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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 166,800,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
2
 Russia 45,630,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
3
 Iran 26,370,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
4
 Qatar 24,730,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
5
 Saudi Arabia 6,568,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
6
 United Arab Emirates 5,823,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
7
 United States 5,551,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
8
 Nigeria 5,015,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
9
 Algeria 4,359,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
10
 Venezuela 4,112,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
11
 European Union 3,310,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
12
 Iraq 3,040,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
13
 Indonesia 2,656,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
14
 Norway 2,288,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
15
 Malaysia 2,037,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
16
 Turkmenistan 1,928,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
17
 Uzbekistan 1,798,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
18
 Kazakhstan 1,765,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
19
 Netherlands 1,684,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
20
 Egypt 1,589,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
21
 Canada 1,537,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
22
 Kuwait 1,521,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
23
 China 1,448,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
24
 Libya 1,430,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
25
 Ukraine 1,075,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
26
 India 1,056,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
27
 Azerbaijan 814,700,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
28
 Oman 795,200,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
29
 Pakistan 764,600,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
30
 Australia 750,600,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
31
 Trinidad and Tobago 702,800,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
32
 Bolivia 651,800,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
33
 Argentina 512,400,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
34
 United Kingdom 509,200,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
35
 Yemen 459,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
36
 Mexico 434,100,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
37
 Thailand 400,700,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
38
 Brunei 374,800,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
39
 France 341,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
40
 Papua New Guinea 331,300,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
41
 Brazil 312,700,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
42
 Burma 271,600,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
43
 Germany 246,500,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
44
 Peru 236,900,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
45
 Syria 230,800,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
46
 Italy 217,300,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
47
 Vietnam 184,700,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
48
 Poland 158,100,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
49
 Bangladesh 135,800,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
50
 Mozambique 122,200,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
51
 Colombia 109,700,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
52
 Philippines 107,500,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
53
 Cameroon 105,900,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
54
 Romania 96,410,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
55
 Chile 93,970,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
56
 Bahrain 88,260,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
57
 Congo, Republic of the 86,900,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
58
 Sudan 81,470,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
59
 Taiwan 76,460,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
60
 Denmark 75,660,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
61
 Tunisia 74,680,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
62
 Cuba 67,890,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
63
 Namibia 59,750,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
64
 Rwanda 54,320,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
65
 Afghanistan 47,530,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
66
 Serbia 46,170,000,000 1 January 2006
67
 Angola 44,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
68
 Japan 38,020,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
69
 Israel 37,340,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
70
 Equatorial Guinea 35,310,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
71
 Hungary 32,860,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
72
 Gabon 32,590,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
73
 Croatia 27,160,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
74
 Cote d'Ivoire 27,160,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
75
 New Zealand 24,440,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
76
 Ethiopia 23,900,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
77
 Ghana 22,810,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
78
 Tanzania 21,730,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
79
 Austria 14,390,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
80
 Slovakia 14,390,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
81
 Ireland 9,505,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
82
 Ecuador 9,369,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
83
 Turkey 8,147,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
84
 Jordan 5,975,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
85
 Bulgaria 5,703,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
86
 Somalia 5,432,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
87
 Czech Republic 3,802,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
88
 Guatemala 2,960,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
89
 Spain 2,444,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
90
 Morocco 1,629,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
91
 Benin 1,086,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
92
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 950,500,000 1 January 2006 est.
93
 Greece 950,500,000 1 January 2006 est.
94
 Albania 814,700,000 1 January 2006 est.
95
 Barbados 135,800,000 1 January 2006 est.
96
 South Africa 27,160,000 1 January 2006 est.
97
 Bhutan 0 1 January 2006 est.
98
 Suriname 0 1 January 2006 est.
99
 Mauritania 0 1 January 2006 est.
100
 Madagascar 0 1 January 2006 est.

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