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Rank 	 Country 	 Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m) 	 Date of Information
1 	 World 	 161,200,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
2 	 Russia 	  47,860,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
3 	 Iran 	  24,800,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
4 	 Qatar 	  17,930,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
5 	 Saudi Arabia 	   6,339,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
6 	 United Arab Emirates 	   5,892,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
7 	 United States 	   5,195,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
8 	 Algeria 	   4,739,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
9 	 Venezuela 	   4,202,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
10 	 Nigeria 	   4,007,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
11 	 European Union 	   3,262,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
12 	 Iraq 	   3,149,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
13 	 Indonesia 	   2,549,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
14 	 Australia 	   2,407,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
15 	 Malaysia 	   2,230,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
16 	 Norway 	   1,716,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
17 	 Netherlands 	   1,693,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
18 	 Canada 	   1,691,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
19 	 Kuwait 	   1,548,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
20 	 Turkmenistan 	   1,430,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
21 	 Libya 	   1,321,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
22 	 China 	   1,290,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
23 	 Egypt 	   1,264,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
24 	 Mexico 	    969,200,000,000 	 1 January 2003
25 	 Uzbekistan 	    937,300,000,000 	 1 January 2002
26 	 Kazakhstan 	    920,300,000,000 	 1 January 2002
27 	 Oman 	    846,400,000,000 	 1 January 2002
28 	 Argentina 	    768,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
29 	 Bolivia 	    727,200,000,000 	 1 January 2002
30 	 United Kingdom 	    714,900,000,000 	 1 January 2002
31 	 Pakistan 	    695,600,000,000 	 1 January 2002
32 	 Trinidad and Tobago 	    589,000,000,000 	 1 January 2004
33 	 Ukraine 	    560,700,000,000 	 1 January 2002
34 	 India 	    542,400,000,000 	 1 January 2002
35 	 Yemen 	    480,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
36 	 Papua New Guinea 	    385,500,000,000 	 1 January 2002
37 	 Thailand 	    368,200,000,000 	 1 January 2003
38 	 Brunei 	    315,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
39 	 Burma 	    314,400,000,000 	 1 January 2003
40 	 Germany 	    298,300,000,000 	 1 January 2002
41 	 Peru 	    245,100,000,000 	 1 January 2002
42 	 Syria 	    240,700,000,000 	 1 January 2002
43 	 Brazil 	    221,700,000,000 	 1 January 2002
44 	 Italy 	    209,700,000,000 	 1 January 2002
45 	 Vietnam 	    192,600,000,000 	 1 January 2002
46 	 Poland 	    154,400,000,000 	 1 January 2002
47 	 Bangladesh 	    150,300,000,000 	 1 January 2002
48 	 Colombia 	    132,000,000,000 	 1 January 2002
49 	 Romania 	    111,100,000,000 	 1 January 2002
50 	 Ecuador 	    106,500,000,000 	 1 January 2002
51 	 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 	    104,800,000,000 	 1 January 2002
52 	 Philippines 	    104,600,000,000 	 1 January 2002
53 	 Sudan 	     99,110,000,000 	 1 January 2002
54 	 Denmark 	     81,980,000,000 	 1 January 2002
55 	 Angola 	     79,570,000,000 	 1 January 2002
56 	 Tunisia 	     77,160,000,000 	 1 January 2002
57 	 Equatorial Guinea 	     68,530,000,000 	 1 January 2002
58 	 Chile 	     67,780,000,000 	 1 January 2002
59 	 Gabon 	     66,470,000,000 	 1 January 2002
60 	 Mozambique 	     63,710,000,000 	 1 January 2002
61 	 Azerbaijan 	     62,300,000,000 	 1 January 2002
62 	 New Zealand 	     58,940,000,000 	 1 January 2002
63 	 Cameroon 	     55,220,000,000 	 1 January 2002
64 	 Hungary 	     50,450,000,000 	 1 January 2002
65 	 Afghanistan 	     49,980,000,000 	 1 January 2002
66 	 Bahrain 	     46,000,000,000 	 1 January 2003
67 	 Cuba 	     42,620,000,000 	 1 January 2002
68 	 Taiwan 	     38,230,000,000 	 1 January 2002
69 	 Croatia 	     34,360,000,000 	 1 January 2002
70 	 Namibia 	     31,150,000,000 	 1 January 2002
71 	 Rwanda 	     28,320,000,000 	 1 January 2002
72 	 Austria 	     24,900,000,000 	 1 January 2002
73 	 Serbia and Montenegro 	     24,070,000,000 	 1 January 2002
74 	 Israel 	     20,810,000,000 	 1 January 2002
75 	 Japan 	     20,020,000,000 	 1 January 2002
76 	 Cote d'Ivoire 	     14,870,000,000 	 1 January 2002
77 	 South Africa 	     14,160,000,000 	 1 January 2002
78 	 France 	     12,860,000,000 	 1 January 2002
79 	 Ethiopia 	     12,460,000,000 	 1 January 2002
80 	 Ghana 	     11,890,000,000 	 1 January 2002
81 	 Tanzania 	     11,330,000,000 	 1 January 2002
82 	 Ireland 	      9,911,000,000 	 1 January 2002
83 	 Turkey 	      8,685,000,000 	 1 January 2002
84 	 Slovakia 	      7,504,000,000 	 1 January 2002
85 	 Bulgaria 	      3,724,000,000 	 1 January 2002
86 	 Albania 	      3,316,000,000 	 1 January 2002
87 	 Jordan 	      3,256,000,000 	 1 January 2002
88 	 Czech Republic 	      3,057,000,000 	 1 January 2002
89 	 Somalia 	      2,832,000,000 	 1 January 2002
90 	 Guatemala 	      1,543,000,000 	 1 January 2002
91 	 Morocco 	       665,400,000 	 1 January 2002
92 	 Benin 	       608,800,000 	 1 January 2002
93 	 Congo, Republic of the 	       495,500,000 	 1 January 2002
94 	 Greece 	       254,900,000 	 1 January 2002
95 	 Spain 	       254,900,000 	 1 January 2002
96 	 Barbados 	        70,790,000 	 1 January 2002
97 	 Madagascar 	               0 	 1 January 2002
98 	 Suriname 	               0 	 1 January 2002

 This file was last updated on 10 February, 2005
