Mauritania

None

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Somalia

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows countries where Arabic is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in dark green and include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia.

Countries where Arabic is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

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

Iran

Israel

Nigeria

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

Proven Natural Gas Reserves

Percent of world reserves

American Samoa (U.S.)

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Indian Ocean Ter. (Australia)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Norfolk I. (Australia)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Pitcairn Is. (U.K.)

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Tuvalu

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Seychelles

St. Barthélemy (France)

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Martin (France)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

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

Taiwan

Armenia

Georgia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

Finland

France

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Guernsey (U.K.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Jersey (U.K.)

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Northern Macedonia

Portugal

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Belize

Chile

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Suriname

Uruguay

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Mauritius

Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Proven Natural Gas Reserves			Languages by Country			Internet Users
Value	Class	Rank	Percent of world reserves	Class	Rank	Value	Class	Rank	Per 1,000 people