List of countries by natural gas proven reserves

This list is based on the CIA World Factbook (when no citation is given)^[1] or other authoritative third-party sources (as cited). Based on data from EIA, at the start of 2021, proven gas reserves were dominated by three countries: Iran, Russia, and Qatar.

There is some disagreement on which country has the largest proven gas reserves. Sources that consider Russia in possession of the world's largest proven reserves include the US CIA (47,600 cubic kilometers),^[2] the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) (49,000 km³),^[3] and OPEC (48,810 km³).^[4] However, BP credits Russia with only 32,900 km³,^[5] which would place it in second place, slightly behind Iran (33,100 to 33,800 km³, depending on the source).

Due to constant announcements of shale gas recoverable reserves, as well as drilling in Central Asia, South America, Africa, and deepwater drilling, estimates are updated frequently. Since 2000, some countries, notably the US and Canada, have seen large increases in proven gas reserves due to development of shale gas, but shale gas deposits in most countries are yet to be added to reserve calculations.

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Proven reserves (in billions of cubic metres)
Country	U.S. EIA (2021)^[6]	OPEC (2018-2024)^[7]^[8]	BP (end of 2020)^[9]	CIA World Factbook^[10] (2006-18)	Production (2021)^[11]	Years of production in reserve^[12]
Russia *	47,800	46,830	37,400	47,800.000	733.00	68
Iran *	34,000	33,990	32,100	33,720.000	256.00	137
Qatar *	23,900	23,861	24,700	24,070.000	169.00	141
United States *	17,710	9,067	12,600	7,716.000	977.44	18
Turkmenistan *	10,000	9,838	13,600	7,504.000	81.00	115
Saudi Arabia *	9,430	9,730	6,000	8,619.000	115.60	82
China *	6,650	2,890	8,400	5,440.000	212.00	31
United Arab Emirates *	6,090	8,210	5,900	6,091.000	55.00	95
Venezuela *	6,000	5,510	6,300	5,739.000	21.00	377
Nigeria *	5,750	5,980	5,500	5,475.000	44.40	130
Algeria *	4,500	4,500	2,300	4,504.000	105.00	44
Iraq *	3,740	3,710	3,500	3,820.000	9.60	350
Australia *	3,230	3,173	2,400	1,989.000	147.10	22
Mozambique *	3,000			2,832.000	5.35	561
Kazakhstan *	2,400	1,898	2,300	2,407.000	27.00	120
Canada *	2,100	2,059	2,400	2,056.000	175.00	12
Azerbaijan *	2,000	1,227	2,500	991.100	31.38	64
Egypt *	1,800	2,221	2,100	2,186.000	69.43	26
Kuwait *	1,800	1,780	1,700	1,784.000	16.00	85
Uzbekistan *	1,800	1,564	800	1,841.000	49.70	36
Norway *	1,600	2,314	1,400	1,782.000	120.00	14
Libya	1,500	730	1,400	1,505.000	13.00	103
India *	1,400	1,150	1,300	1,290.000	32.30	43
Malaysia *	1,200	2,909	900	1,183.000	70.99	17
Ukraine *	1,100	304	1,100	1,104.000	18.90	58
Indonesia *	1,000	2,866	1,300	2,866.000	69.00	17
Senegal	–		1,000	0.000	0.00	-
Vietnam *	710	203	600	699.400	7.02	101
Turkey *	710			5.097	0.40	1,775
Greece	680			0.991	0.01	1,989
Oman *	650	884	700	651.300	39.19	17
Myanmar *	650	273	400	637.100	17.00	40
Pakistan *	590	757	400	588.800	29.00	18
Argentina *	487	381	400	336.600	41.00	12
