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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
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
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Russia :
47,570,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 2
Iran :
26,850,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 3
Qatar :
25,630,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 4
Saudi Arabia :
7,167,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 5
United Arab Emirates :
6,071,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 6
United States :
5,977,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 7
Nigeria :
5,210,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 8
Venezuela :
4,708,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 9
Algeria :
4,502,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 10
Iraq :
3,170,000,000,000 cu m
2008
= 11
Kazakhstan :
2,832,000,000,000 cu m
2008
= 11
Turkmenistan :
2,832,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 13
Indonesia :
2,659,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 15
Malaysia :
2,350,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 16
China :
2,265,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 17
Norway :
2,241,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 18
Uzbekistan :
1,841,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 19
Egypt :
1,656,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 20
Canada :
1,648,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 21
Kuwait :
1,586,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 22
Libya :
1,419,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 23
Netherlands :
1,416,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 24
Ukraine :
1,104,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 25
India :
1,075,000,000,000 cu m
2008
= 26
Azerbaijan :
849,500,000,000 cu m
2008
= 26
Australia :
849,500,000,000 cu m
2008
= 26
Oman :
849,500,000,000 cu m
2008
# 29
Pakistan :
792,800,000,000 cu m
2008
# 30
Bolivia :
750,400,000,000 cu m
2008
# 31
Trinidad and Tobago :
531,500,000,000 cu m
2008
# 32
Yemen :
478,500,000,000 cu m
2008
# 33
Argentina :
446,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 34
United Kingdom :
412,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 35
Mexico :
392,200,000,000 cu m
2008
# 36
Brunei :
390,800,000,000 cu m
2008
# 37
Brazil :
347,700,000,000 cu m
2008
# 38
Peru :
337,800,000,000 cu m
2008
# 39
Thailand :
331,200,000,000 cu m
2008
# 40
Burma :
283,200,000,000 cu m
2008
# 41
Angola :
269,800,000,000 cu m
2008
# 42
Germany :
254,800,000,000 cu m
2008
# 43
Syria :
240,700,000,000 cu m
2008
# 44
Papua New Guinea :
226,500,000,000 cu m
2008
# 45
East Timor :
200,000,000,000 cu m
2006
# 46
Vietnam :
192,500,000,000 cu m
2008
# 47
Poland :
164,800,000,000 cu m
2008
# 48
Bangladesh :
141,600,000,000 cu m
2008
# 49
Cameroon :
135,100,000,000 cu m
2008
# 50
Mozambique :
127,400,000,000 cu m
2008
# 51
Colombia :
122,900,000,000 cu m
2008
# 52
Philippines :
98,540,000,000 cu m
2008
# 53
Chile :
97,970,000,000 cu m
2008
# 54
Italy :
94,150,000,000 cu m
2008
# 55
Bahrain :
92,030,000,000 cu m
2008
# 56
Congo, Republic of the :
90,610,000,000 cu m
2008
# 57
Sudan :
84,950,000,000 cu m
2008
# 58
Cuba :
70,790,000,000 cu m
2008
# 59
Denmark :
70,510,000,000 cu m
2008
# 60
Tunisia :
65,130,000,000 cu m
2008
# 61
Romania :
63,000,000,000 cu m
2008
# 62
Namibia :
62,290,000,000 cu m
2008
# 63
Rwanda :
56,630,000,000 cu m
2008
# 64
Afghanistan :
49,550,000,000 cu m
2008
# 65
Serbia and Montenegro :
48,140,000,000 cu m
2008
# 66
Equatorial Guinea :
36,810,000,000 cu m
2008
# 67
Israel :
30,440,000,000 cu m
2008
# 68
New Zealand :
29,670,000,000 cu m
2008
# 69
Croatia :
28,540,000,000 cu m
2008
= 70
Mauritania :
28,320,000,000 cu m
2008
= 70
Gabon :
28,320,000,000 cu m
2008
= 70
Côte d'Ivoire :
28,320,000,000 cu m
2008
# 73
Ethiopia :
24,920,000,000 cu m
2008
# 74
Ghana :
22,650,000,000 cu m
2008
# 75
Japan :
20,900,000,000 cu m
2008
# 76
Austria :
16,140,000,000 cu m
2008
# 77
Slovakia :
14,160,000,000 cu m
2008
# 78
Ireland :
9,911,000,000 cu m
2008
# 79
Ecuador :
9,369,000,000 cu m
2006
= 80
Georgia :
8,495,000,000 cu m
2008
= 80
Turkey :
8,495,000,000 cu m
2008
# 82
Hungary :
8,098,000,000 cu m
2008
# 83
France :
7,277,000,000 cu m
2008
# 84
Tanzania :
6,513,000,000 cu m
2008
# 85
Taiwan :
6,229,000,000 cu m
2008
# 86
Jordan :
6,031,000,000 cu m
2008
= 87
Bulgaria :
5,663,000,000 cu m
2008
= 87
Tajikistan :
5,663,000,000 cu m
2008
= 87
Somalia :
5,663,000,000 cu m
2008
= 87
Kyrgyzstan :
5,663,000,000 cu m
2008
# 91
Czech Republic :
3,964,000,000 cu m
2008
# 92
Guatemala :
2,960,000,000 cu m
2006
# 93
Belarus :
2,832,000,000 cu m
2008
# 94
Spain :
2,548,000,000 cu m
2008
# 95
Greece :
1,982,000,000 cu m
2008
# 96
Morocco :
1,557,000,000 cu m
2008
# 97
Benin :
1,133,000,000 cu m
2008
# 98
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
991,100,000 cu m
2008
# 99
Albania :
849,500,000 cu m
2008
# 100
Barbados :
141,600,000 cu m
2008
# 101
South Africa :
27,160,000 cu m
2006
= 102
Macedonia, Republic of :
0 cu m
2008
= 102
São Tomé and PrÃncipe :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Zambia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Portugal :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Virgin Islands :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Lesotho :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
