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Country Comparison :: Natural gas - proved reserves

This entry is the stock of proved reserves of natural gas in cubic meters (cu m). Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, 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.

Rank	country	(cu m)	Date of Information


1	Russia	47,570,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


2	Iran	28,080,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


3	Qatar	25,260,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


4	Saudi Arabia	7,319,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


5	United States	6,731,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


6	United Arab Emirates	6,071,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


7	Nigeria	5,215,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


8	Venezuela	4,840,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


9	Algeria	4,502,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


10	Iraq	3,170,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


11	Indonesia	3,001,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


12	Turkmenistan	2,662,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


13	Kazakhstan	2,407,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


14	Malaysia	2,350,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


15	European Union	2,318,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


16	Norway	2,313,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


17	China	2,265,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


18	Uzbekistan	1,841,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


19	Kuwait	1,794,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


20	Egypt	1,656,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


21	Canada	1,640,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


22	Libya	1,540,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


23	Netherlands	1,416,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


24	Ukraine	1,104,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


25	India	1,075,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


26	Pakistan	885,300,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


27	Azerbaijan	849,500,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


28	Australia	849,500,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


29	Oman	849,500,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


30	Bolivia	750,400,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


31	Trinidad and Tobago	531,500,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


32	Yemen	478,500,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


33	Argentina	441,700,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


34	Brunei	390,800,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


35	Mexico	372,700,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


36	Brazil	365,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


37	United Kingdom	342,900,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


38	Peru	335,300,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


39	Thailand	317,100,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


40	Burma	283,200,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


41	Angola	269,800,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


42	Syria	240,700,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


43	Papua New Guinea	226,500,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


44	Timor-Leste	200,000,000,000	1 January 2006 est.


45	Vietnam	192,500,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


46	Germany	175,600,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


47	Poland	164,800,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


48	Bangladesh	141,600,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


49	Cameroon	135,100,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


50	Mozambique	127,400,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


51	Colombia	105,900,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


52	Philippines	98,540,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


53	Chile	97,970,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


54	Italy	94,150,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


55	Bahrain	92,030,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


56	Congo, Republic of the	90,610,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


57	Sudan	84,950,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


58	Cuba	70,790,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


59	Tunisia	65,130,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


60	Romania	63,000,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


61	Namibia	62,290,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


62	Denmark	61,300,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


63	Rwanda	56,630,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


64	Korea, South	50,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


65	Afghanistan	49,550,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


66	Serbia	48,140,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


67	Equatorial Guinea	36,810,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


68	New Zealand	33,980,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


69	Croatia	30,580,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


70	Israel	30,440,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


71	Gabon	28,320,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


72	Mauritania	28,320,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


73	Cote d'Ivoire	28,320,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


74	Ethiopia	24,920,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


75	Ghana	22,650,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


76	Japan	20,900,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


77	Austria	16,140,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


78	Slovakia	14,160,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


79	Ireland	9,911,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


80	Ecuador	8,919,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


81	Georgia	8,495,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


82	Turkey	8,495,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


83	Hungary	8,098,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


84	France	6,937,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


85	Tanzania	6,513,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


86	Taiwan	6,229,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


87	Jordan	6,031,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


88	Bulgaria	5,663,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


89	Somalia	5,663,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


90	Tajikistan	5,663,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


91	Kyrgyzstan	5,663,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


92	Czech Republic	3,964,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


93	Guatemala	2,960,000,000	1 January 2006 est.


94	Belarus	2,832,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


95	Spain	2,548,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


96	Greece	1,982,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


97	Morocco	1,501,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


98	Benin	1,133,000,000	1 January 2009 est.


99	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	991,100,000	1 January 2009 est.


100	Albania	849,500,000	1 January 2009 est.


101	Barbados	141,600,000	1 January 2009 est.


102	South Africa	27,160,000	1 January 2006 est.


103	Macau	300,000	1 January 2008 est.


104	Aruba	0	1 January 2009 est.


105	Botswana	0	1 January 2009 est.


106	Belgium	0	1 January 2009 est.


107	Solomon Islands	0	1 January 2009 est.


108	Mauritius	0	1 January 2009 est.


109	Mali	0	1 January 2009 est.


110	Macedonia	0	1 January 2009 est.


111	Malawi	0	1 January 2009 est.


112	Montserrat	0	1 January 2009 est.


113	Mongolia	0	1 January 2009 est.


114	Moldova	0	1 January 2009 est.


115	Madagascar	0	1 January 2006 est.


116	Liberia	0	1 January 2009 est.


117	Zimbabwe	0	1 January 2009 est.


118	Zambia	0	1 January 2009 est.


119	Swaziland	0	1 January 2009 est.


120	Samoa	0	1 January 2009 est.


121	Western Sahara	0	1 January 2009 est.


122	Virgin Islands	0	1 January 2009 est.


123	British Virgin Islands	0	1 January 2009 est.


124	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1 January 2009 est.


