This tab-delimited file can be read by most spreadsheet applications after being saved properly. At the top of your browser window, click 'File' and 'Save As...' After saving the file, open your spreadsheet, find the file you just saved and then 'Open' it. Rank Country Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m) Date of Information 1 World 161,200,000,000,000 1 January 2002 2 Russia 47,000,000,000,000 2003 3 Iran 26,700,000,000,000 2004 4 Qatar 14,410,000,000,000 2004 5 Saudi Arabia 6,339,000,000,000 2004 6 United Arab Emirates 6,060,000,000,000 2004 7 United States 5,195,000,000,000 1 January 2002 8 Algeria 4,739,000,000,000 2004 9 Venezuela 4,190,000,000,000 2004 10 Nigeria 4,007,000,000,000 2004 11 European Union 3,256,000,000,000 1 January 2002 12 Iraq 3,149,000,000,000 2004 13 Indonesia 2,549,000,000,000 2004 14 Burma 2,460,000,000,000 2003 15 Australia 2,407,000,000,000 1 January 2002 16 China 2,230,000,000,000 2004 17 Malaysia 2,230,000,000,000 2004 18 Kazakhstan 1,800,000,000,000 1 January 2004 19 Norway 1,716,000,000,000 1 January 2002 20 Netherlands 1,693,000,000,000 1 January 2002 21 Canada 1,691,000,000,000 2004 22 Kuwait 1,548,000,000,000 2004 23 Turkmenistan 1,430,000,000,000 1 January 2002 24 Libya 1,321,000,000,000 2004 25 Egypt 1,264,000,000,000 2004 26 Uzbekistan 937,300,000,000 1 January 2002 27 Oman 829,700,000,000 2003 28 Argentina 768,000,000,000 2004 29 Bolivia 727,200,000,000 1 January 2002 30 United Kingdom 714,900,000,000 2003 31 Pakistan 695,600,000,000 2004 32 Trinidad and Tobago 589,000,000,000 1 January 2004 33 Ukraine 560,700,000,000 9 November 2004 34 India 542,400,000,000 2004 35 Yemen 480,000,000,000 2004 36 Mexico 420,000,000,000 2004 37 Papua New Guinea 385,500,000,000 2004 38 Thailand 368,200,000,000 1 January 2003 39 Brunei 315,000,000,000 1 January 2002 40 Germany 293,000,000,000 1 January 2004 41 Peru 245,100,000,000 2004 42 Syria 240,700,000,000 2004 43 Brazil 221,700,000,000 2004 44 Italy 209,700,000,000 1 January 2002 45 Vietnam 192,600,000,000 2004 46 Poland 154,400,000,000 1 January 2002 47 Bangladesh 150,300,000,000 1 January 2002 48 Colombia 132,000,000,000 2004 49 Romania 111,100,000,000 1 January 2002 50 Philippines 107,600,000,000 1 January 2004 51 Ecuador 106,500,000,000 2004 52 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 104,800,000,000 1 January 2002 53 Sudan 99,110,000,000 2004 54 Chile 99,050,000,000 1 January 2004 55 Denmark 81,980,000,000 1 January 2002 56 Angola 79,570,000,000 2004 57 Tunisia 77,160,000,000 2004 58 Equatorial Guinea 68,530,000,000 1 January 2002 59 Gabon 66,470,000,000 2004 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 2004 64 Hungary 50,450,000,000 1 January 2002 65 Afghanistan 49,980,000,000 1 January 2002 66 Bahrain 46,000,000,000 2004 67 Cuba 42,620,000,000 1 January 2002 68 Taiwan 38,230,000,000 2004 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 2004 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 2004 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 2004 This file was last updated on 28 July, 2005