E!!! Proven Reserves (km³) U.S. EIA (start of 2018)[7] OPEC (start of 2018)[8] BP (start of 2018)[9] Other PRODUCTION Country Rank Reserves Rank Reserves Rank Reserves Source/Date Reserves Production(km³/year) Years 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 9,200 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     Morocco 33 474  474       Peru 34 456 28 513  400     Trinidad and Tobago 35 447 29 433  300     Brazil 36 377 33 325  400     Argentina 37 337 31 381  300     Angola 38 308 30 422       Bolivia 39 296 34 310  300     Mexico 40 280 42 146  200     Brunei 41 261 38 252       Syria 42 241  300  300     Papua New Guinea 43 211    200     Thailand 44 193 40 180  200     Bangladesh 45 186 32 346  200 Petrobangla, 16 Jan. 2018[10] 385   Israel 46 176    500     United Kingdom 47 176 37 269  200     Cameroon 48 135 41 152       Colombia 49 114 46 104  100     Romania 50 105 45 105  100     Philippines 51 98.5         Chile 52 98.0  5.30       Bahrain 53 92.0    200     Congo, Republic of the 54 90.6 44 111       Sudan 55 85.0         Poland 56 79.8 48 56.3  100     Cuba 57 70.8         Tunisia 58 65.1         Namibia 59 62.3         Rwanda 60 56.6         Afghanistan 61 49.6         Serbia 62 48.1         Germany 63 39.5 49 39.6  100     Italy 64 38.1 50 27.1  100     Equatorial Guinea 65 36.8 45 145       New Zealand 66 33.7         Cote d'Ivoire 67/68 28.2         Mauritania 67/68 28.2         Gabon 67/68 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         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[11] 4   South Africa       ENI, start 2018[12] 3   Moldova       ENI, start 2018[13] 20