Country Rankings by Cumulative (1751-2010) CO2 Emissions

If you know some history about the country which you're interested in, you will understand more about the country's cumulative emissions. For example, in the case of Yugoslavia, Montenegro, and Serbia:

Period COUNTRY CO2 emissions (1000 metric tons of CO2)
1880-1991 YUGOSLAVIA (FORMER SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC) 3,250,075
1992-2005 YUGOSLAVIA (MONTENEGRO & SERBIA) 643,252
2006-2010 MONTENEGRO 11,780
2006-2010 SERBIA 249,795

Then, here are the statistics. [full list here]
Total CO₂ emissions from fossil-fuels and cement production
Unit: thousand metric tons of CO₂

Rank	Cumulative emissions (1751-2010)			2010 emissions
	Country (period)	CO2		Country	CO2
1	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1800-2010)	355,263,451		CHINA (MAINLAND)	8,280,544
2	CHINA (MAINLAND) (1899-2010)	132,468,155		UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	5,428,895
3	USSR (1830-1991)	112,821,745		INDIA	2,007,284
4	UNITED KINGDOM (1751-2010)	73,492,772		RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1,739,443
5	JAPAN (1950-2010)	48,542,156		JAPAN	1,169,819
6	GERMANY (1792-1946, 1991-2010)	43,846,517		GERMANY	744,813
7	INDIA (1858-2010)	37,594,857		ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN	571,174
8	FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) (1802-2010)	34,591,818		REPUBLIC OF KOREA	567,133
9	RUSSIAN FEDERATION (1992-2010)	31,586,661		CANADA	498,755
10	FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (1945-1990)	27,451,215		UNITED KINGDOM	493,127
11	CANADA (1785-2010)	27,151,590		SAUDI ARABIA	464,125
12	POLAND (1800-2010)	24,327,602		SOUTH AFRICA	459,772
13	ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) (1860-2010)	20,689,181		MEXICO	443,334
14	SOUTH AFRICA (1884-2010)	16,417,251		INDONESIA	433,657
15	MEXICO (1891-2010)	15,157,817		BRAZIL	419,433
16	AUSTRALIA (1851-2010)	14,325,565		ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO)	405,996
17	ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (1902-2010)	12,375,948		AUSTRALIA	372,795
18	FORMER GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (1945-1990)	12,178,928		FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO)	360,996
19	SPAIN (1830-2010)	11,927,048		POLAND	317,011
20	REPUBLIC OF KOREA (1945-2010)	11,664,634		UKRAINE	304,571
21	BELGIUM (1802-2010)	11,307,606		TURKEY	297,774
22	CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1860-1991)	11,242,790		THAILAND	295,055
23	BRAZIL (1901-2010)	10,930,916		SPAIN	269,468
24	NETHERLANDS (1846-2010)	10,067,266		TAIWAN	260,322
25	SAUDI ARABIA (1935-2010)	9,698,931		KAZAKHSTAN	248,538
26	INDONESIA (1889-2010)	8,802,362		MALAYSIA	216,638
27	ROMANIA (1857-2010)	7,664,982		EGYPT	204,619
28	UKRAINE (1992-2010)	7,024,591		VENEZUELA	201,593
29	TURKEY (1865-2010)	6,687,046		NETHERLANDS	181,938
30	ARGENTINA (1887-2010)	6,572,174		ARGENTINA	180,373
31	VENEZUELA (1904, 1908, 1913-2010)	6,415,251		UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	167,468
32	TAIWAN (1896-2010)	6,260,831		PAKISTAN	161,272
33	DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (1945-2010)	6,183,740		VIET NAM	150,115
34	THAILAND (1931-2010)	5,070,995		ALGERIA	123,381
35	AUSTRIA (1807, 1819-2010)	4,761,591		IRAQ	114,579
36	HUNGARY (1831-2010)	4,482,002		CZECH REPUBLIC	111,666
37	SWEDEN (1834, 1839-2010)	4,462,981		BELGIUM	108,863
38	EGYPT (1911-2010)	4,127,909		UZBEKISTAN	104,363
