| Rank | Countries | Natural gas - production( cu.m.) | Date of information |
| 1 | Worldwide | 2,854,000,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 2 | Russia | 656,200,000,000 | 2007 forecast |
| 3 | 490,800,000,000 | 2005 forecast | |
| 4 | European Union | 215,400,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 5 | Canada | 178,200,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 6 | Iran | 101,000,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 7 | Algeria | 84,400,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 84,160,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 9 | Norway | 83,440,000,000 | 2005forecast |
| 10 | Netherlands | 77,300,000,000 | 2006 |
| 11 | Indonesia | 74,000,000,000 | 2006 |
| 12 | Turkmenistan | 72,300,000,000 | forecast for 2007 forecast |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 68,320,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 62,500,000,000 | 2006 forecast |
| 15 | Malaysia | 60,900,000,000 | 2005forecast |
| 16 | China | 58,600,000,000 | 2006 forecast |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates( ASE) | 45,070,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 18 | Qatar | 43,930,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 19 | Argentina | 43,760,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 20 | Mexico | 41,370,000,000 | 2005forecast |
| 21 | Egypt | 40,760,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39,920,000,000 | 2007 forecast |
| 23 | Australia | 38,620,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 24 | Pakistan | 29,540,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 25 | India | 28,680,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 26 | Venezuela | 27,530,000,000 | 2005forecast |
| 27 | Thailand | 22,730,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 28 | Nigeria | 21,480,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 29 | Ukraine | 20,850,000,000 | 2006 forecast |
| 30 | Germany | 19,900,000,000 | 2005 |
| 31 | forecast Oman | 18,980,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 16,690,000,000 | 2007 |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 13,430,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 34 | Bolivia | 12,740,000,000 | 2006 |
| 35 | forecastburma | 12,470,000,000 | 2005 |
| 36 | Romania | 12,240,000,000 | 2007 |
| 37 | Kuwait | 11,800,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 38 | Italy | 11,490,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 39 | Brunei | 11,030,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 40 | Libya | 10,840,000,000 | 2005 |
| 41 | Bahrain | 10,270,000,000 | forecast 2005 gforecast |
| 42 | Denmark | 9,870,000,000 | 2006 forecast |
| 43 | Brazil | 9,370,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 44 | Syria | 7,800,000,000 | 2007 forecast |
| 45 | Vietnam | 6,860,000,000 | 2007 forecast |
| 46 | Colombia | 6,397,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 6,300,000,000 | 2007. forecast |
| 48 | Poland | 5,828,000,000 | 2005 |
| 49 | Japan | 4,850,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 50 | New Zealand | 3,900,000,000 | 2006 forecast |
| 51 | Iraq | 3,500,000,000 | 2007 forecast |
| 52 | Hungary | 2,904,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 53 | Philippines | 2,781,000,000 | 2005forecast |
| 54 | Tunisia | 2,398,000,000 | 2005ognoz |
| 55 | South Africa | 2,110,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 56 | Senegal | 2,000,000,000 | 2006 forecast |
| 57 | Chile | 1,957,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 58 | Korea, South | 1,660,000,000 | 2006 |
| 59 | Austria | 1,570,000,000 | 2005 |
| 60 | Peru | 1,515,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 61 | Croatia | 1,477,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 62 | France | 1,400,000,000 | 2004 forecast |
| 63 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,247,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,247,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 65 | cuba | 1,058,000,000 | 2006 |
| 66 | Turkey | 860,300,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 67 | Angola | 767,300,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 68 | Israel | 709,700,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 69 | Serbia | 650,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 70 | Ireland | 546,700,000 | 2005 |
| 71 | Taiwan forecast | 462,900,000 | 2006 |
| 72 | Jordan | 268,500,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 73 | Ecuador | 249,400,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 74 | Mozambique | 191,800,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 75 | Belarus | 165,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 76 | Czech Republic | 165,000,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 77 | Spain | 151,500,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 78 | Slovakia | 141,900,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 79 | Congo, Republic of the | 115,100,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 80 | Gabon | 95,910,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 95,910,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 82 | Morocco | 47,950,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 39,320,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 84 | Albania | 28,770,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 28,770,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 86 | Barbados | 27,970,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 19,180,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 88 | Greece | 15,350,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 89 | Georgia | 14,390,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 90 | Slovenia | 4,795,000 | 2005forecast |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 407,000 | 2005 forecast |
| 92 | Aruba | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 93 | Botswana | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 94 | Belgium | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 95 | Belize | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 96 | Benin | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 97 | Bhutan | 0 | 2005forecast |
