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 47,860,000,000,000 1 January 2002 3 Iran 24,800,000,000,000 2004 4 Qatar 17,930,000,000,000 2004 5 Saudi Arabia 6,339,000,000,000 2004 6 United Arab Emirates 5,892,000,000,000 2004 7 United States 5,195,000,000,000 1 January 2002 8 Algeria 4,739,000,000,000 2004 9 Venezuela 4,202,000,000,000 2004 10 Nigeria 4,007,000,000,000 2004 11 European Union 3,262,000,000,000 1 January 2002 12 Iraq 3,149,000,000,000 2004 13 Indonesia 2,549,000,000,000 2004 14 Australia 2,407,000,000,000 1 January 2002 15 Malaysia 2,230,000,000,000 2004 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 2004 20 Turkmenistan 1,430,000,000,000 1 January 2002 21 Libya 1,321,000,000,000 2004 22 China 1,290,000,000,000 2004 23 Egypt 1,264,000,000,000 2004 24 Mexico 969,200,000,000 2004 25 Uzbekistan 937,300,000,000 1 January 2002 26 Kazakhstan 920,300,000,000 1 January 2002 27 Oman 846,400,000,000 2004 28 Argentina 768,000,000,000 2004 29 Bolivia 727,200,000,000 1 January 2002 30 United Kingdom 714,900,000,000 1 January 2002 31 Pakistan 695,600,000,000 2004 32 Trinidad and Tobago 589,000,000,000 1 January 2004 33 Ukraine 560,700,000,000 1 January 2002 34 India 542,400,000,000 2004 35 Yemen 480,000,000,000 2004 36 Papua New Guinea 385,500,000,000 2004 37 Thailand 368,200,000,000 1 January 2003 38 Brunei 315,000,000,000 1 January 2002 39 Burma 314,400,000,000 1 January 2003 40 Germany 298,300,000,000 1 January 2002 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 Ecuador 106,500,000,000 2004 51 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 104,800,000,000 1 January 2002 52 Philippines 104,600,000,000 1 January 2002 53 Sudan 99,110,000,000 2004 54 Denmark 81,980,000,000 1 January 2002 55 Angola 79,570,000,000 2004 56 Tunisia 77,160,000,000 2004 57 Equatorial Guinea 68,530,000,000 1 January 2002 58 Chile 67,780,000,000 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 France 12,860,000,000 1 January 2002 78 Ethiopia 12,460,000,000 1 January 2002 79 Ghana 11,890,000,000 1 January 2002 80 Tanzania 11,330,000,000 1 January 2002 81 Ireland 9,911,000,000 1 January 2002 82 Turkey 8,685,000,000 1 January 2002 83 Slovakia 7,504,000,000 1 January 2002 84 Bulgaria 3,724,000,000 1 January 2002 85 Albania 3,316,000,000 1 January 2002 86 Jordan 3,256,000,000 1 January 2002 87 Czech Republic 3,057,000,000 1 January 2002 88 Somalia 2,832,000,000 1 January 2002 89 Guatemala 1,543,000,000 1 January 2002 90 Morocco 665,400,000 2004 91 Benin 608,800,000 1 January 2002 92 Congo, Republic of the 495,500,000 1 January 2002 93 Greece 254,900,000 1 January 2002 94 Spain 254,900,000 1 January 2002 95 Barbados 70,790,000 1 January 2002 96 South Africa 14,160,000 1 January 2002 97 Madagascar 0 1 January 2002 98 Suriname 0 1 January 2002 This file was last updated on 30 November, 2004