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Country Comparison :: 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.

Rank	country	(cu m)	Date of Information


1	Russia	47,800,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


2	Iran	33,610,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


3	Qatar	25,200,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


4	United States	9,459,000,000,000	1 January 2012 est.


5	Saudi Arabia	8,150,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


6	Turkmenistan	7,504,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


7	United Arab Emirates	6,089,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


8	Venezuela	5,524,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


9	Nigeria	5,153,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


10	Algeria	4,504,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


11	China	3,517,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


12	Iraq	3,158,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


13	Indonesia	3,069,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


14	Kazakhstan	2,407,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


15	Malaysia	2,350,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


16	Egypt	2,186,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


17	Norway	2,070,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


18	Canada	1,930,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


19	European Union	1,859,000,000,000	1 January 2012 est.


20	Uzbekistan	1,841,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


21	Kuwait	1,798,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


22	Libya	1,547,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


23	India	1,241,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


24	Netherlands	1,230,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


25	Australia	1,219,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


26	Ukraine	1,104,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


27	Chad	999,500,000,000	1 January 2012 est.


28	Azerbaijan	991,100,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


29	Oman	849,500,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


30	Vietnam	699,400,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


31	Pakistan	679,600,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


32	Mexico	487,700,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


33	Yemen	478,500,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


34	Brazil	395,500,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


35	Brunei	390,800,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


36	Trinidad and Tobago	375,400,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


37	Angola	366,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


38	Peru	359,600,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


39	Argentina	332,500,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


40	Thailand	284,900,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


41	Burma	283,200,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


42	Bolivia	281,500,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


43	Israel	268,500,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


44	United Kingdom	246,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


45	Syria	240,700,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


46	Timor-Leste	200,000,000,000	1 January 2006 est.


47	Bangladesh	183,700,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


48	Colombia	169,900,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


49	Papua New Guinea	155,300,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


50	Cameroon	135,100,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


51	Mozambique	127,400,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


52	Germany	125,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


53	Romania	105,500,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


54	Philippines	98,540,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


55	Chile	97,970,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


56	Bahrain	92,030,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


57	Poland	92,000,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


58	Congo, Republic of the	90,610,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


59	Cuba	70,790,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


60	Tunisia	65,130,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


61	South Sudan	63,710,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


62	Italy	62,350,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


63	Namibia	62,290,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


64	Rwanda	56,630,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


65	Afghanistan	49,550,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


66	Serbia	48,140,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


67	Denmark	42,980,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


68	Equatorial Guinea	36,810,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


69	New Zealand	29,420,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


70	Gabon	28,320,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


71	Mauritania	28,320,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


72	Cote d'Ivoire	28,320,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


73	Ethiopia	24,920,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


74	Croatia	24,920,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


75	Ghana	22,650,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


76	Sudan	21,240,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


77	Japan	20,900,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


78	South Africa	16,000,000,000	1 January 2012 est.


79	Uganda	14,160,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


80	Slovakia	14,160,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


81	Austria	10,820,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


82	France	10,700,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


83	Ireland	9,911,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


84	Georgia	8,495,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


85	Hungary	8,098,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


86	Ecuador	6,994,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


87	Tanzania	6,513,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


88	Taiwan	6,229,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


89	Turkey	6,173,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


90	Jordan	6,031,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


91	Kyrgyzstan	5,663,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


92	Tajikistan	5,663,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


93	Bulgaria	5,663,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


94	Somalia	5,663,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


95	Korea, South	5,267,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


96	Czech Republic	3,964,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


97	Guatemala	2,960,000,000	1 January 2006 est.


98	Belarus	2,832,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


99	Spain	2,548,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


100	Madagascar	2,010,000,000	1 January 2012 est.


101	Morocco	1,444,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


102	Benin	1,133,000,000	1 January 2013 est.


103	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	991,100,000	1 January 2013 est.


104	Greece	991,100,000	1 January 2013 est.


105	Albania	849,500,000	1 January 2013 est.


106	Barbados	113,300,000	1 January 2013 est.


107	Aruba	0	1 January 2013 est.


108	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1 January 2013 est.


109	Armenia	0	1 January 2013 est.


110	American Samoa	0	1 January 2013 est.


111	Botswana	0	1 January 2013 est.


112	Bermuda	0	1 January 2013 est.


113	Belgium	0	1 January 2013 est.


114	Bahamas, The	0	1 January 2009 est.


115	Belize	0	1 January 2013 est.


116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1 January 2013 est.


