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  Rank Order - Natural gas - proved reserves


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Natural gas - proved reserves
(cu m)
Date of Information
1
 World 174,600,000,000,000 1 January 2002
2
 Russia 47,570,000,000,000 2003
3
 Iran 26,620,000,000,000 2005
4
 Qatar 25,770,000,000,000 2005
5
 Saudi Arabia 6,544,000,000,000 2005
6
 United Arab Emirates 6,006,000,000,000 2005
7
 United States 5,353,000,000,000 1 January 2002
8
 Algeria 4,531,000,000,000 2005
9
 Nigeria 4,502,000,000,000 2005
10
 Venezuela 4,191,000,000,000 2005
11
 European Union 3,256,000,000,000 1 January 2002
12
 Iraq 3,115,000,000,000 2005
13
 Kazakhstan 3,000,000,000,000 1 January 2004
14
 Indonesia 2,557,000,000,000 2005
15
 Australia 2,549,000,000,000 1 January 2002
16
 China 2,530,000,000,000 2004
17
 Malaysia 2,124,000,000,000 2005
18
 Norway 2,118,000,000,000 1 January 2002
19
 Turkmenistan 2,010,000,000,000 1 January 2002
20
 Egypt 1,900,000,000,000 2005
21
 Uzbekistan 1,875,000,000,000 1 January 2005
22
 Netherlands 1,756,000,000,000 1 January 2002
23
 Canada 1,673,000,000,000 2004
24
 Kuwait 1,572,000,000,000 2005
25
 Libya 1,321,000,000,000 2005
26
 Ukraine 1,121,000,000,000 9 November 2004
27
 India 853,500,000,000 2005
28
 Azerbaijan 849,500,000,000 1 January 2002
29
 Oman 829,100,000,000 2005
30
 Pakistan 759,700,000,000 2005
31
 Trinidad and Tobago 733,000,000,000 1 January 2004
32
 Bolivia 679,600,000,000 1 January 2002
33
 Argentina 663,500,000,000 2005
34
 United Kingdom 628,600,000,000 31 December 2004
35
 Yemen 478,600,000,000 2005
36
 Mexico 424,300,000,000 2005
37
 Brunei 390,800,000,000 1 January 2002
38
 Thailand 377,700,000,000 November 2003
39
 Papua New Guinea 345,500,000,000 2005
40
 Germany 305,800,000,000 1 January 2004
41
 Bangladesh 300,200,000,000 1 January 2002
42
 Burma 283,200,000,000 2005
43
 Peru 247,100,000,000 2005
44
 Syria 240,700,000,000 2005
45
 Brazil 240,000,000,000 2005
46
 Italy 226,500,000,000 1 January 2002
47
 Vietnam 192,600,000,000 2005
48
 Poland 154,400,000,000 December 2004
49
 Colombia 127,600,000,000 2005
50
 Mozambique 127,400,000,000 1 January 2002
51
 Cameroon 110,400,000,000 2005
52
 Philippines 106,800,000,000 1 January 2004
53
 Romania 100,700,000,000 1 January 2002
54
 Afghanistan 99,960,000,000 1 January 2002
55
 Chile 97,980,000,000 1 January 2004
56
 Bahrain 92,030,000,000 2005
57
 Congo, Republic of the 90,610,000,000 1 January 2002
58
 Sudan 84,950,000,000 2005
59
 Tunisia 77,870,000,000 2005
60
 Taiwan 76,460,000,000 2005
61
 Denmark 73,510,000,000 1 January 2002
62
 Cuba 70,790,000,000 1 January 2002
63
 Namibia 62,300,000,000 1 January 2002
64
 Rwanda 56,630,000,000 1 January 2002
65
 Serbia and Montenegro 48,140,000,000 1 January 2002
66
 Angola 45,870,000,000 2005
67
 Japan 39,640,000,000 1 January 2002
68
 Israel 38,940,000,000 1 January 2002
69
 New Zealand 37,380,000,000 1 January 2002
70
 Equatorial Guinea 36,810,000,000 1 January 2002
71
 Hungary 34,260,000,000 1 January 2002
72
 Gabon 33,980,000,000 2005
73
 Cote d'Ivoire 29,730,000,000 2005
74
 Ethiopia 24,920,000,000 1 January 2002
75
 Croatia 24,720,000,000 1 January 2002
76
 Ghana 23,790,000,000 1 January 2002
77
 Austria 23,200,000,000 2004
78
 Tanzania 22,650,000,000 1 January 2002
79
 Ireland 19,820,000,000 1 January 2002
80
 Slovakia 15,010,000,000 1 January 2002
81
 France 14,330,000,000 1 January 2002
82
 Ecuador 9,769,000,000 2005
83
 Turkey 8,495,000,000 1 January 2002
84
 Jordan 6,230,000,000 1 January 2002
85
 Bulgaria 5,947,000,000 1 January 2002
86
 Somalia 5,663,000,000 1 January 2002
87
 Czech Republic 3,964,000,000 1 January 2002
88
 Guatemala 3,087,000,000 1 January 2002
89
 Albania 2,832,000,000 1 January 2002
90
 Spain 2,662,000,000 1 January 2002
91
 Benin 1,218,000,000 1 January 2002
92
 Morocco 1,218,000,000 2005
93
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 991,100,000 1 January 2002
94
 Greece 991,100,000 1 January 2002
95
 Barbados 141,600,000 1 January 2002
96
 South Africa 28,320,000 1 January 2002
97
 Madagascar 0 1 January 2002
98
 Mauritania 0 2005
99
 Suriname 0 2005

This page was last updated on 16 May, 2006
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