List of countries by natural gas proven reserves
This is a list of countries by natural gas proven reserves based on The World Factbook (when no citation is given).

List of countries by natural gas proven reserves

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Table Section Text: This is a list of countries by natural gas proven reserves based on The World Factbook (when no citation is given).

Proven Reserves (Billion m³)	U.S. EIA (start of 2018)	OPEC (start of 2018)	BP (start of 2018)	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	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	4

South Africa	ENI, start 2018	3

Moldova	ENI, start 2018	20

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Saudi Arabia has become the world's sixth largest gas reserves.
Saudi Arabia has the sixth largest gas reserves.

final_sentence: Saudi Arabia has become the world's sixth largest gas reserves.
final_sentence: Saudi Arabia has the sixth largest gas reserves.