002
94 Namibia 0 1 January 2002
95 Somalia 0 1 January 2002
96 Mozambique 0 1 January 2002
97 Ireland 0 1 January 2002
98 Madagascar 0 1 January 2002

This file was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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Rank code: @2179

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