Rank
|
Country
|
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold
|
Date of Information
|
1
|
Japan
|
$ 664,600,000,000
|
2003
|
2
|
China
|
$ 412,700,000,000
|
2003
|
3
|
Taiwan
|
$ 207,100,000,000
|
2003
|
4
|
Korea, South
|
$ 155,400,000,000
|
2003
|
5
|
Hong Kong
|
$ 118,400,000,000
|
2003
|
6
|
India
|
$ 102,300,000,000
|
2003
|
7
|
Germany
|
$ 96,840,000,000
|
2003
|
8
|
Singapore
|
$ 95,750,000,000
|
2003
|
9
|
United States
|
$ 85,940,000,000
|
2003
|
10
|
Russia
|
$ 76,940,000,000
|
2003
|
11
|
France
|
$ 70,760,000,000
|
2003
|
12
|
Switzerland
|
$ 69,580,000,000
|
2003
|
13
|
Italy
|
$ 63,260,000,000
|
2003
|
14
|
Mexico
|
$ 59,020,000,000
|
2003
|
15
|
Brazil
|
$ 49,300,000,000
|
2003
|
16
|
United Kingdom
|
$ 46,050,000,000
|
2003
|
17
|
Malaysia
|
$ 44,580,000,000
|
2003
|
18
|
Thailand
|
$ 42,150,000,000
|
2003
|
19
|
Denmark
|
$ 37,980,000,000
|
2003
|
20
|
Canada
|
$ 36,270,000,000
|
2003
|
21
|
Indonesia
|
$ 36,250,000,000
|
2003
|
22
|
Turkey
|
$ 35,550,000,000
|
2003
|
23
|
Poland
|
$ 33,960,000,000
|
2003
|
24
|
Algeria
|
$ 33,420,000,000
|
2003
|
25
|
Australia
|
$ 33,260,000,000
|
2003
|
26
|
Spain
|
$ 26,810,000,000
|
2003
|
27
|
Czech Republic
|
$ 26,800,000,000
|
2003
|
28
|
Israel
|
$ 26,320,000,000
|
2003
|
29
|
Iran
|
$ 25,130,000,000
|
2003
|
30
|
Saudi Arabia
|
$ 22,860,000,000
|
2003
|
31
|
Netherlands
|
$ 21,440,000,000
|
2003
|
32
|
Venezuela
|
$ 20,670,000,000
|
2003
|
33
|
Sweden
|
$ 19,990,000,000
|
2003
|
34
|
Libya
|
$ 19,780,000,000
|
2003
|
35
|
Philippines
|
$ 16,870,000,000
|
2003
|
36
|
Lebanon
|
$ 16,350,000,000
|
2003
|
37
|
Chile
|
$ 15,840,000,000
|
2003
|
38
|
United Arab Emirates
|
$ 15,790,000,000
|
2003
|
39
|
Belgium
|
$ 14,450,000,000
|
2003
|
40
|
Egypt
|
$ 14,220,000,000
|
2003
|
41
|
Argentina
|
$ 14,160,000,000
|
2003
|
42
|
Morocco
|
$ 14,080,000,000
|
2003
|
43
|
Portugal
|
$ 12,810,000,000
|
2003
|
44
|
Hungary
|
$ 12,780,000,000
|
2003
|
45
|
Austria
|
$ 12,730,000,000
|
2003
|
46
|
Slovakia
|
$ 11,740,000,000
|
2003
|
47
|
Pakistan
|
$ 11,670,000,000
|
2003
|
48
|
Finland
|
$ 11,170,000,000
|
2003
|
49
|
Colombia
|
$ 10,920,000,000
|
2003
|
50
|
Romania
|
$ 10,370,000,000
|
2003
|
51
|
Peru
|
$ 10,240,000,000
|
2003
|
52
|
Slovenia
|
$ 8,598,000,000
|
2003
|
53
|
Croatia
|
$ 8,191,000,000
|
2003
|
54
|
South Africa
|
$ 7,972,000,000
|
2003
|
55
|
Kuwait
|
$ 7,685,000,000
|
2003
|
56
|
Nigeria
|
$ 7,128,000,000
|
2003
|
57
|
Ukraine
|
$ 6,937,000,000
|
2003
|
58
|
Bulgaria
|
$ 6,705,000,000
|
2003
|
59
|
Vietnam
|
$ 6,357,000,000
|
2003
|
60
|
Greece
|
$ 5,802,000,000
|
2003
|
61
|
Jordan
|
$ 5,364,000,000
|
2003
|
62
|
Botswana
|
$ 5,250,000,000
|
2003
|
63
|
New Zealand
|
$ 5,083,000,000
|
2003
|
64
|
Yemen
|
$ 5,009,000,000
|
2003
|
65
|
Kazakhstan
|
$ 4,962,000,000
|
2003
|
66
|
Ireland
|
$ 4,152,000,000
|
2003
|
67
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
$ 3,700,000,000
|
2003
|
68
|
Oman
|
$ 3,594,000,000
|
2003
|
69
|
Cyprus
|
$ 3,453,000,000
|
2003
|
70
|
Lithuania
|
$ 3,450,000,000
|
2003
|
71
|
Syria
|
$ 3,329,000,000
|
2003
|
72
|
Qatar
|
$ 2,952,000,000
|
2003
|
73
|
Tunisia
|
$ 2,949,000,000
|
2003
|
74
|
Guatemala
|
$ 2,843,000,000
|
2003
|
75
|
Turkmenistan
|
$ 2,696,000,000
