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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 161,200,000,000,000 1 January 2002
2
Russia 47,000,000,000,000 2003
3
Iran 26,700,000,000,000 2004
4
Qatar 14,410,000,000,000 2004
5
Saudi Arabia 6,339,000,000,000 2004
6
United Arab Emirates 6,060,000,000,000 2004
7
United States 5,195,000,000,000 1 January 2002
8
Algeria 4,739,000,000,000 2004
9
Venezuela 4,190,000,000,000 2004
10
Nigeria 4,007,000,000,000 2004
11
European Union 3,256,000,000,000 1 January 2002
12
Iraq 3,149,000,000,000 2004
13
Indonesia 2,549,000,000,000 2004
14
Burma 2,460,000,000,000 2003
15
Australia 2,407,000,000,000 1 January 2002
16
China 2,230,000,000,000 2004
17
Malaysia 2,230,000,000,000 2004
18
Kazakhstan 1,800,000,000,000 1 January 2004
19
Norway 1,716,000,000,000 1 January 2002
20
Netherlands 1,693,000,000,000 1 January 2002
21
Canada 1,691,000,000,000 2004
22
Kuwait 1,548,000,000,000 2004
23
Turkmenistan 1,430,000,000,000 1 January 2002
24
Libya 1,321,000,000,000 2004
25
Egypt 1,264,000,000,000 2004
26
Uzbekistan 937,300,000,000 1 January 2002
27
Oman 829,700,000,000 2003
28
Argentina 768,000,000,000 2004
29
Bolivia 727,200,000,000 1 January 2002
30
United Kingdom 714,900,000,000 2003
31
Pakistan 695,600,000,000 2004
32
Trinidad and Tobago 589,000,000,000 1 January 2004
33
Ukraine 560,700,000,000 9 November 2004
34
India 542,400,000,000 2004
35
Yemen 480,000,000,000 2004
36
Mexico 420,000,000,000 2004
37
Papua New Guinea 385,500,000,000 2004
38
Thailand 368,200,000,000 1 January 2003
39
Brunei 315,000,000,000 1 January 2002
40
Germany 293,000,000,000 1 January 2004
41
Peru 245,100,000,000 2004
42
Syria 240,700,000,000 2004
43
Brazil 221,700,000,000 2004
44
Italy 209,700,000,000 1 January 2002
45
Vietnam 192,600,000,000 2004
46
Poland 154,400,000,000 1 January 2002
47
Bangladesh 150,300,000,000 1 January 2002
48
Colombia 132,000,000,000 2004
49
Romania 111,100,000,000 1 January 2002
50
Philippines 107,600,000,000 1 January 2004
51
Ecuador 106,500,000,000 2004
52
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 104,800,000,000 1 January 2002
53
Sudan 99,110,000,000 2004
54
Chile 99,050,000,000 1 January 2004
55
Denmark 81,980,000,000 1 January 2002
56
Angola 79,570,000,000 2004
57
Tunisia 77,160,000,000 2004
58
Equatorial Guinea 68,530,000,000 1 January 2002
59
Gabon 66,470,000,000 2004
60
Mozambique 63,710,000,000 1 January 2002
61
Azerbaijan 62,300,000,000 1 January 2002
62
New Zealand 58,940,000,000 1 January 2002
63
Cameroon 55,220,000,000 2004
64
Hungary 50,450,000,000 1 January 2002
65
Afghanistan 49,980,000,000 1 January 2002
66
Bahrain 46,000,000,000 2004
67
Cuba 42,620,000,000 1 January 2002
68
Taiwan 38,230,000,000 2004
69
Croatia 34,360,000,000 1 January 2002
70
Namibia 31,150,000,000 1 January 2002
71
Rwanda 28,320,000,000 1 January 2002
72
Austria 24,900,000,000 1 January 2002
73
Serbia and Montenegro 24,070,000,000 1 January 2002
74
Israel 20,810,000,000 1 January 2002
75
Japan 20,020,000,000 1 January 2002
76
Cote d'Ivoire 14,870,000,000 2004
77
South Africa 14,160,000,000 1 January 2002
78
France 12,860,000,000 1 January 2002
79
Ethiopia 12,460,000,000 1 January 2002
80
Ghana 11,890,000,000 1 January 2002
81
Tanzania 11,330,000,000 1 January 2002
82
Ireland 9,911,000,000 1 January 2002
83
Turkey 8,685,000,000 1 January 2002
84
Slovakia 7,504,000,000 1 January 2002
85
Bulgaria 3,724,000,000 1 January 2002
86
Albania 3,316,000,000 1 January 2002
87
Jordan 3,256,000,000 1 January 2002
88
Czech Republic 3,057,000,000 1 January 2002
89
Somalia 2,832,000,000 1 January 2002
90
Guatemala 1,543,000,000 1 January 2002
91
Morocco 665,400,000 2004
92
Benin 608,800,000 1 January 2002
93
Congo, Republic of the 495,500,000 1 January 2002
94
Greece 254,900,000 1 January 2002
95
Spain 254,900,000 1 January 2002
96
Barbados 70,790,000 1 January 2002
97
Madagascar 0 1 January 2002
98
Suriname 0 2004

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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