Rank
|
Country
|
Oil - proved reserves
(bbl)
|
Date of Information
|
1
|
World
|
1,025,000,000,000
|
1 January 2002 est.
|
2
|
Saudi Arabia
|
261,700,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
3
|
Canada
|
178,900,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
4
|
Iran
|
130,800,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
5
|
Iraq
|
112,500,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
6
|
United Arab Emirates
|
97,800,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
7
|
Kuwait
|
96,500,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
8
|
Venezuela
|
78,000,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
9
|
Russia
|
69,000,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
10
|
Libya
|
38,000,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
11
|
Nigeria
|
34,000,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
12
|
European Union
|
28,210,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
13
|
Kazakhstan
|
26,000,000,000
|
1 January 2004
|
14
|
United Kingdom
|
25,410,000,000
|
2003
|
15
|
Angola
|
22,880,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
16
|
United States
|
22,450,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
17
|
Mexico
|
18,000,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
18
|
China
|
17,740,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
19
|
Qatar
|
16,000,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
20
|
Brazil
|
13,900,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
21
|
Algeria
|
11,870,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
22
|
Norway
|
9,859,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
23
|
India
|
5,700,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
24
|
Oman
|
5,500,000,000
|
2003 est.
|
25
|
Indonesia
|
4,900,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
26
|
Ecuador
|
4,408,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
27
|
Yemen
|
4,000,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
28
|
Australia
|
3,664,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
29
|
Burma
|
3,200,000,000
|
2003
|
30
|
Malaysia
|
3,200,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
31
|
Argentina
|
2,900,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
32
|
Egypt
|
2,700,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
33
|
Syria
|
2,500,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
34
|
Gabon
|
2,022,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
35
|
Colombia
|
1,700,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
36
|
Tunisia
|
1,700,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
37
|
Sudan
|
1,600,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
38
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
1,538,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
39
|
Brunei
|
1,255,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
40
|
Denmark
|
1,230,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
41
|
Romania
|
1,055,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
42
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
990,000,000
|
1 January 2004
|
43
|
Vietnam
|
650,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
44
|
Thailand
|
600,000,000
|
1 January 2003
|
45
|
Azerbaijan
|
589,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
46
|
Italy
|
586,600,000
|
1 January 2002
|
47
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
563,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
48
|
Cuba
|
532,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
49
|
Bolivia
|
458,800,000
|
1 January 2002
|
50
|
Peru
|
408,800,000
|
2004 est.
|
51
|
Germany
|
395,800,000
|
1 January 2004
|
52
|
Ukraine
|
395,000,000
|
9 November 2004
|
53
|
Pakistan
|
325,500,000
|
2004 est.
|
54
|
Morocco
|
300,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
55
|
Uzbekistan
|
297,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
56
|
Turkey
|
288,400,000
|
1 January 2002
|
57
|
Turkmenistan
|
273,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
58
|
Guatemala
|
263,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
59
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
220,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
60
|
Albania
|
185,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
61
|
Papua New Guinea
|
170,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
62
|
Philippines
|
152,000,000
|
1 January 2004
|
63
|
Chile
|
150,000,000
|
1 January 2004
|
64
|
France
|
144,300,000
|
1 January 2002
|
65
|
Bahrain
|
126,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
66
|
Poland
|
116,400,000
|
1 January 2002
|
67
|
Hungary
|
110,700,000
|
1 January 2002
|
68
|
Suriname
|
99,000,000
|
2004
|
69
|
Croatia
|
93,600,000
|
1 January 2002
|
70
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
93,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
71
|
New Zealand
|
89,620,000
|
1 January 2002
|
72
|
Netherlands
|
88,060,000
|
1 January 2002
|
73
|
Austria
|
85,690,000
|
1 January 2002
|
74
|
Cameroon
|
80,000,000
|
2004 est.
|
75
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
38,750,000
|
1 January 2002
|
76
|
Japan
|
29,290,000
|
1 January 2002
|
77
|
Bangladesh
|
28,450,000
|
1 January 2002
|
78
|
Czech Republic
|
17,250,000
|
1 January 2002
|
79
|
Spain
|
10,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
80
|
Ghana
|
8,255,000
|
1 January 2002
|
81
|
Bulgaria
|
8,100,000
|
1 January 2002
|
82
|
South Africa
|
7,840,000
|
1 January 2002
|
83
|
Greece
|
4,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
84
|
Slovakia
|
4,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
85
|
Benin
|
4,105,000
|
1 January 2002
|
86
|
Taiwan
|
2,900,000
|
2004 est.
|
87
|
Israel
|
1,920,000
|
1 January 2002
|
88
|
Barbados
|
1,254,000
|
1 January 2002
|
89
|
Jordan
|
445,000
|
1 January 2002
|
90
|
Ethiopia
|
214,000
|
1 January 2002
|
91
|
Afghanistan
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
92
|
Rwanda
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
93
|
Tanzania
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
94
|
Namibia
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
95
|
Somalia
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
96
|
Mozambique
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
97
|
Ireland
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
98
|
Madagascar
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
This page was last updated on 17 May, 2005
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