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Field Listing :: Oil - proved reserves
This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
 Oil - proved reserves(bbl)
Afghanistan 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Albania 199.1 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Algeria 13.42 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
American Samoa 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Angola 13.5 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Argentina 2.386 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Armenia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Aruba 0 bbl
Australia 3.318 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Austria 50 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Azerbaijan 7 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Bahamas, The 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Bahrain 124.6 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Bangladesh 28 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Barbados 1.79 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Belarus 198 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Belgium 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Belize 6.7 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Benin 8 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Bermuda 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Bhutan 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Bolivia 465 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Botswana 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Brazil 13.2 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
British Virgin Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Brunei 1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Bulgaria 15 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Burkina Faso 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Burma 50 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Burundi 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Cambodia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Cameroon 200 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Canada 175.2 billion bbl
note: includes oil sands (1 January 2010 est.)
Cape Verde 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Cayman Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Central African Republic 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Chad 1.5 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Chile 150 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
China 20.35 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Colombia 2.1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Comoros 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 180 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 1.6 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Cook Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Costa Rica 0 bbl
Cote d'Ivoire 250 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Croatia 73.35 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Cuba 178.9 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Cyprus 0 bbl
Czech Republic 15 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Denmark 1.06 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Djibouti 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Dominica 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Dominican Republic 0 bbl
Ecuador 6.542 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Egypt 4.3 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
El Salvador 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Eritrea 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Estonia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Ethiopia 430,000 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
European Union 5.414 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Faroe Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Fiji 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Finland NA bbl
France 101.2 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
French Polynesia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Gabon 2 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Gambia, The 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Gaza Strip NA bbl NA bbl
Georgia 35 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Germany 276 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Ghana 15 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Gibraltar 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Greece 10 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Greenland NA bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Grenada 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Guam 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Guatemala 83.07 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Guinea 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Guyana 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Haiti 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Honduras 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Hong Kong 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Hungary 26.57 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Iceland 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
India 5.8 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Indonesia 4.05 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Iran 137.6 billion bbl based on Iranian claims
note: Iran has about 10% of world reserves (1 January 2010 est.)
Iraq 115 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Ireland 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Israel 1.94 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Italy 423.7 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Jamaica 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Japan 44.12 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Jordan 1 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Kazakhstan 30 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Kenya 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Kiribati 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Korea, North 0 bbl
Korea, South 0 bbl
Kosovo NA bbl
Kuwait 104 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 40 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Laos NA bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Latvia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Lebanon 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Lesotho 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Liberia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Libya 47 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Lithuania 12 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Luxembourg 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Macau 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Macedonia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Madagascar 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Malawi 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Malaysia 2.9 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Maldives 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Mali 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Malta 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Mauritania 100 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Mauritius 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Mexico 12.42 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Moldova 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Mongolia NA bbl
Montenegro 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Montserrat 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Morocco 100 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Mozambique 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Namibia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Nauru 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Nepal 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Netherlands 100 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
New Caledonia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
New Zealand 60 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Nicaragua 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Niger 0 bbl
Nigeria 37.5 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Niue 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Norway 6.68 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Oman 5.5 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Pakistan 436.2 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Panama 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Papua New Guinea 170 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Paraguay 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Peru 470.8 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Philippines 138.5 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Poland 96.38 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Portugal 0 bbl
Puerto Rico 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Qatar 25.41 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Romania 600 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Russia 74.2 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Rwanda 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Saint Lucia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Samoa 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Saudi Arabia 264.6 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Senegal 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Serbia 77.5 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Seychelles 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Sierra Leone 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Singapore 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Slovakia 9 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Slovenia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Solomon Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Somalia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
South Africa 15 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Spain 150 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Sri Lanka 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Sudan 6.8 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Suriname 79.6 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Swaziland 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Sweden 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Switzerland 0 bbl
Syria 2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Taiwan 2.8 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Tajikistan 12 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Tanzania 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Thailand 430 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Timor-Leste 553.8 million bbl (1 January 2008)
Togo 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Tonga 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 728.3 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Tunisia 425 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Turkey 262.2 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Turkmenistan 600 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Uganda 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Ukraine 395 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
United Arab Emirates 97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
United Kingdom 3.084 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
United States 19.12 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Uruguay 0 bbl
Uzbekistan 594 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Vanuatu 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Venezuela 97.77 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Vietnam 4.7 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Virgin Islands 0 bbl
West Bank NA bbl
Western Sahara 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
World 1.378 trillion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Yemen 3.16 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Zambia 0 bbl
Zimbabwe 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
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