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Greatest Oil Reserves by Country, 2006
| Rank |
Country |
Proved reserves
(billion
barrels) |
| 1. |
Saudi Arabia |
264.3 |
| 2. |
Canada |
178.8 |
| 3. |
Iran |
132.5 |
| 4. |
Iraq |
115.0 |
| 5. |
Kuwait |
101.5 |
| 6. |
United Arab Emirates |
97.8 |
| 7. |
Venezuela |
79.7 |
| 8. |
Russia |
60.0 |
| 9. |
Libya |
39.1 |
| 10. |
Nigeria |
35.9 |
| 11. |
United States |
21.4 |
| 12. |
China |
18.3 |
| 13. |
Qatar |
15.2 |
| 14. |
Mexico |
12.9 |
| 15. |
Algeria |
11.4 |
| 16. |
Brazil |
11.2 |
| 17. |
Kazakhstan |
9.0 |
| 18. |
Norway |
7.7 |
| 19. |
Azerbaijan |
7.0 |
| 20. |
India |
5.8 |
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| Top 20 countries |
1224.5 (95%) |
| Rest of world |
68.1 (5%) |
| World total |
1,292.6 |
NOTES: Proved reserves are estimated with
reasonable certainty to be recoverable with present technology and prices.
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