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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 172,800,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
2
Russia 47,570,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
3
Iran 26,620,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
4
Qatar 25,770,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
5
Saudi Arabia 6,654,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
6
United Arab Emirates 6,006,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
7
United States 5,451,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
8
Nigeria 4,984,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
9
Algeria 4,545,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
10
Venezuela 4,276,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
11
European Union 3,219,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
12
Iraq 3,115,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
13
Indonesia 2,760,000,000,000 31 December 2005 est.
14
China 2,350,000,000,000 2005 est.
15
Malaysia 2,124,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
16
Norway 2,085,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
17
Turkmenistan 2,010,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
18
Uzbekistan 1,875,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
19
Kazakhstan 1,841,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
20
Netherlands 1,756,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
21
Egypt 1,657,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
22
Canada 1,603,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
23
Kuwait 1,572,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
24
Libya 1,472,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
25
Ukraine 1,121,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
26
India 853,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
27
Azerbaijan 849,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
28
Oman 829,100,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
29
Australia 821,200,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
30
Pakistan 759,700,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
31
Trinidad and Tobago 733,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
32
Bolivia 679,600,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
33
Argentina 612,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
34
United Kingdom 589,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
35
Yemen 478,600,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
36
Mexico 420,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
37
Brunei 390,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
38
Thailand 377,700,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
39
Papua New Guinea 345,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
40
France 341,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
41
Brazil 306,000,000,000 2005 est.
42
Bangladesh 300,200,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
43
Romania 300,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
44
Burma 283,200,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
45
Germany 279,100,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
46
Peru 246,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
47
Syria 240,000,000,000 2006 est.
48
Italy 226,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
49
Vietnam 192,600,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
50
Poland 164,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
51
Mozambique 127,400,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
52
Colombia 114,400,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
53
Cameroon 110,400,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
54
Philippines 106,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
55
Denmark 99,990,000,000 2006 est.
56
Afghanistan 99,960,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
57
Chile 97,980,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
58
Bahrain 92,030,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
59
Congo, Republic of the 90,610,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
60
Sudan 84,950,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
61
Tunisia 77,870,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
62
Taiwan 76,460,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
63
Cuba 70,790,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
64
Namibia 62,300,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
65
Rwanda 56,630,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
66
Serbia 48,140,000,000 1 January 2005
67
Angola 45,870,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
68
Japan 39,640,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
69
Israel 38,940,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
70
Equatorial Guinea 36,810,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
71
Hungary 34,260,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
72
Gabon 33,980,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
73
New Zealand 33,360,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
74
Cote d'Ivoire 28,320,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
75
Ethiopia 24,920,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
76
Croatia 24,640,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
77
Ghana 23,790,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
78
Tanzania 22,650,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
79
Ireland 19,820,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
80
Austria 15,010,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
81
Slovakia 15,010,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
82
Ecuador 9,769,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
83
Turkey 8,495,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
84
Jordan 6,230,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
85
Bulgaria 5,947,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
86
Somalia 5,663,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
87
Czech Republic 3,964,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
88
Guatemala 3,087,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
89
Albania 2,832,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
90
Spain 2,549,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
91
Morocco 1,218,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
92
Benin 1,133,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
93
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 991,100,000 1 January 2005 est.
94
Greece 991,100,000 1 January 2005 est.
95
Barbados 141,600,000 1 January 2005 est.
96
South Africa 28,320,000 1 January 2005 est.
97
Bhutan 0 1 January 2005 est.
98
Suriname 0 1 January 2005 est.
99
Mauritania 0 1 January 2005 est.
100
Madagascar 0 1 January 2005 est.

This page was last updated on 8 March, 2007

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