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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.
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Rank
 country (cu m) Date of Information
1 World
208,400,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
2 Russia
47,570,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
3 Iran
33,070,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
4 Qatar
25,200,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
5 Turkmenistan
24,300,000,000,000
June 2012 est.
6 Saudi Arabia
8,028,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
7 United States
7,716,000,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
8 United Arab Emirates
6,089,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
9 Venezuela
5,524,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
10 Nigeria
5,110,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
11 Algeria
4,502,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
12 Indonesia
3,994,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
13 China
3,200,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
14 Iraq
3,171,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
15 Kazakhstan
2,407,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
16 Malaysia
2,350,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
17 Egypt
2,186,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
18 European Union
2,008,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
19 Norway
2,007,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
20 Uzbekistan
1,841,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
21 Kuwait
1,798,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
22 Canada
1,727,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
23 Libya
1,495,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
24 Netherlands
1,303,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
25 India
1,154,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
26 Ukraine
1,104,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
27 Azerbaijan
849,500,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
28 Oman
849,500,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
29 Australia
788,600,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
30 Pakistan
753,800,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
31 Vietnam
699,400,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
32 Mexico
490,300,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
33 Yemen
478,500,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
34 Brazil
416,900,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
35 Brunei
390,800,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
36 Trinidad and Tobago
381,100,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
37 Argentina
378,800,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
38 Peru
352,800,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
39 Angola
310,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
40 Thailand
299,800,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
41 Burma
283,200,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
42 Bolivia
281,500,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
43 Israel
270,700,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
44 United Kingdom
253,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
45 Syria
240,700,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
46 Timor-Leste
200,000,000,000
1 January 2006 est.
47 Bangladesh
183,700,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
48 Germany
175,600,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
49 Papua New Guinea
155,300,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
50 Cameroon
135,100,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
51 Colombia
134,100,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
52 Mozambique
127,400,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
53 Ethiopia
113,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
54 Philippines
98,540,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
55 Chile
97,970,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
56 Poland
95,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
57 Georgia
93,410,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
58 Bahrain
92,030,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
59 Congo, Republic of the
90,610,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
60 Sudan
84,950,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
61 Cuba
70,790,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
62 Italy
66,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
63 Tunisia
65,130,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
64 Romania
63,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
65 Rwanda
56,630,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
66 Denmark
51,990,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
67 Afghanistan
49,550,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
68 Serbia
48,140,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
69 Namibia
36,810,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
70 Equatorial Guinea
36,810,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
71 Cote d'Ivoire
28,320,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
72 Mauritania
28,320,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
73 Gabon
28,320,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
74 New Zealand
27,640,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
75 Croatia
24,920,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
76 Austria
23,900,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
77 Ghana
22,650,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
78 Japan
20,900,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
79 Slovakia
14,160,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
80 Uganda
