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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	44,650,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


2	Iran	26,850,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


3	Qatar	25,630,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


4	Saudi Arabia	7,167,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


5	United Arab Emirates	6,071,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


6	United States	5,977,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


7	Nigeria	5,210,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


8	Venezuela	4,708,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


9	Algeria	4,502,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


10	Iraq	3,170,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


11	Kazakhstan	2,832,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


12	Turkmenistan	2,832,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


13	Indonesia	2,659,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


14	European Union	2,476,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


15	Malaysia	2,350,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


16	China	2,265,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


17	Norway	2,241,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


18	Uzbekistan	1,841,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


19	Egypt	1,656,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


20	Canada	1,648,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


21	Kuwait	1,586,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


22	Libya	1,419,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


23	Netherlands	1,416,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


24	Ukraine	1,104,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


25	India	1,075,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


26	Azerbaijan	849,500,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


27	Australia	849,500,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


28	Oman	849,500,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


29	Pakistan	792,800,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


30	Bolivia	750,400,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


31	Trinidad and Tobago	481,300,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


32	Yemen	478,500,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


33	Argentina	446,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


34	United Kingdom	412,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


35	Mexico	392,200,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


36	Brunei	390,800,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


37	Brazil	347,700,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


38	Peru	334,700,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


39	Thailand	331,200,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


40	Burma	283,200,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


41	Angola	269,800,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


42	Germany	254,800,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


43	Syria	240,700,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


44	Papua New Guinea	226,500,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


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


46	Vietnam	192,500,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


47	Poland	164,800,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


48	Bangladesh	141,600,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


49	Cameroon	135,100,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


50	Mozambique	127,400,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


51	Colombia	122,900,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


52	Philippines	98,540,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


53	Chile	97,970,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


54	Italy	94,150,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


55	Bahrain	92,030,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


56	Congo, Republic of the	90,610,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


57	Sudan	84,950,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


58	Cuba	70,790,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


59	Denmark	70,510,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


60	Tunisia	65,130,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


61	Romania	63,000,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


62	Namibia	62,290,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


63	Rwanda	56,630,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


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


65	Afghanistan	49,550,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


66	Serbia	48,140,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


67	Croatia	40,900,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


68	Equatorial Guinea	36,810,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


69	Israel	30,440,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


70	New Zealand	29,670,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


71	Gabon	28,320,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


72	Mauritania	28,320,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


73	Cote d'Ivoire	28,320,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


74	Ethiopia	24,920,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


75	Ghana	22,650,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


76	Japan	20,900,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


77	Austria	16,140,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


78	Slovakia	14,160,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


79	Ireland	9,911,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


80	Ecuador	9,369,000,000	1 January 2006 est.


81	Georgia	8,495,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


82	Turkey	8,495,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


83	Hungary	8,098,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


84	France	7,277,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


85	Tanzania	6,513,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


86	Taiwan	6,229,000,000	1 January 2008


87	Jordan	6,031,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


88	Bulgaria	5,663,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


89	Somalia	5,663,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


90	Tajikistan	5,663,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


91	Kyrgyzstan	5,663,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


92	Czech Republic	3,964,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


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


94	Belarus	2,832,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


95	Spain	2,548,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


96	Greece	1,982,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


97	Morocco	1,557,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


98	Benin	1,133,000,000	1 January 2008 est.


99	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	991,100,000	1 January 2008 est.


100	Albania	849,500,000	1 January 2008 est.


101	Barbados	141,600,000	1 January 2008 est.


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


103	Macau	300,000	1 January 2008 est.


104	Aruba	0	1 January 2006


105	Botswana	0	1 January 2006 est.


106	Belgium	0	1 January 2006


107	Solomon Islands	0	1 January 2006 est.


108	Mauritius	0	1 January 2006 est.


109	Mali	0	1 January 2006 est.


110	Macedonia	0	1 January 2008 est.


111	Malawi	0	1 January 2006 est.


112	Montserrat	0	1 January 2006 est.


113	Mongolia	0	1 January 2006 est.


114	Moldova	0	1 January 2006 est.


115	Madagascar	0	1 January 2006 est.


116	Liberia	0	1 January 2006 est.


117	Zimbabwe	0	1 January 2006 est.


118	Zambia	0	1 January 2006 est.


119	Swaziland	0	1 January 2006 est.


120	Samoa	0	1 January 2006 est.


121	Western Sahara	0	1 January 2006 est.


122	Virgin Islands	0	1 January 2006 est.


123	British Virgin Islands	0	1 January 2006 est.


124	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1 January 2006 est.