American Samoa :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Vanuatu :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Botswana :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Sierra Leone :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Bermuda :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Laos :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Belgium :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Moldova :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Bahamas, The :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Maldives :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Belize :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Netherlands Antilles :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Solomon Islands :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Switzerland :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Bhutan :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Burundi :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Lithuania :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Cambodia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Madagascar :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Chad :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Montserrat :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Sri Lanka :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Mauritius :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Cayman Islands :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Niue :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Comoros :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Nauru :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Costa Rica :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Paraguay :
0 cu m
2007
= 102
Central African Republic :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Puerto Rico :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Cape Verde :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Saint Helena :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Cook Islands :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Saint Lucia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Cyprus :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Tonga :
0 cu m
2007
= 102
Djibouti :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Burkina Faso :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Dominica :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Samoa :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Dominican Republic :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Lebanon :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Estonia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Liberia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Eritrea :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Luxembourg :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
El Salvador :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Macau :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Finland :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Mongolia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Fiji :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Malawi :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Mali :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Faroe Islands :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Malta :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
French Polynesia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
New Caledonia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Gambia, The :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Niger :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Gibraltar :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Nepal :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Grenada :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Suriname :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Greenland :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Nicaragua :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Guam :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Panama :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Guinea :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Guinea-Bissau :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Guyana :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Haiti :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Seychelles :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Hong Kong :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Slovenia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Honduras :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Singapore :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Iceland :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Sweden :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Jamaica :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Turks and Caicos Islands :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Kenya :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Togo :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Korea, North :
0 cu m
2007
= 102
Uganda :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Kiribati :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Uruguay :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Korea, South :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
British Virgin Islands :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Aruba :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Western Sahara :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Antigua and Barbuda :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Swaziland :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Armenia :
0 cu m
2006
= 102
Zimbabwe :
0 cu m
2006
Total :
175,363,235,360,000 cu m
Weighted average:
847,165,388,212.6 cu m
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
2,476,000,000,000 cu m
DEFINITION: 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.
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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