List of countries by oil proven reserves

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This is a list of countries by proven reserves of oil mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007.

Rank by
sovereign state
Country/Region Oil- proven reserves (billion bbl) Date of
Information
Flag of World World 1,371.742 estimated
1 Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 261.9 2003 est.
2 Flag of Canada Canada 178.8 2001
3 Flag of Iran Iran 132.5 2004 est.
4 Flag of Iraq Iraq 112.5 2003 est.
5 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 97.8 2003 est.
6 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 96.5 2003 est.
7 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 75.27 2003 est.
8 Flag of Russia Russia 74.4 2003 est.
9 Flag of Algeria Algeria 45 2006 est.
10 Flag of Brazil Brazil 42.3 2008 est.
11 Flag of Libya Libya 42 2003 est.
12 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 36.25 2004
13 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 39.8 2006
14 Flag of the United States United States 21.37 2003 est.
15 Flag of the People's Republic of China China 16.1 2004 est.
16 Flag of Qatar Qatar 15.21 2003 est.
17 Flag of Mexico Mexico 12.49 2004
18 Flag of Norway Norway 8.5 2003 est.
19 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 7 2003 est.
20 Flag of Angola Angola 5.412 2003 est.
21 Flag of India India 5.371 2003 est.
22 Flag of Ecuador Ecuador 5.115 2004 est.
23 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 4.85 2003 est.
24 Flag of Oman Oman 4.7 2003 est.
25 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 4.487 2003 est.
26 Flag of Yemen Yemen 3.72 2003 est.
27 Flag of Egypt Egypt 3.7 2003 est.
28 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 3.1 2005 est.
29 Flag of Argentina Argentina 2.675 2005 est.
30 Flag of Vietnam Vietnam 2.5 2005 est.
31 Flag of Syria Syria 2.4 2003 est.
32 Flag of Gabon Gabon 1.827 2005 est.
33 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 1.7 2003 est.
34 Flag of Sudan Sudan 1.6 2004 est.
35 Flag of the Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 1.5 2003 est.
36 Flag of Australia Australia 1.491 2004 est.
37 Flag of Brunei Brunei 1.35 2003 est.
38 Flag of Denmark Denmark 1.32 2003 est.
39 Flag of Colombia Colombia 1.282 2003 est.
40 Flag of Romania Romania 1 2003 est.
41 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 0.99 2003 est.
42 Flag of Peru Peru 0.953 2003 est.
43 Flag of Italy Italy 0.622 2003 est.
44 Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0.594 2003 est.
45 Flag of Thailand Thailand 0.584 2004
46 Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 0.546 2003 est.
47 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 0.526 2003 est.
48 Flag of Bolivia Bolivia 0.441 2003 est.
49 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 0.395 2003 est.
50 Flag of Germany Germany 0.394 2003 est.
51 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 0.359 2003 est.
52 Flag of Turkey Turkey 0.3 2004 est.
53 Flag of Cuba Cuba 0.259 2005 est.
54 Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 0.24 2003 est.
55 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 0.22 2003 est.
56 Flag of Belarus Belarus 0.198 2003 est.
57 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.187 2003 est.
58 Flag of Albania Albania 0.165 2003 est.
59 Flag of France France 0.159 2003 est.
60 Flag of Spain Spain 0.158 2003 est.
61 Flag of the Philippines Philippines 0.152 2003 est.
62 Flag of Chile Chile 0.15 2003 est.
63 Flag of Bahrain Bahrain 0.121 2003 est.
64 Flag of Suriname Suriname 0.111 2003 est.
65 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 0.106 2003 est.
66 Flag of Hungary Hungary 0.103 2003 est.
67 Flag of Morocco Morocco 0.1 2003 est.
68 Flag of Poland Poland 0.096 2003 est.
69 Flag of Cameroon Cameroon 0.09 2003 est.
70 Flag of Croatia Croatia 0.075 2003 est.
71 Flag of Austria Austria 0.062 2005 est.
72 Flag of Japan Japan 0.059 2003 est.
73 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 0.056 2003 est.
74 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 0.052 2003 est.
75 Flag of Burma Burma 0.05 2003 est.
76 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 0.04 2005 est.
77 Flag of Serbia Serbia 0.039 2003 est.
78 Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia (country) 0.035 2005 est.
79 Flag of Ghana Ghana 0.017 2004 est.
80 Flag of South Africa South Africa 0.016 2003 est.
81 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 0.015 2003 est.
82 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 0.015 2004 est.
83 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 0.012 2003 est.
84 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 0.012 2003 est.
85 Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 0.012 2003 est.
86 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 0.009 2003 est.
87 Flag of Greece Greece 0.007 2003 est.
88 Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan 0.004 2003 est.
89 Flag of Israel Israel 0.002 2003 est.
90 Flag of Jordan Jordan 0.001 2003 est.