Energy > Oil > Reserves per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: According to Web definitions the term refers to the total amount of petroleum (oil) discovered in any given oil field or nation. Thus it can be said that Kuwait has xxxx millions of barrels (mb) of oil in the ground. However, the exact amount can never be known, simply because of the difficulty in sensing or "seeing" beneath the surface of the Earth. The term Proven Reserve or PR refers to an amount of oil that is generally accepted by geologists to be the actual amount of petroleum in the ground. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	KuwaitKuwait	42,023.87 barrels	2005
2	United Arab EmiratesUAE	23,572.61 barrels	2005
3	QatarQatar	19,484.66 barrels	2005
4	Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia	10,639.91 barrels	2005
	OPEC countries averageOPEC countries average (profile)	10,349.51 barrels	2005
5	LibyaLibya	7,149.94 barrels	2005
	Middle Eastern and North Africa averageMiddle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	6,610.12 barrels	2005
6	CanadaCanada	5,536.64 barrels	2005
7	IraqIraq	4,109.28 barrels	2005
8	BruneiBrunei	3,412.04 barrels	2005
9	VenezuelaVenezuela	2,828.34 barrels	2005
10	OmanOman	2,418.4 barrels	2005
11	NorwayNorway	2,132.46 barrels	2005
12	IranIran	1,900.15 barrels	2005
13	KazakhstanKazakhstan	1,716.51 barrels	2005
14	AngolaAngola	1,511.09 barrels	2005
15	GabonGabon	1,392.57 barrels	2005
16	Equatorial GuineaEqu. Guinea	933.49 barrels	2005
	Group of 7 countries (G7) averageGroup of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	814.95 barrels	2005
17	Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+	763.34 barrels	2005
	Non-religious countries averageNon-religious countries average (profile)	530.17 barrels	2005
18	RussiaRussia	482.01 barrels	2005
19	AlgeriaAlgeria	366.89 barrels	2005
20	EcuadorEcuador	327.5 barrels	2005
21	MauritaniaMauritania	317.85 barrels	2005
22	MexicoMexico	300.82 barrels	2005
23	SurinameSuriname	300.29 barrels	2005
24	NigeriaNigeria	257.91 barrels	2005
25	DenmarkDenmark	226.96 barrels	2005
26	YemenYemen	216.98 barrels	2005
	Emerging markets averageEmerging markets average (profile)	185.25 barrels	2005
27	AustraliaAustralia	179.65 barrels	2005
28	TunisiaTunisia	169.51 barrels	2005
29	BahrainBahrain	140.98 barrels	2005
30	SyriaSyria	137.61 barrels	2005
31	MalaysiaMalaysia	119.95 barrels	2005
32	BrazilBrazil	81.23 barrels	2005
33	ArgentinaArgentina	76.33 barrels	2005
34	United StatesUnited States	75.97 barrels	2005
35	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	74.72 barrels	2005
36	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	70.19 barrels	2005
37	AlbaniaAlbania	58.04 barrels	2005
38	TurkmenistanTurkmenistan	57.5 barrels	2005
39	SudanSudan	50.66 barrels	2005
40	BoliviaBolivia	49.04 barrels	2005
41	RomaniaRomania	48.76 barrels	2005
42	CubaCuba	47.11 barrels	2005
43	EgyptEgypt	37.62 barrels	2005
44	ColombiaColombia	34.55 barrels	2005
45	Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR.	28.47 barrels	2005
46	Papua New GuineaPapua NG	27.89 barrels	2005
47	UzbekistanUzbekistan	22.93 barrels	2005
48	New ZealandNew Zealand	21.68 barrels	2005
49	CroatiaCroatia	21.07 barrels	2005
50	GuatemalaGuatemala	20.74 barrels	2005
51	IndonesiaIndonesia	20.49 barrels	2005
52	BurmaBurma	19.93 barrels	2005
53	ChinaChina	14.01 barrels	2005
54	PeruPeru	13.35 barrels	2005
55	Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire	12.65 barrels	2005
56	HungaryHungary	10.97 barrels	2005
57	AustriaAustria	10.25 barrels	2005
58	ItalyItaly	10.01 barrels	2005
59	ChileChile	9.18 barrels	2005
60	ThailandThailand	8.89 barrels	2005
61	UkraineUkraine	8.39 barrels	2005
62	VietnamVietnam	7.28 barrels	2005
63	NetherlandsNetherlands	5.4 barrels	2005
64	IndiaIndia	5.06 barrels	2005
65	GermanyGermany	4.8 barrels	2005
66	CameroonCameroon	4.69 barrels	2005
67	BarbadosBarbados	4.58 barrels	2005
68	TurkeyTurkey	4.26 barrels	2005
69	PolandPoland	3.73 barrels	2005
70	MoroccoMorocco	3.32 barrels	2005
71	FranceFrance	2.28 barrels	2005
72	PakistanPakistan	2.16 barrels	2005
	South Asia averageSouth Asia average (profile)	1.85 barrels	2005
73	PhilippinesPhilippines	1.77 barrels	2005
74	Czech RepublicCzech Republic	1.69 barrels	2005
75	BulgariaBulgaria	1.05 barrels	2005
76	SlovakiaSlovakia	0.835 barrels	2005
77	BeninBenin	0.502 barrels	2005
78	GreeceGreece	0.405 barrels	2005
79	GhanaGhana	0.386 barrels	2005
80	IsraelIsrael	0.277 barrels	2005
81	SpainSpain	0.242 barrels	2005
82	JapanJapan	0.229 barrels	2005
83	BangladeshBangladesh	0.199 barrels	2005
84	South AfricaSouth Africa	0.166 barrels	2005
85	JordanJordan	0.0822 barrels	2005
86	EthiopiaEthiopia	0.00281 barrels	2005
=87	TanzaniaTanzania	0.0	2005
=87	MadagascarMadagascar	0.0	2005
=87	AfghanistanAfghanistan	0.0	2005
=87	IrelandIreland	0.0	2005
=87	RwandaRwanda	0.0	2005
=87	SomaliaSomalia	0.0	2005
=87	MozambiqueMozambique	0.0	2005
=87	NamibiaNamibia	0.0	2005

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