|
Rank
|
Country
|
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
|
Date of Information
|
|
1
|
China
|
$ 2,033,000,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
2
|
Japan
|
$ 954,100,000,000
|
31 December 2007 est.
|
|
3
|
Russia
|
$ 435,400,000,000
|
12 December 2008
|
|
4
|
Taiwan
|
$ 280,900,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
5
|
India
|
$ 274,200,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
6
|
Korea, South
|
$ 231,200,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
7
|
Brazil
|
$ 197,400,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
8
|
Singapore
|
$ 170,100,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
9
|
Hong Kong
|
$ 161,400,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
10
|
Algeria
|
$ 150,500,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
11
|
Germany
|
$ 136,200,000,000
|
31 December 2007 est.
|
|
12
|
France
|
$ 115,700,000,000
|
2006 est.
|
|
13
|
Malaysia
|
$ 104,400,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
14
|
Italy
|
$ 104,000,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
15
|
Thailand
|
$ 100,500,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
16
|
Libya
|
$ 99,450,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
17
|
Iran
|
$ 96,560,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
18
|
Mexico
|
$ 91,990,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
19
|
Poland
|
$ 84,480,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
20
|
Turkey
|
$ 82,820,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
21
|
Switzerland
|
$ 75,370,000,000
|
2008 est.
|
|
22
|
Nigeria
|
$ 72,040,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
23
|
United States
|
$ 70,570,000,000
|
31 December 2007 est.
|
|
24
|
United Arab Emirates
|
$ 67,240,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
25
|
Norway
|
$ 60,840,000,000
|
2006 est.
|
|
26
|
United Kingdom
|
$ 57,300,000,000
|
31 December 2007 est.
|
|
27
|
Indonesia
|
$ 51,740,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
28
|
Saudi Arabia
|
$ 49,400,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
29
|
Argentina
|
$ 45,900,000,000
|
15 December 2008
|
|
30
|
Romania
|
$ 44,470,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
31
|
Canada
|
$ 41,080,000,000
|
2007 est.
|
|
32
|
Israel
|
$ 38,660,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
33
|
Egypt
|
$ 36,910,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
34
|
Czech Republic
|
$ 36,720,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
35
|
Venezuela
|
$ 36,360,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
36
|
Philippines
|
$ 36,150,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
37
|
Iraq
|
$ 35,060,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
38
|
Denmark
|
$ 34,320,000,000
|
2006 est.
|
|
39
|
South Africa
|
$ 33,590,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
40
|
Ukraine
|
$ 31,920,000,000
|
1 November 2008
|
|
41
|
Peru
|
$ 31,790,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
42
|
Sweden
|
$ 31,040,000,000
|
2006 est.
|
|
43
|
Lebanon
|
$ 28,620,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
44
|
Morocco
|
$ 27,290,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
45
|
Netherlands
|
$ 26,980,000,000
|
31 December 2007 est.
|
|
46
|
Hungary
|
$ 26,660,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
47
|
Australia
|
$ 25,750,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
48
|
Colombia
|
$ 25,080,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
49
|
Angola
|
$ 24,640,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
50
|
Vietnam
|
$ 22,780,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
51
|
Kazakhstan
|
$ 22,360,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
52
|
Chile
|
$ 21,990,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
53
|
Bulgaria
|
$ 21,230,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
54
|
Slovakia
|
$ 19,470,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
55
|
Spain
|
$ 19,050,000,000
|
31 December 2007 est.
|
|
56
|
Austria
|
$ 18,220,000,000
|
2008 est.
|
|
57
|
Qatar
|
$ 16,810,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
58
|
Belgium
|
$ 16,510,000,000
|
2007 est.
|
|
59
|
New Zealand
|
$ 15,250,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
60
|
Serbia
|
$ 14,220,000,000
|
2007 est.