14,160,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
81 Ireland
9,911,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
82 Ecuador
7,985,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
83 Tanzania
6,513,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
84 Taiwan
6,229,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
85 Turkey
6,173,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
86 Jordan
6,031,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
87 Korea, South
5,748,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
88 Bulgaria
5,663,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
89 Somalia
5,663,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
90 Kyrgyzstan
5,663,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
91 Tajikistan
5,663,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
92 France
5,522,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
93 Czech Republic
3,964,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
94 Hungary
3,014,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
95 Guatemala
2,960,000,000
1 January 2006 est.
96 Belarus
2,832,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
97 Spain
2,548,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
98 Morocco
1,444,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
99 Benin
1,133,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
100 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
991,100,000
1 January 2012 est.
101 Greece
991,100,000
1 January 2012 est.
102 Albania
849,500,000
1 January 2012 est.
103 Barbados
113,300,000
1 January 2012 est.
104 South Africa
27,160,000
1 January 2006 est.
105 Aruba
0
1 January 2012 est.
106 Antigua and Barbuda
0
1 January 2012 est.
107 Armenia
0
1 January 2012 est.
108 American Samoa
0
1 January 2012 est.
109 Botswana
0
1 January 2012 est.
110 Bermuda
0
1 January 2012 est.
111 Belgium
0
1 January 2012 est.
112 Bahamas, The
0
1 January 2009 est.
113 Belize
0
1 January 2012 est.
114 Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
1 January 2012 est.
115 Solomon Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
116 Bhutan
0
1 January 2012 est.
117 Burundi
0
1 January 2012 est.
118 Cambodia
0
1 January 2012 est.
119 Curacao
0
1 January 2011 est.
120 Chad
0
1 January 2012 est.
121 Sri Lanka
0
1 January 2012 est.
122 Cayman Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
123 Comoros
0
1 January 2012 est.
124 Costa Rica
0
1 January 2012 est.
125 Central African Republic
0
1 January 2012 est.
126 Cape Verde
0
1 January 2012 est.
127 Cook Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
128 Cyprus
0
1 January 2012 est.
129 Djibouti
0
1 January 2012 est.
130 Dominica
0
1 January 2012 est.
131 Dominican Republic
0
1 January 2012 est.
132 Estonia
0
1 January 2012 est.
133 Eritrea
0
1 January 2012 est.
134 El Salvador
0
1 January 2012 est.
135 Finland
0
1 January 2012 est.
136 Fiji
0
1 January 2012 est.
137 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0
1 January 2012 est.
138 Faroe Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
139 French Polynesia
0
1 January 2012 est.
140 Gambia, The
0
1 January 2012 est.
141 Gibraltar
0
1 January 2012 est.
142 Grenada
0
1 January 2012 est.
143 Greenland
0
1 January 2012 est.
144 Guam
0
1 January 2012 est.
145 Guinea
0
1 January 2012 est.
146 Guyana
0
1 January 2012 est.
147 Haiti
0
1 January 2012 est.
148 Hong Kong
0
1 January 2012 est.
149 Honduras
0
1 January 2012 est.
150 Iceland
0
1 January 2012 est.
151 Jamaica
0
1 January 2012 est.
152 Kenya
0
1 January 2012 est.
153 Korea, North
0
1 January 2012 est.
154 Kiribati
0
1 January 2012 est.
155 Laos
0
1 January 2012 est.
156 Lebanon
0
1 January 2012 est.
157 Latvia
0
1 January 2012 est.
158 Lithuania
0
1 January 2012 est.
159 Liberia
0
1 January 2012 est.
160 Lesotho
0
1 January 2012 est.
161 Luxembourg
0
1 January 2012 est.
162 Madagascar
0
1 January 2006 est.
163 Macau
0
1 January 2012 est.
164 Moldova
0
1 January 2012 est.
165 Mongolia
0
1 January 2012 est.
166 Montserrat
0
1 January 2012 est.
167 Malawi
0
1 January 2012 est.
168 Montenegro
0
1 January 2012 est.
169 Macedonia
0
1 January 2012 est.
170 Mali
0
1 January 2012 est.
171 Mauritius
0
1 January 2012 est.
172 Malta
0
1 January 2012 est.
173 Maldives
0
1 January 2012 est.
174 New Caledonia
0
1 January 2012 est.
175 Niue
0
1 January 2012 est.
176 Niger
0
1 January 2012 est.
177 Vanuatu
0
1 January 2012 est.
178 Nepal
0
1 January 2012 est.
179 Nauru
0
1 January 2012 est.
180 Suriname
0
1 January 2011 est.
181 Nicaragua
0
1 January 2012 est.
182 Paraguay
0
1 January 2012 est.
183 Panama
0
1 January 2012 est.
184 Portugal
0
1 January 2012 est.
185 Guinea-Bissau
0
1 January 2012 est.
186 Puerto Rico
0
1 January 2012 est.
187 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0
1 January 2012 est.
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis
0
1 January 2012 est.
189 Seychelles
0
1 January 2012 est.
190 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0
1 January 2012 est.
191 Sierra Leone
0
1 January 2012 est.
192 Singapore
0
1 January 2012 est.
193 Saint Lucia
0
1 January 2012 est.
194 Sweden
0
1 January 2012 est.
195 Switzerland
0
1 January 2011 est.
196 Turks and Caicos Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
197 Tonga
0
1 January 2012 est.
198 Togo
0
1 January 2012 est.
199 Sao Tome and Principe
0
1 January 2012 est.
200 Burkina Faso
0
1 January 2012 est.
201 Uruguay
0
1 January 2012 est.
202 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0
1 January 2012 est.
203 British Virgin Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
204 Virgin Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
205 West Bank
0
1 January 2012 est.
206 Western Sahara
0
1 January 2012 est.
207 Samoa
0
1 January 2012 est.
208 Swaziland
0
1 January 2012 est.
209 Zambia
0
1 January 2012 est.
210 Zimbabwe
0
1 January 2012 est.
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