Primary energy supply in TWh per day, for the period 1800-2013, specified by fuel-type:
Average primary energy supply per person in kWh per day, for the period 1800-2013, specified by fuel-type:
Data source for the period 1800-1970: Max Roser (2016), Energy Production & Changing Energy Sources, which in turn cites Vaclav Smil (2010), Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects.
Data source for the period since 1971: IEA Headline Energy Data, total primary energy supply.
Note that there is some discrepancy between the estimates from both data sources, which explains the slight jump in the graph from 1970 to 1971. The IEA-estimates for oil are around 20% higher, while the IEA-estimates for renewables are up to 20% lower.
For more detailed examinations of changes in energy use and energy sources over the last centuries, see e.g. the following articles:
- Bithas et al. (2016), A Brief History of Energy Use in Human Societies
- EIA (2011), History of energy consumption in the United States, 1775–2009
- Gales et al. (2007), North versus South: Energy transition and energy intensity in Europe over 200 years
- Grubler A (2004), Transitions in Energy Use
- Gail Tverberg (2012), World Energy Consumption Since 1820 in Charts
- Historical Perspectives of Energy Consumption