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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 15 March, 2007
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