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Rank	Country	Natural gas - proved reserves (cubic meters)
1	Russia	44,800,000,000,000
2	Iran	29,610,000,000,000
3	Qatar	25,370,000,000,000
4	Saudi Arabia	7,807,000,000,000
5	United States	7,716,000,000,000
6	Turkmenistan	7,504,000,000,000
7	United Arab Emirates	6,453,000,000,000
8	Nigeria	5,292,000,000,000
9	Venezuela	5,065,000,000,000
10	Algeria	4,502,000,000,000
11	Iraq	3,170,000,000,000
12	Australia	3,115,000,000,000
13	Indonesia	3,001,000,000,000
14	Kazakhstan	2,407,000,000,000
15	Malaysia	2,400,000,000,000
16	Egypt	2,186,000,000,000
17	Norway	2,039,000,000,000
18	Uzbekistan	1,841,000,000,000
19	Kuwait	1,798,000,000,000
20	Canada	1,754,000,000,000
21	Libya	1,548,000,000,000
22	Netherlands	1,387,000,000,000
23	Ukraine	1,104,000,000,000
24	India	1,074,000,000,000
25	Oman	849,500,000,000
26	Azerbaijan	849,500,000,000
27	Pakistan	840,200,000,000
28	China	800,000,000,000
29	Yemen	478,500,000,000
30	Trinidad and Tobago	408,200,000,000
31	Brunei	390,800,000,000
32	Argentina	378,800,000,000
33	Colombia	377,000,000,000
34	Brazil	366,400,000,000
35	Peru	345,500,000,000
36	Mexico	338,800,000,000
37	Thailand	312,200,000,000
38	Angola	309,800,000,000
39	Burma	283,200,000,000
40	Bolivia	281,500,000,000
41	United Kingdom	256,000,000,000
42	Syria	240,700,000,000
43	Papua New Guinea	226,500,000,000
44	East Timor	200,000,000,000
45	Israel	198,200,000,000
46	Bangladesh	195,400,000,000
47	Vietnam	192,500,000,000
48	Germany	175,600,000,000
49	Poland	164,800,000,000
50	Cameroon	135,100,000,000
51	Mozambique	127,400,000,000
52	Ethiopia	113,000,000,000
53	Denmark	101,000,000,000
54	Philippines	98,540,000,000
55	Chile	97,970,000,000
56	Bahrain	92,030,000,000
57	Congo, Republic of the	90,610,000,000
58	Sudan	84,950,000,000
59	Cuba	70,790,000,000
60	Tunisia	65,130,000,000
61	Italy	63,570,000,000
62	Romania	63,000,000,000
63	Namibia	62,290,000,000
64	Rwanda	56,630,000,000
65	Korea, South	50,000,000,000
66	Afghanistan	49,550,000,000
67	Serbia	48,140,000,000
68	Equatorial Guinea	36,810,000,000
69	New Zealand	34,380,000,000
70	Croatia	31,580,000,000
71	Cote d'Ivoire	28,320,000,000
72	Mauritania	28,320,000,000
73	Gabon	28,320,000,000
74	Ghana	22,650,000,000
75	Japan	20,900,000,000
76	Austria	16,140,000,000
77	Slovakia	14,160,000,000
78	Uganda	14,160,000,000
79	Ireland	9,911,000,000
80	Georgia	8,495,000,000
81	Hungary	8,098,000,000
82	Ecuador	7,985,000,000
83	France	6,796,000,000
84	Tanzania	6,513,000,000
85	Taiwan	6,229,000,000
86	Turkey	6,173,000,000
87	Jordan	6,031,000,000
88	Kyrgyzstan	5,663,000,000
89	Bulgaria	5,663,000,000
90	Somalia	5,663,000,000
91	Tajikistan	5,663,000,000
92	Czech Republic	3,964,000,000
93	Guatemala	2,960,000,000
94	Belarus	2,832,000,000
95	Spain	2,548,000,000
96	Morocco	1,444,000,000
97	Benin	1,133,000,000
98	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	991,100,000
99	Greece	991,100,000
100	Albania	849,500,000
101	Barbados	113,300,000
102	South Africa	27,160,000
103	Macau	174,000
104	Moldova	0
105	Mongolia	0
106	Montserrat	0
107	Malawi	0
108	Montenegro	0
109	Macedonia	0
110	Mali	0
111	Mauritius	0
112	Malta	0
113	New Caledonia	0
114	Niue	0
115	Niger	0
116	Vanuatu	0
117	Paraguay	0
118	Panama	0
119	Portugal	0
120	Maldives	0
121	Nepal	0
122	Nauru	0
123	Suriname	0
124	Nicaragua	0
125	Guam	0
126	Guinea	0
127	Guyana	0
128	Haiti	0
129	Hong Kong	0
130	Honduras	0
131	Iceland	0
132	Korea, North	0
133	Kiribati	0
134	Kenya	0
135	Jamaica	0
136	Lesotho	0
137	Luxembourg	0
138	Madagascar	0
139	Laos	0
140	Lebanon	0
141	Lithuania	0
142	Liberia	0
143	Botswana	0
144	Bermuda	0
145	Belgium	0
146	Bahamas, The	0
147	Armenia	0
148	American Samoa	0
149	Aruba	0
150	Antigua and Barbuda	0
151	Belize	0
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
153	Solomon Islands	0
154	Bhutan	0
155	Burundi	0
156	Cambodia	0
157	Chad	0
158	Sri Lanka	0
159	Cayman Islands	0
160	Comoros	0
161	Costa Rica	0
162	Central African Republic	0
163	Cape Verde	0
164	Cook Islands	0
165	Djibouti	0
166	Dominica	0
167	Dominican Republic	0
168	Finland	0
169	Fiji	0
170	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0
171	Faroe Islands	0
172	French Polynesia	0
173	Estonia	0
174	Eritrea	0
175	El Salvador	0
176	Gambia, The	0
177	Gibraltar	0
178	Grenada	0
179	Greenland	0
180	Senegal	0
181	Saint Helena	0
182	Slovenia	0
183	Sierra Leone	0
184	Singapore	0
185	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0
186	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0
187	Seychelles	0
188	Guinea-Bissau	0
189	Puerto Rico	0
190	Saint Lucia	0
191	Sweden	0
192	Switzerland	0
193	Turks and Caicos Islands	0
194	Tonga	0
195	Togo	0
196	Sao Tome and Principe	0
197	Virgin Islands	0
198	British Virgin Islands	0
199	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
200	Burkina Faso	0
201	Uruguay	0
202	West Bank	0
203	Western Sahara	0
204	Samoa	0
205	Swaziland	0
206	Zambia	0
207	Zimbabwe	0

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: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Natural gas - proved reserves map

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