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Field Listing :: Natural gas - proved reserves

This entry is the stock of proved reserves of natural gas in cubic meters (cu m). Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m)


Afghanistan	49.55 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Albania	849.5 million cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Algeria	4.502 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


American Samoa	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Angola	310 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Argentina	378.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Armenia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Aruba	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Australia	788.6 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Austria	16.14 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)


Azerbaijan	849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Bahamas, The	0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)


Bahrain	92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Bangladesh	183.7 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Barbados	113.3 million cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Belarus	2.832 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Belgium	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Belize	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Benin	1.133 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Bermuda	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Bhutan	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Bolivia	281.5 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Botswana	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Brazil	416.9 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


British Virgin Islands	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Brunei	390.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Bulgaria	5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Burkina Faso	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Burma	283.2 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Burundi	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Cambodia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Cameroon	135.1 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Canada	1.727 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Cape Verde	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Cayman Islands	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Central African Republic	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Chad	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Chile	97.97 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


China	3.1 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Colombia	134.1 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Comoros	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	991.1 million cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	90.61 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Cook Islands	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Costa Rica	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Croatia	24.92 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Cuba	70.79 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Curacao	0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)


Cyprus	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Czech Republic	3.964 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)


Denmark	51.99 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Djibouti	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Dominica	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Dominican Republic	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Ecuador	7.985 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Egypt	2.186 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


El Salvador	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Eritrea	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Estonia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Ethiopia	113 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)


European Union	2.005 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Faroe Islands	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Fiji	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Finland	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


France	5.522 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


French Polynesia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Gabon	28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Gambia, The	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Georgia	8.495 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Germany	175.6 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Ghana	22.65 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Gibraltar	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Greece	991.1 million cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Greenland	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Grenada	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Guam	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Guatemala	2.96 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)


Guinea	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Guyana	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Haiti	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Honduras	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Hong Kong	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Hungary	8.013 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Iceland	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


India	1.154 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Indonesia	3.994 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Iran	33.07 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Iraq	3.171 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Ireland	9.911 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Israel	270.7 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Italy	66 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Jamaica	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Japan	20.9 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Jordan	6.031 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Kazakhstan	2.407 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Kenya	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Kiribati	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Korea, North	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Korea, South	7.079 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Kosovo	NA cu m (2011 est.)


Kuwait	1.798 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Laos	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Latvia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Lebanon	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Lesotho	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Liberia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Libya	1.495 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Lithuania	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Luxembourg	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Macau	174,000 cu m (1 January 2010 est.)


Macedonia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Madagascar	0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)


Malawi	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Malaysia	2.35 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Maldives	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Mali	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Malta	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Mauritania	28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Mauritius	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Mexico	490.3 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Moldova	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Mongolia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Montenegro	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Montserrat	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Morocco	1.444 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Mozambique	127.4 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Namibia	62.29 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Nauru	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Nepal	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Netherlands	1.303 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


New Caledonia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


New Zealand	27.64 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Nicaragua	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Niger	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Nigeria	5.11 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Niue	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Norway	2.007 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Oman	849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Pakistan	753.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Panama	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Papua New Guinea	155.3 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Paraguay	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Peru	352.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Philippines	98.54 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Poland	95 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Portugal	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Puerto Rico	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Qatar	25.2 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Romania	63 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Russia	47.57 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Rwanda	56.63 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Saint Lucia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Samoa	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Saudi Arabia	8.028 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Senegal	(1 January 2012 est.)


Serbia	48.14 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Seychelles	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Sierra Leone	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Singapore	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Slovakia	14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Slovenia	(1 January 2012 est.)


Solomon Islands	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Somalia	5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


South Africa	27.16 million cu m (1 January 2006 est.)


Spain	2.548 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Sri Lanka	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Sudan	84.95 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Suriname	0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)


Swaziland	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Sweden	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Switzerland	0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)


Syria	240.7 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Taiwan	6.229 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Tajikistan	5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Tanzania	6.513 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Thailand	299.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Timor-Leste	200 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)


Togo	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Tonga	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	381.1 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Tunisia	65.13 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Turkey	6.173 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Turkmenistan	24.3 trillion cu m (June 2012 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Uganda	14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Ukraine	1.104 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


United Arab Emirates	6.089 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


United Kingdom	253 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


United States	7.716 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)


Uruguay	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Uzbekistan	1.841 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Vanuatu	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Venezuela	5.524 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Vietnam	699.4 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Virgin Islands	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


West Bank	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Western Sahara	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


World	208.2 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)


Yemen	478.5 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Zambia	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)


Zimbabwe	0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)

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