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List of countries by natural gas proven reserves

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Countries by natural gas proven reserves (2014), based on data fromThe World Factbook.

Countries by natural gas and oil proven reserves (2015)

World natural gas proven reserves 1960–2012 (OPEC)

Trends in the five countries with largest proven reserves of natural gas, according to the US Energy Information Administration

This is a list of countries by natural gas proven reserves based on The World Factbook (when no citation is given).^[1] or other authoritative third-party sources (as cited). Based on data from BP, at the end of 2009, proved gas reserves were dominated by three countries: Iran, Russia, and Qatar, which together held nearly half the world's proven reserves.^[2]

There is some disagreement on which country has the largest proven gas reserves. Sources that consider that Russia has by far the largest proven reserves include the US CIA (47.6 trillion cubic meters),^[3] the US Energy Information Administration (49 tcm),^[4] and OPEC (48.81 tcm).^[5] However, BP credits Russia with only 32.9 tcm,^[6] which would place it in second place, slightly behind Iran (33.1 to 33.8 tcm, depending on the source).

Due to constant announcements of shale gas recoverable reserves, as well as drilling in Central Asia, South America and Africa, deepwater drilling, estimates are undergoing frequent updates, mostly increasing. Since 2000, some countries, notably the US and Canada, have seen large increases in proved gas reserves due to development of shale gas, but shale gas deposits in most countries are yet to be added to reserve calculations.

Proven Reserves (Billion m³)	U.S. EIA (start of 2018)[7]		OPEC (start of 2018)[8]		BP (start of 2018)[9]		Other
Country	Rank	Reserves	Rank	Reserves	Rank	Reserves	Source/Date	Reserves
Russia	1	47,805	1	50,617	1	35,000
Iran (see: Natural gas reserves in Iran)	2	33,721	2	33,810	2	33,200
Qatar	3	24,072	3	23,861	3	24,900
United States (see: Natural gas in the United States)	4	15,484	5	9,067	5	8,700
Saudi Arabia	5	8,619	6	8,715	6	8,000
Turkmenistan	6	7,504	4	9,838	4	19,500
United Arab Emirates	7	6,091	7	6,091	8	5,900
Venezuela	8	5,740	8	5,707	7	6,400
Nigeria	9	5,475	9	5,627	10	5,200
China (see: Natural gas in China)	10	5,440	13	2,934	9	5,500
Algeria	11	4,504	10	4,504	11	4,300
Iraq	12	3,820	11	3,744	13	3,500
Indonesia	13	2,866	15	2,866	14	2,900
Mozambique	14	2,832
Kazakhstan	15	2,407	19	1,898		1,100
Egypt	16	2,186	17	2,221	17	1,800
Canada (see: Natural gas in Canada)	17	2,056	18	2,059	16	1,900
Australia	18	1,989	12	3,173	12	3,600
Uzbekistan	19	1,841	21	1,564		1,200
Kuwait	20	1,784	20	1,784	18/19	1,700
Norway	21	1,782	16	2,314	18/19	1,700
Libya	22	1,505	22	1,505	20	1,400
India	23	1,290	23	1,289		1,200
Malaysia	24	1,183	14	2,909	15	2,700
Ukraine	25	1,104	35	304		1,100
Azerbaijan	26	991	24	1,227		1,100
Netherlands	27	801	26	804		700
Vietnam	28	699	39	203		600
Oman	29	651	25	884		700
Myanmar	30	637	36	273		1,200
Pakistan	31	589	27	757		400
Yemen	32	479				300
Peru	33	456	28	513		400
Trinidad and Tobago	34	447	29	433		300
Brazil	35	377	33	325		400
Argentina	36	337	31	381		300
Angola	37	308	30	422
Bolivia	38	296	34	310		300
Mexico	39	280	42	146		200
Brunei	40	261	38	252
Syria	41	241		300		300
Papua New Guinea	42	211				200
Thailand	43	193	40	180		200
Bangladesh	44	186	32	346		200	Petrobangla, 16 Jan. 2018[10]	385
Israel	45	176				500
United Kingdom	46	176	37	269		200
Cameroon	47	135	41	152
Colombia	48	114	46	104		100
Romania	49	105	45	105		100
Philippines	50	98.5
Chile	51	98.0		5.30
Bahrain	52	92.0				200
Congo, Republic of the	53	90.6	44	111
Sudan	54	85.0
Poland	55	79.8	48	56.3		100
Cuba	56	70.8
Tunisia	57	65.1
Namibia	58	62.3
Rwanda	59	56.6
Afghanistan	60	49.6
Serbia	61	48.1
Germany	62	39.5	49	39.6		100
Italy	63	38.1	50	27.1		100
Equatorial Guinea	64	36.8	45	145
New Zealand	65	33.7
Cote d'Ivoire	66/68	28.2
Mauritania	66/68	28.2
Gabon	66/68	28.2		25.5
Croatia	69/70	24.9
Ethiopia	69/70	24.9
Ghana	71	22.7
Japan	72	20.9
Slovakia	73/74	14.2
Uganda	73/74	14.2
Denmark	75	12.9	47	73.9		100
Ecuador	76	10.9		5.4
Ireland	77	9.91
Georgia	78	8.50
France	79	8.41
Korea, South	80	7.08
Hungary	81	6.60
Austria	82/83	6.51
Tanzania	82/83	6.51
Taiwan	84	6.23
Jordan	85	6.03
Bulgaria	86/89	5.66
Somalia	86/89	5.66
Tajikistan	86/89	5.66
Kyrgyzstan	86/89	5.66
Turkey	90	5.10
Czech Republic	91	3.96
Belarus	92	2.83
Spain	93	2.55
Morocco	94	1.44
Benin	95	1.13
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	96/97	0.991
Greece	96/97	0.991
Albania	98	0.821
Barbados	99	0.142
Armenia				18.0
Slovakia							ENI, start 2018[11]	4
South Africa							ENI, start 2018[12]	3
Moldova							ENI, start 2018[13]	20

• Star denotes includes "recoverable portion of shale reserves"

Comparison of proven natural gas reserves from different sources (billions of cubic meters, as of 31 Dec. 2014/1 Jan. 2015)

Source	Canada	Iran	Russia	Saudi Arabia	United States	Venezuela
BP[14]	2,000	34,000	32,800	8,200	9,800	5,600
OPEC[15]	2,028	34,020	49,541	8,489	9,580	5,617
U.S. Energy Information Administration[16]	2,535	42,426	59,619	10,393	10,441	6,960

See also[edit]

• List of countries by natural gas production
• List of countries by proven oil reserves
• List of natural gas fields