|
2003
|
76
|
Bangladesh
|
$ 2,624,000,000
|
2003
|
77
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
$ 2,477,000,000
|
2003
|
78
|
Malta
|
$ 2,429,000,000
|
2003
|
79
|
Sri Lanka
|
$ 2,273,000,000
|
2003
|
80
|
Uruguay
|
$ 2,087,000,000
|
2003
|
81
|
Tanzania
|
$ 2,064,000,000
|
2003
|
82
|
El Salvador
|
$ 2,061,000,000
|
2003
|
83
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
$ 2,005,000,000
|
2003
|
84
|
Costa Rica
|
$ 1,836,000,000
|
2003
|
85
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
$ 1,796,000,000
|
2003
|
86
|
Bahrain
|
$ 1,785,000,000
|
2003
|
87
|
Mauritius
|
$ 1,598,000,000
|
2003
|
88
|
Latvia
|
$ 1,535,000,000
|
2003
|
89
|
Ghana
|
$ 1,469,000,000
|
2003
|
90
|
Kenya
|
$ 1,455,000,000
|
2003
|
91
|
Honduras
|
$ 1,439,000,000
|
2003
|
92
|
Estonia
|
$ 1,377,000,000
|
2003
|
93
|
Uzbekistan
|
$ 1,286,000,000
|
2003
|
94
|
Jamaica
|
$ 1,195,000,000
|
2003
|
95
|
Ecuador
|
$ 1,161,000,000
|
2003
|
96
|
Bolivia
|
$ 1,096,000,000
|
2003
|
97
|
Uganda
|
$ 1,080,000,000
|
2003
|
98
|
Albania
|
$ 1,038,000,000
|
2003
|
99
|
Panama
|
$ 1,011,000,000
|
2003
|
100
|
Mozambique
|
$ 990,000,000
|
2003
|
101
|
Paraguay
|
$ 982,000,000
|
2003
|
102
|
Ethiopia
|
$ 956,000,000
|
2003
|
103
|
Macedonia
|
$ 935,100,000
|
2003
|
104
|
Cambodia
|
$ 861,400,000
|
2003
|
105
|
Sudan
|
$ 847,200,000
|
2003
|
106
|
Azerbaijan
|
$ 820,900,000
|
2003
|
107
|
Iceland
|
$ 818,700,000
|
2003
|
108
|
Senegal
|
$ 780,000,000
|
2003
|
109
|
Angola
|
$ 638,400,000
|
2003
|
110
|
Belarus
|
$ 637,000,000
|
2003
|
111
|
Benin
|
$ 636,000,000
|
2003
|
112
|
Cameroon
|
$ 634,000,000
|
2003
|
113
|
Cuba
|
$ 582,000,000
|
2003
|
114
|
Burma
|
$ 562,000,000
|
2003
|
115
|
Papua New Guinea
|
$ 510,500,000
|
2003
|
116
|
Armenia
|
$ 509,400,000
|
2003
|
117
|
Nicaragua
|
$ 502,000,000
|
2003
|
118
|
Lesotho
|
$ 460,000,000
|
2003
|
119
|
Madagascar
|
$ 423,000,000
|
2003
|
120
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
$ 399,300,000
|
2003
|
121
|
Burkina Faso
|
$ 379,000,000
|
2003
|
122
|
Namibia
|
$ 325,200,000
|
2003
|
123
|
Moldova
|
$ 302,300,000
|
2003
|
124
|
Swaziland
|
$ 277,500,000
|
2003
|
125
|
Dominican Republic
|
$ 261,000,000
|
2003
|
126
|
Guyana
|
$ 257,000,000
|
2003
|
127
|
Togo
|
$ 257,000,000
|
2003
|
128
|
Zambia
|
$ 247,700,000
|
2003
|
129
|
Rwanda
|
$ 215,000,000
|
2003
|
130
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
$ 206,000,000
|
2003
|
131
|
Gabon
|
$ 201,900,000
|
2003
|
132
|
Laos
|
$ 201,000,000
|
2003
|
133
|
Chad
|
$ 191,800,000
|
2003
|
134
|
Guinea
|
$ 191,000,000
|
2003
|
135
|
Georgia
|
$ 190,700,000
|
2003
|
136
|
Malawi
|
$ 132,000,000
|
2003
|
137
|
Gambia, The
|
$ 118,000,000
|
2003
|
138
|
Tajikistan
|
$ 117,600,000
|
2003
|
139
|
Cape Verde
|
$ 88,020,000
|
2003
|
140
|
Belize
|
$ 84,700,000
|
2003
|
141
|
Zimbabwe
|
$ 78,000,000
|
2003
|
142
|
Haiti
|
$ 73,000,000
|
2003
|
143
|
Burundi
|
$ 67,400,000
|
2003
|
144
|
Seychelles
|
$ 66,000,000
|
2003
|
145
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
$ 44,530,000
|
2003
|
146
|
Eritrea
|
$ 28,000,000
|
2003
|
147
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
$ 18,000,000
|
2003
|
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