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Field Listing :: 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.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m)
Afghanistan 49.55 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Albania 849.5 million cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Algeria 4.502 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
American Samoa 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Angola 309.8 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Argentina 378.8 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Armenia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Aruba 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Australia 3.115 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Austria 16.14 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Azerbaijan 849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Bahamas, The 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
Bahrain 92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Bangladesh 195.4 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Barbados 113.3 million cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Belarus 2.832 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Belgium 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Belize 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Benin 1.133 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Bermuda 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Bhutan 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Bolivia 750.4 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Botswana 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Brazil 366.4 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
British Virgin Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Brunei 390.8 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Bulgaria 5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Burkina Faso 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Burma 283.2 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Burundi 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Cambodia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Cameroon 135.1 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Canada 1.754 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Cape Verde 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Cayman Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Central African Republic 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Chad 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Chile 97.97 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
China 3.03 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Colombia 113.3 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Comoros 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 991.1 million cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 90.61 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Cook Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Costa Rica 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Croatia 24.92 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Cuba 70.79 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Curacao 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Cyprus 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Czech Republic 3.964 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Denmark 58.13 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Djibouti 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Dominica 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Dominican Republic 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Ecuador 7.985 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Egypt 2.186 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
El Salvador 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Eritrea 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Estonia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Ethiopia 24.92 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
European Union 2.168 trillion cu m (1 January 2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Faroe Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Fiji 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Finland 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
France 6.796 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
French Polynesia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Gabon 28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Gambia, The 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Georgia 8.495 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Germany 175.6 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Ghana 22.65 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Gibraltar 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Greece 991.1 million cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Greenland 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Grenada 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Guam 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Guatemala 2.96 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Guinea 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Guyana 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Haiti 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Honduras 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Hong Kong 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Hungary 8.098 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Iceland 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
India 1.074 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Indonesia 3.001 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Iran 29.61 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Iraq 3.17 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Ireland 9.911 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Israel 198.2 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Italy 63.57 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Jamaica 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Japan 20.9 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Jordan 6.031 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Kazakhstan 2.407 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Kenya 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Kiribati 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Korea, North 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Korea, South 50 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Kosovo NA cu m
Kuwait 1.798 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Laos 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Lebanon 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Lesotho 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Liberia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Libya 1.548 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Lithuania 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Luxembourg 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Macau 174,000 cu m (2010 est.)
Macedonia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Madagascar 0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Malawi 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Malaysia 2.35 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Maldives 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Mali 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Malta 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Mauritania 28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Mauritius 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Mexico 338.8 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Moldova 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Mongolia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Montenegro 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Montserrat 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Morocco 1.444 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Mozambique 127.4 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Namibia 62.29 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Nauru 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Nepal 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Netherlands 1.387 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
New Caledonia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
New Zealand 34.38 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Nicaragua 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Niger 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Nigeria 5.292 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Niue 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Norway 2.039 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Oman 849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Pakistan 840.2 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Panama 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Papua New Guinea 226.5 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Paraguay 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Peru 345.5 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Philippines 98.54 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Poland 164.8 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Portugal 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Puerto Rico 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Qatar 25.37 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Romania 63 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Russia 47.57 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Rwanda 56.63 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Lucia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Samoa 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Saudi Arabia 7.807 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Senegal 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Serbia 48.14 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Seychelles 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Sierra Leone 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Singapore 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Slovakia 14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Slovenia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Solomon Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Somalia 5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
South Africa 27.16 million cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Spain 2.548 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Sri Lanka 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Sudan 84.95 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Suriname 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Swaziland 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Sweden 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Switzerland 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
Syria 240.7 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Taiwan 6.229 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Tajikistan 5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Tanzania 6.513 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Thailand 312.2 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Timor-Leste 200 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Togo 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Tonga 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 408.2 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Tunisia 65.13 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Turkey 6.173 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Turkmenistan 7.504 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Uganda 14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Ukraine 1.104 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
United Arab Emirates 6.453 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
United Kingdom 256 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
United States 7.716 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
Uruguay 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Uzbekistan 1.841 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Vanuatu 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Venezuela 5.065 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Vietnam 192.5 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Virgin Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
West Bank 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Western Sahara 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
World 189.3 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Yemen 478.5 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Zambia 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Zimbabwe 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
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