125	Uruguay	0	1 January 2009 est.


126	Burkina Faso	0	1 January 2009 est.


127	Uganda	0	1 January 2009 est.


128	Sao Tome and Principe	0	1 January 2009 est.


129	Togo	0	1 January 2009 est.


130	Tonga	0	1 January 2009 est.


131	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	1 January 2009 est.


132	Switzerland	0	1 January 2006 est.


133	Sweden	0	1 January 2009 est.


134	Saint Lucia	0	1 January 2009 est.


135	Singapore	0	1 January 2009 est.


136	Sierra Leone	0	1 January 2009 est.


137	Slovenia	0	1 January 2009 est.


138	Saint Helena	0	1 January 2009 est.


139	Senegal	0	NA


140	Seychelles	0	1 January 2009 est.


141	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1 January 2009 est.


142	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	1 January 2009 est.


143	Puerto Rico	0	1 January 2009 est.


144	Guinea-Bissau	0	1 January 2009 est.


145	Portugal	0	1 January 2009 est.


146	Panama	0	1 January 2009 est.


147	Paraguay	0	1 January 2009 est.


148	Nicaragua	0	1 January 2009 est.


149	Netherlands Antilles	0	1 January 2009 est.


150	Suriname	0	1 January 2009 est.


151	Nauru	0	1 January 2009 est.


152	Nepal	0	1 January 2009 est.


153	Vanuatu	0	1 January 2009 est.


154	Niger	0	1 January 2009 est.


155	Niue	0	1 January 2009 est.


156	New Caledonia	0	1 January 2009 est.


157	Maldives	0	1 January 2009 est.


158	Malta	0	1 January 2009 est.


159	Lithuania	0	1 January 2009 est.


160	Lebanon	0	1 January 2009 est.


161	Laos	0	1 January 2009 est.


162	Kiribati	0	1 January 2009 est.


163	Korea, North	0	1 January 2009 est.


164	Kenya	0	1 January 2009 est.


165	Jamaica	0	1 January 2009 est.


166	Iceland	0	1 January 2009 est.


167	Luxembourg	0	1 January 2009 est.


168	Lesotho	0	1 January 2009 est.


169	Honduras	0	1 January 2009 est.


170	Hong Kong	0	1 January 2009 est.


171	Haiti	0	1 January 2009 est.


172	Guyana	0	1 January 2009 est.


173	Guinea	0	1 January 2009 est.


174	Greenland	0	1 January 2009 est.


175	Grenada	0	1 January 2009 est.


176	Gibraltar	0	1 January 2009 est.


177	Gambia, The	0	1 January 2009 est.


178	French Polynesia	0	1 January 2009 est.


179	Faroe Islands	0	1 January 2009 est.


180	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0	1 January 2009 est.


181	Fiji	0	1 January 2009 est.


182	Finland	0	1 January 2009 est.


183	El Salvador	0	1 January 2009 est.


184	Eritrea	0	1 January 2009 est.


185	Estonia	0	1 January 2009 est.


186	Dominican Republic	0	1 January 2009 est.


187	Dominica	0	1 January 2009 est.


188	Djibouti	0	1 January 2009 est.


189	Cyprus	0	1 January 2009 est.


190	Cook Islands	0	1 January 2009 est.


191	Cape Verde	0	1 January 2009 est.


192	Central African Republic	0	1 January 2009 est.


193	Costa Rica	0	1 January 2009 est.


194	Comoros	0	1 January 2009 est.


195	Cayman Islands	0	1 January 2009 est.


196	Sri Lanka	0	1 January 2009 est.


197	Chad	0	1 January 2009 est.


198	Cambodia	0	1 January 2009 est.


199	Burundi	0	1 January 2009 est.


200	Bhutan	0	1 January 2009 est.


201	Belize	0	1 January 2009 est.


202	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1 January 2009 est.


203	Bahamas, The	0	1 January 2006 est.


204	Bermuda	0	1 January 2009 est.


205	Armenia	0	1 January 2009 est.


206	American Samoa	0	1 January 2009 est.


207	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1 January 2009 est.

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