updated on 18 December 2008

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@2179 Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)

Afghanistan
49.55 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Albania
849.5 million cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Algeria
4.502 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

American Samoa
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Angola
269.8 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Argentina
446 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Armenia
0 cu m (1 January 2006)

Aruba
0 cu m (1 January 2006)

Australia
849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Austria
16.14 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Azerbaijan
849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Bahamas, The
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Bahrain
92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Bangladesh
141.6 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Barbados
141.6 million cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Belarus
2.832 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Belgium
0 cu m (1 January 2006)

Belize
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Benin
1.133 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Bermuda
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Bhutan
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Bolivia
750.4 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
0 cu m (1 January 2006)

Botswana
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Brazil
347.7 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

British Virgin Islands
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Brunei
390.8 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Bulgaria
5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Burkina Faso
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Burma
283.2 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Burundi
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Cambodia
NA

Cameroon
135.1 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Canada
1.648 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Cape Verde
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Cayman Islands
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Central African Republic
0 cu m (1 January 2006)

Chad
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Chile
97.97 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

China
2.265 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Colombia
122.9 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Comoros
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
991.1 million cu m (1 January 2008
est.)

Congo, Republic of the
90.61 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Cook Islands
0 c