Australia

Papua New Guinea

Australia & Oceania

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Denmark

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Romania

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Peru

Venezuela

Latin America

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Kuwait

Libya

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Nigeria

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlighting countries based on proven natural gas reserves. Most reserves (Russia, Iran) are dark green. Moderate reserves (North America, Australia, China) are moderate blue. Least reserves (India, South America) are light blue.

Natural gas reserves as a percentage of known world reserves by country

Countries

World

Proven Natural Gas Reserves

Percent of world reserves

Ecuador

Angola

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Republic of the Congo

A map highlights the O P E C members such as Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Algeria, Nigeria Angola, Venezuela, and Ecuador shaded in blue.

Member states of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), an international cartel founded in 1960 to coordinate petroleum production among its members

OPEC

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Members

American Samoa (U.S.)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Micronesia

New Zealand

Palau

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Seychelles

St. Lucia

St. Martin (France)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Afghanistan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Armenia

Georgia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

Finland

France

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Northern Macedonia

Portugal

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Belize

Chile

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Suriname

Uruguay

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Greenland (Denmark)

Mauritania

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Vanuatu

None

Bhutan

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Cambodia

Laos

Philippines

Singapore

Timor-Leste

Jordan

Lebanon

Morocco

Palestine

Tunisia

Turkey

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Proven Natural Gas Reserves			Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Members	Crude Birth Rate
Class	Rank	Percent of world reserves	Value	Class	Rank	Live births per 1,000 people