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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

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