39	JAPAN (EXCLUDING THE RUYUKU ISLANDS) (1868-1949)	4,015,008		KUWAIT	93,624
40	DENMARK (1843-2010)	3,609,657		GREECE	86,651
41	MALAYSIA (1970-2010)	3,464,170		PHILIPPINES	81,528
42	KAZAKHSTAN (1992-2010)	3,394,503		NIGERIA	78,850
43	BULGARIA (1879-2010)	3,337,301		ROMANIA	78,685
44	YUGOSLAVIA (FORMER SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC) (1880, 1885, 1890-1991)	3,250,075		COLOMBIA	75,622
45	ALGERIA (1900-2010)	3,171,687		CHILE	72,203
46	GREECE (1867-2010)	3,083,406		DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA	71,569
47	PAKISTAN (1972-2010)	2,980,299		ISRAEL	70,602
48	IRAQ (1924-2010)	2,867,010		QATAR	70,477
49	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1959-2010)	2,780,355		AUSTRIA	66,846
50	NIGERIA (1915-2010)	2,714,931		BELARUS	62,174
51	FINLAND (1860-2010)	2,645,616		SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	61,811
52	SWITZERLAND (1858-2010)	2,561,548		FINLAND	61,797
53	COLOMBIA (1921-2010)	2,546,829		LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH	58,990
54	CZECH REPUBLIC (1992-2010)	2,330,997		PERU	57,535
55	PHILIPPINES (1907-2010)	2,239,455		OMAN	57,158
56	UZBEKISTAN (1992-2010)	2,180,076		NORWAY	57,143
57	NORWAY (1829-2010)	2,144,457		BANGLADESH	56,110
58	CHILE (1895-2010)	2,104,012		TURKMENISTAN	53,014
59	PORTUGAL (1870-2010)	2,068,817		SWEDEN	52,475
60	VIET NAM (1892-1945, 1970-2010)	1,940,068		PORTUGAL	52,321
61	KUWAIT (1946-2010)	1,924,986		TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	50,643
62	ISRAEL (1930-2010)	1,814,804		MOROCCO	50,570
63	IRELAND (1850, 1880, 1881, 1910, 1913-2010)	1,788,268		HUNGARY	50,544
64	NETHERLAND ANTILLES AND ARUBA (1926-1985)	1,751,000		DENMARK	46,268
65	LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH (1950-2010)	1,616,865		SERBIA	45,927
66	SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (1931-2010)	1,525,857		AZERBAIJAN	45,696
67	SINGAPORE (1957-2010)	1,510,592		BULGARIA	44,645
68	NEW ZEALAND (1878-2010)	1,495,745		IRELAND	39,969
69	PERU (1884-2010)	1,447,912		SWITZERLAND	38,727
70	CUBA (1941-2010)	1,410,886		CUBA	38,335
71	HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA (1938-2010)	1,173,835		HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA	36,261
72	BELARUS (1992-2010)	1,158,896		SLOVAKIA	36,067
73	MOROCCO(1928-2010)	1,155,972		ECUADOR	32,611
74	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (1908-2010)	1,134,598		NEW ZEALAND	31,527
75	QATAR (1949-2010)	1,115,926		BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA	31,102
76	ECUADOR (1917-2010)	810,995		ANGOLA	30,394
77	BANGLADESH (1972-2010)	806,646		TUNISIA	25,858
78	TURKMENISTAN (1992-2010)	748,275		BAHRAIN	24,184
79	SLOVAKIA (1992-2010)	747,107		YEMEN	21,835
80	AZERBAIJAN (1992-2010)	703,829		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	20,948
81	OMAN (1964-2010)	659,016		CROATIA	20,868
82	YUGOSLAVIA (MONTENEGRO & SERBIA) (1992-2005)	643,252		JORDAN	20,805
83	LUXEMBOURG (1945-2010)	638,467		LEBANON	20,388
84	TUNISIA (1866-2010)	625,027		ESTONIA	18,325
85	ZIMBABWE (1903-2010)	610,542		PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA	15,445

Note: Original carbon contents of CO2 emissions were multiplied by a conversion factor (= 44.0095/12.0107) to make CO2-equivalent numbers.Source:
Boden, T., Marland, G., Andres, B., & Marland, G. (2013). National CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2010. Oak Ridge, TN: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center.