Rank
|
Country
|
Oil - proved reserves
(bbl)
|
Date of Information
|
1
|
World
|
1,025,000,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
2
|
Saudi Arabia
|
261,700,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
3
|
Iraq
|
113,800,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
4
|
Kuwait
|
97,680,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
5
|
Iran
|
94,390,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
6
|
United Arab Emirates
|
80,310,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
7
|
Venezuela
|
63,950,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
8
|
Russia
|
51,220,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
9
|
Libya
|
29,750,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
10
|
Nigeria
|
27,000,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
11
|
China
|
26,750,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
12
|
United States
|
22,450,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
13
|
Mexico
|
15,110,000,000
|
1 January 2003
|
14
|
Qatar
|
14,510,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
15
|
Algeria
|
13,100,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
16
|
Norway
|
9,859,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
17
|
Brazil
|
8,507,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
18
|
European Union
|
7,467,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
19
|
Indonesia
|
7,083,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
20
|
Oman
|
5,703,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
21
|
Angola
|
5,691,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
22
|
Canada
|
5,112,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
23
|
United Kingdom
|
4,741,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
24
|
India
|
4,330,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
25
|
Malaysia
|
3,729,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
26
|
Australia
|
3,664,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
27
|
Egypt
|
3,308,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
28
|
Yemen
|
3,200,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
29
|
Argentina
|
2,927,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
30
|
Kazakhstan
|
2,709,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
31
|
Gabon
|
2,450,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
32
|
Syria
|
2,400,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
33
|
Ecuador
|
2,358,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
34
|
Colombia
|
1,800,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
35
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
1,538,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
36
|
Vietnam
|
1,400,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
37
|
Brunei
|
1,255,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
38
|
Denmark
|
1,230,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
39
|
Romania
|
1,055,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
40
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
990,000,000
|
1 January 2004
|
41
|
Sudan
|
631,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
42
|
Peru
|
614,700,000
|
1 January 2002
|
43
|
Thailand
|
600,000,000
|
1 January 2003
|
44
|
Azerbaijan
|
589,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
45
|
Italy
|
586,600,000
|
1 January 2002
|
46
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
563,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
47
|
Cuba
|
532,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
48
|
Bolivia
|
458,800,000
|
1 January 2002
|
49
|
Tunisia
|
417,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
50
|
Papua New Guinea
|
345,200,000
|
1 January 2002
|
51
|
Germany
|
327,300,000
|
1 January 2002
|
52
|
Pakistan
|
297,100,000
|
1 January 2002
|
53
|
Uzbekistan
|
297,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
54
|
Turkey
|
288,400,000
|
1 January 2002
|
55
|
Turkmenistan
|
273,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
56
|
Guatemala
|
263,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
57
|
Cameroon
|
200,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
58
|
Ukraine
|
197,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
59
|
Albania
|
185,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
60
|
Philippines
|
164,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
61
|
France
|
144,300,000
|
1 January 2002
|
62
|
Bahrain
|
125,000,000
|
1 January 2003
|
63
|
Poland
|
116,400,000
|
1 January 2002
|
64
|
Burma
|
115,000,000
|
1 January 2003
|
65
|
Hungary
|
110,700,000
|
1 January 2002
|
66
|
Croatia
|
93,600,000
|
1 January 2002
|
67
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
93,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
68
|
New Zealand
|
89,620,000
|
1 January 2002
|
69
|
Netherlands
|
88,060,000
|
1 January 2002
|
70
|
Austria
|
85,690,000
|
1 January 2002
|
71
|
Chile
|
81,050,000
|
1 January 2002
|
72
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
50,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
73
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
38,750,000
|
1 January 2002
|
74
|
Suriname
|
37,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
75
|
Japan
|
29,290,000
|
1 January 2002
|
76
|
Bangladesh
|
28,450,000
|
1 January 2002
|
77
|
Czech Republic
|
17,250,000
|
1 January 2002
|
78
|
Spain
|
10,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
79
|
Ghana
|
8,255,000
|
1 January 2002
|
80
|
Bulgaria
|
8,100,000
|
1 January 2002
|
81
|
South Africa
|
7,840,000
|
1 January 2002
|
82
|
Greece
|
4,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
83
|
Slovakia
|
4,500,000
|
1 January 2002
|
84
|
Benin
|
4,105,000
|
1 January 2002
|
85
|
Taiwan
|
2,000,000
|
1 January 2002
|
86
|
Israel
|
1,920,000
|
1 January 2002
|
87
|
Barbados
|
1,254,000
|
1 January 2002
|
88
|
Morocco
|
900,000
|
1 January 2002
|
89
|
Jordan
|
445,000
|
1 January 2002
|
90
|
Ethiopia
|
214,000
|
1 January 2002
|
91
|
Afghanistan
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
92
|
Rwanda
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
93
|
Tanzania
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
94
|
Namibia
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
95
|
Somalia
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
96
|
Mozambique
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
97
|
Ireland
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
98
|
Madagascar
|
0
|
1 January 2002
|
This page was last updated on 27 January, 2005
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