Energy: proved gas reserves (in million cubic metres)

rank country end 1989 end 1999 end 2008 end 2009 percent of total
  World 122,404,729 148,551,771 185,284,349 187,491,670 100%
1. Russian Federation - 42,443,439 43,301,720 44,376,471 23.67%
2. Iran 17,000,000 25,000,000 29,610,000 29,610,000 15.79%
3. Qatar 4,620,000 11,157,000 25,365,073 25,365,073 13.53%
4. Turkmenistan - 2,585,412 8,103,529 8,103,529 4.32%
5. Saudi Arabia 5,218,400 6,146,000 7,569,405 7,919,373 4.22%
6. US 4,732,199 4,740,411 6,927,887 6,927,887 3.70%
7. United Arab Emirates 5,650,000 5,995,000 6,432,000 6,432,000 3.43%
8. Venezuela 2,992,700 4,152,418 4,983,000 5,666,000 3.02%
9. Nigeria 2,832,000 3,512,000 5,249,000 5,249,000 2.80%
10. Algeria 3,250,000 4,520,000 4,504,000 4,504,000 2.40%
11. Indonesia 2,552,700 2,620,000 3,184,796 3,184,796 1.70%
12. Iraq 3,115,000 3,285,000 3,170,000 3,170,000 1.69%
13. Australia 955,000 1,989,000 3,077,005 3,077,005 1.64%
14. China 1,022,800 1,366,900 2,455,400 2,455,400 1.31%
15. Malaysia 1,614,000 2,476,000 2,380,744 2,380,744 1.27%
16. Egypt 351,000 1,223,000 2,150,000 2,190,000 1.17%
17. Norway 1,730,000 1,247,000 2,215,000 2,046,000 1.09%
18. Kazakhstan - 1,775,059 1,822,443 1,822,443 0.97%
19. Kuwait 1,400,000 1,482,000 1,784,000 1,784,000 0.95%
20. Canada 2,732,000 1,719,000 1,754,234 1,754,234 0.94%
21. Uzbekistan - 1,583,710 1,683,412 1,683,412 0.90%
22. Libya 1,218,000 1,315,000 1,540,000 1,540,000 0.82%
23. Azerbaijan - 1,230,000 1,311,035 1,311,035 0.70%
24. India 686,000 647,960 1,090,000 1,115,000 0.59%
25. Netherlands 1,574,889 1,550,400 1,135,778 1,085,616 0.58%
26. Ukraine - 1,009,050 984,000 984,000 0.52%
27. Oman 279,000 830,000 980,000 980,000 0.52%
28. Pakistan 650,000 702,000 843,000 905,600 0.48%
29. Bolivia 116,000 518,000 710,000 710,000 0.38%
30. Vietnam - 170,000 557,023 682,069 0.36%
31. Romania 133,000 348,000 629,000 629,000 0.34%
32. Myanmar 266,000 287,000 570,301 570,301 0.30%
33. Yemen 198,000 479,000 490,000 490,000 0.26%
34. Mexico 2,060,000 861,000 499,764 476,148 0.25%
35. Papua New Guinea 226,000 428,000 442,000 442,000 0.24%
36. Trinidad & Tobago 286,000 605,000 435,230 435,230 0.23%
37. Argentina 671,000 729,000 398,530 374,384 0.20%
38. Brazil 114,260 227,535 358,772 360,969 0.19%
39. Thailand 229,000 345,000 340,000 360,000 0.19%
40. Bangladesh 725,000 323,000 344,000 355,000 0.19%
41. Brunei 317,000 374,000 350,000 350,000 0.19%
42. Peru 340,000 247,000 249,047 317,149 0.17%
43. United Kingdom 560,000 1,265,000 292,000 292,000 0.16%
44. Syria 157,000 241,000 284,000 284,000 0.15%
45. Colombia 109,000 188,000 111,993 124,141 0.07%
46. Poland 164,000 146,000 109,000 109,000 0.06%
47. Bahrain 183,000 118,000 85,000 85,000 0.05%
48. Germany 294,840 226,800 100,548 77,868 0.04%
49. Italy 301,583 190,667 64,027 64,027 0.03%
50. Denmark 108,000 142,000 55,000 64,000 0.03%
source: "Statistical Review of World Energy 2010", BP.