.8 |
Notes:
(1) In millions of metric tons of coal equivalent.
Source: Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.