Yemen *	480		300	478.500	0.12	4,000
Guyana	453			0.000	0.00	-
Brazil *	370	325	300	377.400	23.80	16
Angola *	340	422		308.100	5.86	58
Trinidad and Tobago *	310	433	290	447.400	25.70	12
Peru *	310	513	261	455.900	11.00	26
Bolivia *	310	310	213	295.900	15.50	20
Congo *	300	280		90.610	1.30	714
Brunei *	260	252	222	260.500	11.40	23
Syria *	240	300	269	240.700	4.20	74
Timor-Leste	–			200.000	6.10	-
Israel *	180		589	176.000	19.00	10
United Kingdom *	180	269	187	176.000	32.48	6
Mexico	180	146	178	279.800	31.00	8
Papua New Guinea *	180		163	210.500	11.40	16
Cyprus	–			141.600	0.00	-
Thailand *	140	180	143	193.400	33.00	4
Cameroon *	140	152		135.100	2.30	61
Equatorial Guinea *	140	40		36.810	6.80	24
Netherlands *	130	804	130	801.400	21.60	6
Bangladesh *	130	346	110	185.800	23.90	5
Romania *	100	105	78	105.500	8.70	11
Philippines *	99			98.540	3.30	33
Chile *	99	5.3		97.970	1.30	71
Poland *	91	56.3	72.2	79.790	5.64	16
Colombia *	88	104	86	113.900	11.40	8
Bahrain *	82		64.8	92.030	18.00	4
Sudan *	80			84.950	0.00	-
Cuba *	71			70.790	0.91	78
Tunisia *	65			65.130	1.60	46
South Sudan *	–			63.710	0.00	-
Namibia *	62			62.290	0.00	-
Rwanda *	60			56.630	0.06	1,000
Afghanistan *	51			49.550	0.08	646
Serbia *	48			48.140	0.40	120
Italy *	45	27.1	100	38.110	3.20	14
Palestine *	32			0.000	0.00	-
New Zealand *	31			33.700	4.20	8
Denmark *	30	73.9	100	12.860	1.90	25
Ivory Coast *	30			28.320	2.50	12
Croatia	30			24.920	0.70	37
Mauritania *	30			28.320	0.00	-
Ethiopia *	30			24.920	0.00	-
Gabon *	30	30		28.320	0.45	67
Germany	20	39.6	100	39.500	5.10	4
Ghana	20			22.650	2.92	7
Japan *	20			20.900	2.30	8
Ireland *	10			9.911	1.60	6
Slovakia	10			14.160	0.06	161
Uganda	10			14.160	0.00	-
Ecuador	10	5.4		10.900	0.31	32
Georgia	8	8.5		8.495	0.01	800
South Korea *	8			7.079	0.05	160
France	8			8.410	0.02	400
Tanzania *	6			6.513	1.40	5
Austria	6			6.513	0.70	5
Jordan *	6			6.031	0.19	32
Taiwan *	6			6.229	0.09	66
Albania	6			0.821	0.06	102
Bulgaria	6			5.663	0.04	162
Tajikistan *	6			5.663	0.02	300
Kyrgyzstan	6			5.663	0.02	300
Somalia *	6			5.663	0.00	-
Hungary *	3			6.598	1.50	2
Czech Republic	3			3.964	0.20	15
Belarus *	3			2.832	0.07	41
Guatemala	–			2.960	0.00	-
Spain	2.55			2.548	0.05	53
Morocco *	1.44	474		1.444	0.12	12
Benin	1.13			1.133	0.00	-
DR Congo	0.99			0.991	0.00	-
Barbados	0.11			0.142	0.01	11
Armenia *	0	18		0.000	0.00	-
World	205,500 (2020)	208,890 (2024)	188,100 (end of 2020)	208,400 (start of 2011)	4,123 (2021)	46-51

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Comparison of proven natural gas reserves from different sources (cubic kilometers, as of 31 December 2014/1 January 2015)

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Source	Canada	Iran	Russia	Saudi Arabia	United States	Venezuela
BP^[13]	2,000	34,000	32,800	8,200	9,800	5,600
OPEC^[14]	2,028	34,020	49,541	8,489	9,580	5,617
U.S. Energy Information Administration^[15]	2,535	42,426	59,619	10,393	10,441	6,960

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