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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 37257
2
 Russia 47,860,000,000,000 37257
3
 Iran 24,800,000,000,000 37257
4
 Qatar 17,930,000,000,000 37257
5
 Saudi Arabia 6,339,000,000,000 37257
6
 United Arab Emirates 5,892,000,000,000 37257
7
 United States 5,195,000,000,000 37257
8
 Algeria 4,739,000,000,000 37257
9
 Venezuela 4,202,000,000,000 37257
10
 Nigeria 4,007,000,000,000 37257
11
 Iraq 3,149,000,000,000 37257
12
 Indonesia 2,549,000,000,000 37257
13
 Australia 2,407,000,000,000 37257
14
 Malaysia 2,230,000,000,000 37257
15
 Norway 1,716,000,000,000 37257
16
 Netherlands 1,693,000,000,000 37257
17
 Canada 1,691,000,000,000 37257
18
 Kuwait 1,548,000,000,000 37257
19
 Turkmenistan 1,430,000,000,000 37257
20
 Libya 1,321,000,000,000 37257
21
 China 1,290,000,000,000 37257
22
 Egypt 1,264,000,000,000 37257
23
 Mexico 969,200,000,000 37257
24
 Uzbekistan 937,300,000,000 37257
25
 Kazakhstan 920,300,000,000 37257
26
 Oman 846,400,000,000 37257
27
 Argentina 768,000,000,000 37257
28
 Bolivia 727,200,000,000 37257
29
 United Kingdom 714,900,000,000 37257
30
 Pakistan 695,600,000,000 37257
31
 Trinidad and Tobago 610,600,000,000 37257
32
 Ukraine 560,700,000,000 37257
33
 India 542,400,000,000 37257
34
 Yemen 480,000,000,000 37257
35
 Papua New Guinea 385,500,000,000 37257
36
 Thailand 368,200,000,000 37257
37
 Brunei 315,000,000,000 37257
38
 Burma 314,400,000,000 37257
39
 Germany 298,300,000,000 37257
40
 Peru 245,100,000,000 37257
41
 Syria 240,700,000,000 37257
42
 Brazil 221,700,000,000 37257
43
 Italy 209,700,000,000 37257
44
 Vietnam 192,600,000,000 37257
45
 Poland 154,400,000,000 37257
46
 Bangladesh 150,300,000,000 37257
47
 Colombia 132,000,000,000 37257
48
 Romania 111,100,000,000 37257
49
 Ecuador 106,500,000,000 37257
50
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 104,800,000,000 37257
51
 Philippines 104,600,000,000 37257
52
 Sudan 99,110,000,000 37257
53
 Denmark 81,980,000,000 37257
54
 Angola 79,570,000,000 37257
55
 Tunisia 77,160,000,000 37257
56
 Equatorial Guinea 68,530,000,000 37257
57
 Chile 67,780,000,000 37257
58
 Gabon 66,470,000,000 37257
59
 Mozambique 63,710,000,000 37257
60
 Azerbaijan 62,300,000,000 37257
61
 New Zealand 58,940,000,000 37257
62
 Cameroon 55,220,000,000 37257
63
 Hungary 50,450,000,000 37257
64
 Afghanistan 49,980,000,000 37257
65
 Bahrain 46,000,000,000 37257
66
 Cuba 42,620,000,000 37257
67
 Taiwan 38,230,000,000 37257
68
 Croatia 34,360,000,000 37257
69
 Namibia 31,150,000,000 37257
70
 Rwanda 28,320,000,000 37257
71
 Austria 24,900,000,000 37257
72
 Serbia and Montenegro 24,070,000,000 37257
73
 Israel 20,810,000,000 37257
74
 Japan 20,020,000,000 37257
75
 Cote d'Ivoire 14,870,000,000 37257
76
 France 12,860,000,000 37257
77
 Ethiopia 12,460,000,000 37257
78
 Ghana 11,890,000,000 37257
79
 Tanzania 11,330,000,000 37257
80
 Ireland 9,911,000,000 37257
81
 Turkey 8,685,000,000 37257
82
 Slovakia 7,504,000,000 37257
83
 Bulgaria 3,724,000,000 37257
84
 Albania 3,316,000,000 37257
85
 Jordan 3,256,000,000 37257
86
 Czech Republic 3,057,000,000 37257
87
 Somalia 2,832,000,000 37257
88
 Guatemala 1,543,000,000 37257
89
 Morocco 665,400,000 37257
90
 Benin 608,800,000 37257
91
 Congo, Republic of the 495,500,000 37257
92
 Greece 254,900,000 37257
93
 Spain 254,900,000 37257
94
 Barbados 70,790,000 37257
95
 South Africa 14,160,000 37257
96
 Madagascar 0 37257
97
 Suriname 0 37257

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