117	Solomon Islands	0	1 January 2013 est.


118	Bhutan	0	1 January 2013 est.


119	Burundi	0	1 January 2013 est.


120	Cambodia	0	1 January 2013 est.


121	Curacao	0	1 January 2011 est.


122	Sri Lanka	0	1 January 2013 est.


123	Cayman Islands	0	1 January 2013 est.


124	Comoros	0	1 January 2013 est.


125	Costa Rica	0	1 January 2013 est.


126	Central African Republic	0	1 January 2013 est.


127	Cabo Verde	0	1 January 2013 est.


128	Cook Islands	0	1 January 2013 est.


129	Cyprus	0	1 January 2013 est.


130	Djibouti	0	1 January 2013 est.


131	Dominica	0	1 January 2013 est.


132	Dominican Republic	0	1 January 2013 est.


133	Estonia	0	1 January 2013 est.


134	Eritrea	0	1 January 2013 est.


135	El Salvador	0	1 January 2013 est.


136	Finland	0	1 January 2013 est.


137	Fiji	0	1 January 2013 est.


138	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0	1 January 2013 est.


139	Faroe Islands	0	1 January 2013 est.


140	French Polynesia	0	1 January 2013 est.


141	Gambia, The	0	1 January 2013 est.


142	Gibraltar	0	1 January 2013 est.


143	Grenada	0	1 January 2013 est.


144	Greenland	0	1 January 2013 est.


145	Guam	0	1 January 2013 est.


146	Guinea	0	1 January 2013 est.


147	Guyana	0	1 January 2013 est.


148	Haiti	0	1 January 2013 est.


149	Hong Kong	0	1 January 2013 est.


150	Honduras	0	1 January 2013 est.


151	Iceland	0	1 January 2013 est.


152	Jamaica	0	1 January 2013 est.


153	Kenya	0	1 January 2013 est.


154	Korea, North	0	1 January 2013 est.


155	Kiribati	0	1 January 2013 est.


156	Laos	0	1 January 2013 est.


157	Lebanon	0	1 January 2013 est.


158	Latvia	0	1 January 2013 est.


159	Lithuania	0	1 January 2013 est.


160	Liberia	0	1 January 2013 est.


161	Lesotho	0	1 January 2013 est.


162	Luxembourg	0	1 January 2013 est.


163	Macau	0	1 January 2013 est.


164	Moldova	0	1 January 2013 est.


165	Mongolia	0	1 January 2013 est.


166	Montserrat	0	1 January 2013 est.


167	Malawi	0	1 January 2013 est.


168	Montenegro	0	1 January 2013 est.


169	Macedonia	0	1 January 2013 est.


170	Mali	0	1 January 2013 est.


171	Mauritius	0	1 January 2013 est.


172	Malta	0	1 January 2013 est.


173	Maldives	0	1 January 2013 est.


174	New Caledonia	0	1 January 2013 est.


175	Niue	0	1 January 2013 est.


176	Niger	0	1 January 2013 est.


177	Vanuatu	0	1 January 2013 est.


178	Nepal	0	1 January 2013 est.


179	Nauru	0	1 January 2013 est.


180	Suriname	0	1 January 2011 est.


181	Nicaragua	0	1 January 2013 est.


182	Paraguay	0	1 January 2013 est.


183	Panama	0	1 January 2013 est.


184	Portugal	0	1 January 2013 est.


185	Guinea-Bissau	0	1 January 2013 est.


186	Puerto Rico	0	1 January 2013 est.


187	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	1 January 2013 est.


188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1 January 2013 est.


189	Seychelles	0	1 January 2013 est.


190	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0	1 January 2013 est.


191	Sierra Leone	0	1 January 2013 est.


192	Singapore	0	1 January 2013 est.


193	Saint Lucia	0	1 January 2013 est.


194	Sweden	0	1 January 2013 est.


195	Switzerland	0	1 January 2011 est.


196	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	1 January 2013 est.


197	Tonga	0	1 January 2013 est.


198	Togo	0	1 January 2013 est.


199	Sao Tome and Principe	0	1 January 2013 est.


200	Burkina Faso	0	1 January 2013 est.


201	Uruguay	0	1 January 2013 est.


202	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1 January 2013 est.


203	British Virgin Islands	0	1 January 2013 est.


204	Virgin Islands	0	1 January 2013 est.


205	West Bank	0	1 January 2013 est.


206	Western Sahara	0	1 January 2013 est.


207	Samoa	0	1 January 2013 est.


208	Swaziland	0	1 January 2013 est.


209	Zambia	0	1 January 2013 est.


210	Zimbabwe	0	1 January 2013 est.

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