|
|
61
|
Croatia
|
$ 14,140,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
62
|
Portugal
|
$ 11,550,000,000
|
31 December 2007 est.
|
|
63
|
Oman
|
$ 11,110,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
64
|
Kuwait
|
$ 10,640,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
65
|
Botswana
|
$ 10,280,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
66
|
Uzbekistan
|
$ 10,150,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
67
|
Pakistan
|
$ 9,104,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
68
|
Slovenia
|
$ 8,912,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
69
|
Tunisia
|
$ 8,875,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
70
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
$ 8,765,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
71
|
Finland
|
$ 8,535,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
72
|
Azerbaijan
|
$ 8,500,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
73
|
Lithuania
|
$ 8,397,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
74
|
Yemen
|
$ 8,306,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
75
|
Jordan
|
$ 7,884,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
76
|
Bolivia
|
$ 7,864,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
77
|
Ecuador
|
$ 6,492,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
78
|
Uruguay
|
$ 6,157,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
79
|
Syria
|
$ 6,104,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
80
|
Bangladesh
|
$ 5,934,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
81
|
Latvia
|
$ 5,660,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
82
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
$ 5,517,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
83
|
Turkmenistan
|
$ 5,501,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
84
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
$ 5,200,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
85
|
Bahrain
|
$ 4,865,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
86
|
Cuba
|
$ 4,347,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
87
|
Guatemala
|
$ 4,229,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
88
|
Malta
|
$ 4,150,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
89
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
$ 3,845,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
90
|
Cameroon
|
$ 3,788,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
91
|
Belarus
|
$ 3,775,000,000
|
November 2008 est.
|
|
92
|
Sri Lanka
|
$ 3,675,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
93
|
Estonia
|
$ 3,657,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
94
|
Costa Rica
|
$ 3,573,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
95
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
$ 3,300,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
96
|
Kenya
|
$ 3,116,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
97
|
Uganda
|
$ 2,800,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
98
|
Paraguay
|
$ 2,629,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
99
|
Tanzania
|
$ 2,624,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
100
|
Papua New Guinea
|
$ 2,548,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
101
|
Iceland
|
$ 2,500,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
102
|
Albania
|
$ 2,479,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
103
|
Macedonia
|
$ 2,430,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
104
|
Greece
|
$ 2,425,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
105
|
Cambodia
|
$ 2,375,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
106
|
Sudan
|
$ 2,329,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
107
|
Ghana
|
$ 2,301,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
108
|
Burma
|
$ 2,262,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
109
|
Dominican Republic
|
$ 2,162,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
110
|
El Salvador
|
$ 2,149,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
111
|
Honduras
|
$ 2,096,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
112
|
Mozambique
|
$ 2,067,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
113
|
Jamaica
|
$ 2,050,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
114
|
Armenia
|
$ 1,954,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
115
|
Mauritius
|
$ 1,909,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
116
|
Gabon
|
$ 1,859,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
117
|
Senegal
|
$ 1,765,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
118
|
Panama
|
$ 1,655,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
119
|
Moldova
|
$ 1,650,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
120
|
Georgia
|
$ 1,522,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
121
|
Cyprus
|
$ 1,476,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
122
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
$ 1,426,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
123
|
Namibia
|
$ 1,375,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
124
|
Zambia
|
$ 1,350,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
125
|
Benin
|
$ 1,292,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
126
|
Burkina Faso
|
$ 1,264,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
127
|
Chad
|
$ 1,120,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
128
|
Nicaragua
|
$ 1,035,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
129
|
Ethiopia
|
$ 1,008,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
130
|
Swaziland
|
$ 997,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
131
|
Madagascar
|
$ 996,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
132
|
Ireland
|
$ 926,200,000
|
2006 est.
|
|
133
|
Lesotho
|
$ 799,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
134
|
Laos
|
$ 765,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
135
|
Rwanda
|
$ 657,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
136
|
Barbados
|
$ 620,000,000
|
2007
|
|
137
|
Togo
|
$ 502,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
138
|
Haiti
|
$ 482,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
139
|
Cape Verde
|
$ 459,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
140
|
Tajikistan
|
$ 394,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
141
|
Guyana
|
$ 380,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
142
|
Suriname
|
$ 263,300,000
|
2006
|
|
143
|
Malawi
|
$ 221,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
144
|
Luxembourg
|
$ 205,500,000
|
2006 est.
|
|
145
|
Gambia, The
|
$ 144,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
146
|
Burundi
|
$ 134,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
147
|
Belize
|
$ 117,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
148
|
Zimbabwe
|
$ 100,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
149
|
Guinea
|
$ 92,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
150
|
Samoa
|
$ 70,150,000
|
FY03/04
|
|
151
|
Seychelles
|
$ 59,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
152
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
$ 45,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
|
153
|
Tonga
|
$ 40,830,000
|
yearend, FY 04/05
|
|
154
|
Vanuatu
|
$ 40,540,000
|
2003
|
|
155
|
Eritrea
|
$ 27,000,000
|
31 December 2008 est.
|
Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
This page was last updated on 22 January, 2009
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