125	Uruguay	0	1 January 2006 est.


126	Burkina Faso	0	1 January 2006 est.


127	Uganda	0	1 January 2006 est.


128	Sao Tome and Principe	0	1 January 2006 est.


129	Togo	0	1 January 2006 est.


130	Tonga	0	1 January 2007 est.


131	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	1 January 2006 est.


132	Switzerland	0	1 January 2006 est.


133	Sweden	0	1 January 2006 est.


134	Saint Lucia	0	1 January 2006 est.


135	Singapore	0	1 January 2006 est.


136	Sierra Leone	0	1 January 2006 est.


137	Slovenia	0	1 January 2006 est.


138	Saint Helena	0	1 January 2006 est.


139	Seychelles	0	1 January 2006 est.


140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1 January 2006 est.


141	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	1 January 2006 est.


142	Puerto Rico	0	1 January 2006 est.


143	Guinea-Bissau	0	1 January 2006 est.


144	Portugal	0	1 January 2006 est.


145	Panama	0	1 January 2006 est.


146	Paraguay	0	1 January 2007 est.


147	Nicaragua	0	1 January 2006 est.


148	Netherlands Antilles	0	1 January 2006 est.


149	Suriname	0	1 January 2006 est.


150	Nauru	0	1 January 2006 est.


151	Nepal	0	1 January 2008 est.


152	Vanuatu	0	1 January 2006 est.


153	Niger	0	1 January 2006 est.


154	Niue	0	1 January 2006 est.


155	New Caledonia	0	1 January 2006 est.


156	Maldives	0	1 January 2008 est.


157	Malta	0	1 January 2006 est.


158	Lithuania	0	1 January 2006 est.


159	Lebanon	0	1 January 2006 est.


160	Laos	0	1 January 2006 est.


161	Kiribati	0	1 January 2006 est.


162	Korea, North	0	1 January 2007


163	Kenya	0	1 January 2006 est.


164	Jamaica	0	1 January 2006 est.


165	Iceland	0	1 January 2006 est.


166	Luxembourg	0	1 January 2006 est.


167	Lesotho	0	1 January 2006 est.


168	Honduras	0	1 January 2006 est.


169	Hong Kong	0	1 January 2006 est.


170	Haiti	0	1 January 2006 est.


171	Guyana	0	1 January 2006 est.


172	Guinea	0	1 January 2006 est.


173	Greenland	0	1 January 2006 est.


174	Grenada	0	1 January 2006 est.


175	Gibraltar	0	1 January 2006 est.


176	Gambia, The	0	1 January 2006 est.


177	French Polynesia	0	1 January 2006 est.


178	Faroe Islands	0	1 January 2006 est.


179	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0	1 January 2006 est.


180	Fiji	0	1 January 2006 est.


181	Finland	0	1 January 2006


182	El Salvador	0	1 January 2006 est.


183	Eritrea	0	1 January 2006 est.


184	Estonia	0	1 January 2006 est.


185	Dominican Republic	0	1 January 2006 est.


186	Dominica	0	1 January 2006 est.


187	Djibouti	0	1 January 2006 est.


188	Cyprus	0	1 January 2006


189	Cook Islands	0	1 January 2006 est.


190	Cape Verde	0	1 January 2006 est.


191	Central African Republic	0	1 January 2006


192	Costa Rica	0	1 January 2006 est.


193	Comoros	0	1 January 2006 est.


194	Cayman Islands	0	1 January 2006 est.


195	Sri Lanka	0	1 January 2008 est.


196	Chad	0	1 January 2006 est.


197	Cambodia	0	1 January 2006 est.


198	Burundi	0	1 January 2006 est.


199	Bhutan	0	1 January 2006 est.


200	Belize	0	1 January 2006 est.


201	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1 January 2006


202	Bahamas, The	0	1 January 2006 est.


203	Bermuda	0	1 January 2006 est.


204	Armenia	0	1 January 2006


205	American Samoa	0	1 January 2006 est.


206	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1 January 2006 est.

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