Energy consumption growth

According to a 2021 IEA report, global energy use is projected to increase by nearly 50% from 2020 to 2050, driven largely by population and economic growth in developing countries.

The figure above was extracted from this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

Published under CC BY 4.0. Attribute the original publisher; the citations below do that for you and link to this permanent record.

APA

Chevron. (2050). Five things you may not know about natural gas. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q3/five-things-you-may-not-know-about-natural-gas. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0V

Copy

MLA

Chevron. "Five things you may not know about natural gas." 2050, https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q3/five-things-you-may-not-know-about-natural-gas. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0V.

Copy

Chicago

Chevron. "Five things you may not know about natural gas." 2050. https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q3/five-things-you-may-not-know-about-natural-gas. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0V.

Copy

BibTeX

@misc{chevron2050energydt9t0v, author = {{Chevron}}, title = {Five things you may not know about natural gas}, year = {2050}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0V}, note = {Original source: https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q3/five-things-you-may-not-know-about-natural-gas. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

Copy

Everything needed to check this number yourself, without taking our word for it.

Record last modified 15 September 2026. Value type: forecast. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9T0V.