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Country Comparison :: Oil - proved reserves
This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum 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.
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Rank
 country (bbl) Date of Information
1 Saudi Arabia
266,700,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
2 Canada
178,100,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
3 Iran
136,200,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
4 Iraq
115,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
5 Kuwait
104,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
6 Venezuela
99,380,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
7 United Arab Emirates
97,800,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
8 Russia
60,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
9 Libya
43,660,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
10 Nigeria
36,220,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
11 Kazakhstan
30,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
12 United States
21,320,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
13 China
16,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
14 Qatar
15,210,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
15 Brazil
12,620,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
16 Algeria
12,200,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
17 Mexico
10,500,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
18 Angola
9,040,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
19 Azerbaijan
7,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
20 Norway
6,680,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
21 European Union
5,718,000,000
1 January 2008
22 India
5,625,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
23 Oman
5,500,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
24 Sudan
5,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
25 Ecuador
4,660,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
26 Malaysia
4,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
27 Indonesia
3,990,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
28 Egypt
3,700,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
29 United Kingdom
3,410,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
30 Yemen
3,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
31 Argentina
2,616,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
32 Syria
2,500,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
33 Gabon
2,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
34 Congo, Republic of the
1,600,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
35 Australia
1,500,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
36 Chad
1,500,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
37 Colombia
1,355,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
38 Brunei
1,100,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
39 Equatorial Guinea
1,100,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
40 Denmark
1,060,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
41 Trinidad and Tobago
728,300,000
1 January 2009 est.
42 Romania
600,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
43 Turkmenistan
600,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
44 Vietnam
600,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
45 Uzbekistan
594,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
46 Timor-Leste
553,800,000
1 January 2008
47 Bolivia
465,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
48 Thailand
441,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
49 Tunisia
425,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
50 Peru
415,800,000
1 January 2009 est.
51 Italy
406,500,000
1 January 2009 est.
52 Ukraine
395,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
53 Pakistan
339,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
54 Turkey
300,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
55 Germany
276,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
56 Cameroon
200,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
57 Albania
199,100,000
1 January 2009 est.
58 Belarus
198,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
59 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
180,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
60 Chile
150,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
61 Spain
150,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
62 Philippines
138,500,000
1 January 2009 est.
63 Bahrain
124,600,000
1 January 2009 est.
64 Cuba
124,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
65 France
103,300,000
1 January 2009 est.
66 Cote d'Ivoire
100,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
67 Mauritania
100,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
68 Netherlands
100,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
69 Poland
96,380,000
1 January 2009 est.
70 Papua New Guinea
88,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
71 Guatemala
83,070,000
1 January 2009 est.
72 Suriname
79,600,000
1 January 2009 est.
73 Croatia
79,300,000
1 January 2009 est.
74 Serbia
77,500,000
1 January 2009 est.
75 New Zealand
60,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
76 Austria
50,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
