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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 January 2002 est.
2
 Russia 47,860,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
3
 Iran 24,800,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
4
 Qatar 17,930,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
5
 Saudi Arabia 6,339,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
6
 United Arab Emirates 5,892,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
7
 United States 5,195,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
8
 Algeria 4,739,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
9
 Venezuela 4,202,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
10
 Nigeria 4,007,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
11
 Iraq 3,149,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
12
 Indonesia 2,549,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
13
 Australia 2,407,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
14
 Malaysia 2,230,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
15
 Norway 1,716,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
16
 Netherlands 1,693,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
17
 Canada 1,691,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
18
 Kuwait 1,548,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
19
 Turkmenistan 1,430,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
20
 Libya 1,321,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
21
 China 1,290,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
22
 Egypt 1,264,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
23
 Mexico 969,200,000,000 January 2002 est.
24
 Uzbekistan 937,300,000,000 January 2002 est.
25
 Kazakhstan 920,300,000,000 January 2002 est.
26
 Oman 846,400,000,000 January 2002 est.
27
 Argentina 768,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
28
 Bolivia 727,200,000,000 January 2002 est.
29
 United Kingdom 714,900,000,000 January 2002 est.
30
 Pakistan 695,600,000,000 January 2002 est.
31
 Trinidad and Tobago 610,600,000,000 January 2002 est.
32
 Ukraine 560,700,000,000 January 2002 est.
33
 India 542,400,000,000 January 2002 est.
34
 Yemen 480,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
35
 Papua New Guinea 385,500,000,000 January 2002 est.
36
 Thailand 368,200,000,000 January 2002 est.
37
 Brunei 315,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
38
 Burma 314,400,000,000 January 2002 est.
39
 Germany 298,300,000,000 January 2002 est.
40
 Peru 245,100,000,000 January 2002 est.
41
 Syria 240,700,000,000 January 2002 est.
42
 Brazil 221,700,000,000 January 2002 est.
43
 Italy 209,700,000,000 January 2002 est.
44
 Vietnam 192,600,000,000 January 2002 est.
45
 Poland 154,400,000,000 January 2002 est.
46
 Bangladesh 150,300,000,000 January 2002 est.
47
 Colombia 132,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
48
 Romania 111,100,000,000 January 2002 est.
49
 Ecuador 106,500,000,000 January 2002 est.
50
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 104,800,000,000 January 2002 est.
51
 Philippines 104,600,000,000 January 2002 est.
52
 Sudan 99,110,000,000 January 2002 est.
53
 Denmark 81,980,000,000 January 2002 est.
54
 Angola 79,570,000,000 January 2002 est.
55
 Tunisia 77,160,000,000 January 2002 est.
56
 Equatorial Guinea 68,530,000,000 2002 est.
57
 Chile 67,780,000,000 January 2002 est.
58
 Gabon 66,470,000,000 January 2002 est.
59
 Mozambique 63,710,000,000 January 2002 est.
60
 Azerbaijan 62,300,000,000 January 2002 est.
61
 New Zealand 58,940,000,000 January 2002 est.
62
 Cameroon 55,220,000,000 January 2002 est.
63
 Hungary 50,450,000,000 January 2002 est.
64
 Afghanistan 49,980,000,000 January 2002 est.
65
 Bahrain 46,000,000,000 January 2002 est.
66
 Cuba 42,620,000,000 January 2002 est.
67
 Taiwan 38,230,000,000 January 2002 est.
68
 Croatia 34,360,000,000 January 2002 est.
69
 Namibia 31,150,000,000 January 2002 est.
70
 Rwanda 28,320,000,000 January 2002 est.
71
 Austria 24,900,000,000 January 2002 est.
72
 Serbia and Montenegro 24,070,000,000 January 2002 est.
73
 Israel 20,810,000,000 January 2002 est.
74
 Japan 20,020,000,000 January 2002 est.
75
 Cote d'Ivoire 14,870,000,000 January 2002 est.
76
 France 12,860,000,000 January 2002 est.
77
 Ethiopia 12,460,000,000 January 2002 est.
78
 Ghana 11,890,000,000 January 2002 est.
79
 Tanzania 11,330,000,000 January 2002 est.
80
 Ireland 9,911,000,000 January 2002 est.
81
 Turkey 8,685,000,000 January 2002 est.
82
 Slovakia 7,504,000,000 January 2002 est.
83
 Bulgaria 3,724,000,000 January 2002 est.
84
 Albania 3,316,000,000 January 2002 est.
85
 Jordan 3,256,000,000 January 2002 est.
86
 Czech Republic 3,057,000,000 January 2002 est.
87
 Somalia 2,832,000,000 January 2002 est.
88
 Guatemala 1,543,000,000 January 2002 est.
89
 Morocco 665,400,000 January 2002 est.
90
 Benin 608,800,000 January 2002 est.
91
 Congo, Republic of the 495,500,000 January 2002 est.
92
 Greece 254,900,000 January 2002 est.
93
 Spain 254,900,000 January 2002 est.
94
 Barbados 70,790,000 January 2002 est.
95
 South Africa 14,160,000 January 2002 est.
96
 Madagascar 0 January 2002 est.

This page was last updated on 1 August, 2003
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