world oil production (from K. Deffeyes) pre 1930 total production 17 gigabarrels year kb/da Gigabarrels/year 1930 3644 1.33 1931 3879 1.42 1932 4034 1.47 1933 4221 1.54 1934 4521 1.65 1935 4758 1.74 1936 4971 1.81 1937 5223 1.91 1938 5354 1.95 1939 5618 2.05 1940 5676 2.07 1941 5964 2.18 1942 5682 2.07 1943 6124 2.24 1944 6971 2.54 1945 7002 2.56 1946 7424 2.71 1947 8167 2.98 1948 9236 3.37 1949 9198 3.36 1950 10307 3.76 1951 11574 4.22 1952 12232 4.46 1953 13026 4.75 1954 13534 4.94 1955 15249 5.57 1956 16330 5.96 1957 17137 6.25 1958 17514 6.39 1959 19002 6.94 1960 20580 7.51 1961 21954 8.01 1962 23794 8.68 1963 25519 9.31 1964 27755 10.13 1965 29592 10.80 1966 32129 11.73 1967 34586 12.62 1968 37686 13.76 1969 40358 14.73 1970 44237 16.15 1971 47284 17.26 1972 48934 17.86 1973 54867 20.03 1974 56287 20.54 1975 53048 19.36 1976 56351 20.57 1977 58266 21.27 1978 58390 21.31 1979 60227 21.98 1980 57358 20.94 1981 53349 19.47 1982 50446 18.41 1983 50262 18.35 1984 51160 18.67 1985 50909 18.58 1986 53172 19.41 1987 53204 19.42 1988 54875 20.03 1989 57300 20.91 1990 57760 21.08 1991 57414 20.96 1992 57210 20.88 1993 57125 20.85 1994 57812 21.10 1995 58981 21.53 1996 60405 22.05 1997 62384 22.77 1998 63124 23.04 1999 61364 22.40 2000 63418 23.15 2001 62772 22.91 2002 60947 22.25 2003 64217 23.44 2004 66504 24.27 2005 66625 24.32