77 Burma
50,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
78 Japan
44,120,000
1 January 2009 est.
79 Kyrgyzstan
40,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
80 Georgia
35,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
81 Bangladesh
28,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
82 Hungary
20,180,000
1 January 2009 est.
83 Bulgaria
15,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
84 Czech Republic
15,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
85 South Africa
15,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
86 Ghana
15,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
87 Lithuania
12,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
88 Tajikistan
12,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
89 Greece
10,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
90 Slovakia
9,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
91 Benin
8,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
92 Belize
6,700,000
1 January 2009 est.
93 Taiwan
2,380,000
1 January 2009 est.
94 Barbados
2,170,000
1 January 2009 est.
95 Israel
1,940,000
1 January 2009 est.
96 Jordan
1,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
97 Morocco
750,000
1 January 2009 est.
98 Ethiopia
430,000
1 January 2009 est.
99 Aruba
0
NA
100 Afghanistan
0
1 January 2009 est.
101 Botswana
0
1 January 2009 est.
102 Macedonia
0
1 January 2009 est.
103 Montenegro
0
1 January 2009 est.
104 Malawi
0
1 January 2009 est.
105 Montserrat
0
1 January 2009 est.
106 Mongolia
0
NA
107 Moldova
0
1 January 2009 est.
108 Macau
0
1 January 2009 est.
109 Madagascar
0
1 January 2009 est.
110 Luxembourg
0
1 January 2009 est.
111 Zimbabwe
0
1 January 2009 est.
112 Zambia
0
NA
113 Swaziland
0
1 January 2009 est.
114 Samoa
0
1 January 2009 est.
115 Western Sahara
0
1 January 2009 est.
116 Namibia
0
1 January 2009 est.
117 Virgin Islands
0
NA
118 British Virgin Islands
0
1 January 2009 est.
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0
1 January 2009 est.
120 Uruguay
0
NA
121 Burkina Faso
0
1 January 2009 est.
122 Uganda
0
1 January 2009 est.
123 Tanzania
0
1 January 2009 est.
124 Sao Tome and Principe
0
1 January 2009 est.
125 Togo
0
1 January 2009 est.
126 Tonga
0
1 January 2009 est.
127 Turks and Caicos Islands
0
1 January 2009 est.
128 Switzerland
0
NA
129 Sweden
0
1 January 2009 est.
130 Saint Lucia
0
1 January 2009 est.
131 Somalia
0
1 January 2009 est.
132 Singapore
0
1 January 2009 est.
133 Sierra Leone
0
1 January 2009 est.
134 Slovenia
0
1 January 2009 est.
135 Saint Helena
0
1 January 2009 est.
136 Senegal
0
1 January 2009 est.
137 Seychelles
0
1 January 2009 est.
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis
0
1 January 2009 est.
139 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0
1 January 2009 est.
140 Rwanda
0
1 January 2009 est.
141 Puerto Rico
0
1 January 2009 est.
142 Guinea-Bissau
0
1 January 2009 est.
143 Portugal
0
NA
144 Panama
0
1 January 2009 est.
145 Paraguay
0
1 January 2009 est.
146 Nicaragua
0
1 January 2009 est.
147 Netherlands Antilles
0
1 January 2009 est.
148 Nauru
0
1 January 2009 est.
149 Nepal
0
1 January 2009 est.
150 Vanuatu
0
1 January 2009 est.
151 Niger
0
NA
152 Niue
0
1 January 2009 est.
153 New Caledonia
0
1 January 2009 est.
154 Mozambique
0
1 January 2009 est.
155 Maldives
0
1 January 2009 est.
156 Malta
0
1 January 2009 est.
157 Mauritius
0
1 January 2009 est.
158 Mali
0
1 January 2009 est.
159 Lesotho
0
1 January 2009 est.
160 Iceland
0
1 January 2009 est.
161 Honduras
0
1 January 2009 est.
162 Hong Kong
0
1 January 2009 est.
163 Haiti
0
1 January 2009 est.
164 Guyana
0
1 January 2009 est.
165 Guinea
0
1 January 2009 est.
166 Gambia, The
0
1 January 2009 est.
167 French Polynesia
0
1 January 2009 est.
168 Faroe Islands
0
1 January 2009 est.
169 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0
1 January 2009 est.
170 Fiji
0
1 January 2009 est.
171 Finland
0
NA
172 El Salvador
0
1 January 2009 est.
173 Eritrea
0
1 January 2009 est.
174 Estonia
0
1 January 2009 est.
175 Greenland
0
1 January 2009 est.
176 Grenada
0
1 January 2009 est.
177 Gibraltar
0
1 January 2009 est.
178 Ireland
0
1 January 2009 est.
179 Dominican Republic
0
NA
180 Dominica
0
1 January 2009 est.
181 Djibouti
0
1 January 2009 est.
182 Cyprus
0
NA
183 Cook Islands
0
1 January 2009 est.
184 Cape Verde
0
1 January 2009 est.
185 Central African Republic
0
1 January 2009 est.
186 Liberia
0
1 January 2009 est.
187 Latvia
0
1 January 2009 est.
188 Lebanon
0
1 January 2009 est.
189 Laos
0
1 January 2009 est.
190 Korea, South
0
NA
191 Kiribati
0
1 January 2009 est.
192 Korea, North
0
NA
193 Kenya
0
1 January 2009 est.
194 Jamaica
0
1 January 2009 est.
195 Costa Rica
0
NA
196 Comoros
0
1 January 2009 est.
197 Cayman Islands
0
1 January 2009 est.
198 Sri Lanka
0
1 January 2009 est.
199 Cambodia
0
1 January 2009 est.
200 Burundi
0
1 January 2009 est.
201 Bhutan
0
1 January 2009 est.
202 Solomon Islands
0
1 January 2009 est.
203 Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
1 January 2009 est.
204 Belgium
0
1 January 2009 est.
205 Bahamas, The
0
1 January 2009 est.
206 Bermuda
0
1 January 2009 est.
207 Armenia
0
1 January 2009 est.
208 American Samoa
0
1 January 2009 est.
209 Antigua and Barbuda
0
1 January 2009 est.
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