| 98 | Guinea | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 99 | Guatemala | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 100 | Guam | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 101 | Greenland | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 102 | Grenada | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 103 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 104 | Ghana | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 105 | Gambia, The | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 106 | French Polynesia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 107 | Mali | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 108 | Macedonia | 0 | 2007 |
| 109 | Malawi | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 110 | Montserrat | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 111 | Mongolia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 112 | Moldova | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 113 | Macau | 0 | 2006 forecast |
| 114 | Madagascar | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 117 | Zambia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 118 | Yemen | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 119 | Swaziland | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 120 | Samoa | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 121 | Western Sahara | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 122 | Namibia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 123 | Virgin Islands | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 126 | Uruguay | 0 | 2007 |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 128 | Uganda | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 129 | Tanzania | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 130 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 2005 |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 132 | Togo | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 133 | Tonga | 0 | 2007 forecast |
| 134 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 135 | Switzerland | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 136 | Sweden | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 137 | Sudan | 0 | 2006 forecast |
| 138 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2005 yearforecast |
| 139 | Somalia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 140 | Singapore | 0 | 2006 forecast |
| 141 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 142 | Saint Helena | 0 | 2005forecast |
| 143 | Seychelles | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 144 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 145 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 146 | Rwanda | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 147 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2005forecast |
| 149 | Portugal | 0 | 2007 forecast |
| 150 | Panama | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 151 | Paraguay | 0 | 2007 forecast |
| 152 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 153 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 154 | Suriname | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 155 | Nauru | 0 | 2005 yearforecast |
| 156 | Nepal | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 158 | Niger | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 159 | Niue | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 160 | New Caledonia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 161 | Maldives | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 162 | Malta | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 163 | Mauritania | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 164 | Mauritius | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 165 | Lesotho | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 166 | Liberia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 167 | Lithuania | 0 | 2005 |
| 168 | Latvia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 169 | Lebanon | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 170 | Laos | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 171 | Kosovo | 0 | 2007 |
| 172 | Kiribati | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 173 | Korea, North | 0 | 2007 forecast |
| 174 | Kenya | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 175 | Jamaica | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 176 | Iceland | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 177 | Honduras | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 178 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2006 forecast |
| 179 | Haiti | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 180 | Guyana | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 181 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 182 | Falkland Islands( Islas Malvinas) | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 183 | Fiji | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 184 | Finland | 0 | 2007 forecast |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 186 | El Salvador | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 187 | Eritrea | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 188 | Estonia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 189 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 190 | Dominica | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 191 | Djibouti | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 192 | Cyprus | 0 | 2007 forecast |
| 193 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 194 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 195 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 196 | Costa Rica | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 197 | Comoros | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 198 | Cameroon | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 200 | 2005 forecast | ||
| 201 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 202 | Chad | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 203 | Cambodia | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 204 | Burundi | 0 | 2005year forecast |
| 205 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 206 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 207 | Bahamas, The | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 208 | Bermuda | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 209 | Armenia | 0 | 2007 forecast |
| 210 | American Samoa | 0 | 2005 forecast |
| 211 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2005 forecast |
In 2005, the volume of natural gas production in Russia amounted to 548 billion cubic meters. The domestic consumers were supplied 307 billion cubic meters.m through 220 regional gas distribution organizations. There are 24 natural gas storage facilities on the territory of Russia. The length of the main gas pipelines in Russia is 155 thousand km.
