| Total Recoverable Coal - Reserves - Coal - Energy Information Administration - Country Comparison (2005) |
Rank | Country | Million Short Tons |
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| 1 | Asia & Oceania | 283,807 |
| 2 | North America | 272,569 |
| 3 |  United States | 263,781 |
| 4 | Eurasia | 249,117 |
| 5 | Russia | 173,074 |
| 6 | China | 126,215 |
| 7 | Australia | 84,437 |
| 8 | India | 62,278 |
| 9 | Africa | 54,680 |
| 10 | South Africa | 52,911 |
| 11 | Europe | 50,781 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 37,339 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 34,502 |
| 14 | Central & South America | 17,941 |
| 15 | Former Serbia and Montenegro | 15,306 |
| 16 | Poland | 8,270 |
| 17 | Brazil | 7,791 |
| 18 | Colombia | 7,671 |
| 19 | Germany | 7,394 |
| 20 | Canada | 7,251 |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 4,962 |
| 22 | Indonesia | 4,771 |
| 23 | Greece | 4,299 |
| 24 | Hungary | 3,640 |
| 25 | Uzbekistan | 3,307 |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 2,200 |
| 27 | Pakistan | 2,185 |
| 28 | Turkey | 2,000 |
| 29 | Iran | 1,528 |
| 30 | Middle East | 1,528 |
| 31 | Thailand | 1,493 |
| 32 | Mexico | 1,335 |
| 33 | Chile | 1,302 |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 895.08 |
| 35 | Albania | 875.24 |
| 36 | North Korea | 661.39 |
| 37 | New Zealand | 629.42 |
| 38 | Spain | 584.23 |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 553.36 |
| 40 | Venezuela | 528.01 |
| 41 | Argentina | 467.38 |
| 42 | Romania | 465.18 |
| 43 | Japan | 391.32 |
| 44 | Philippines | 348.33 |
| 45 | Slovakia | 288.81 |
| 46 | Slovenia | 255.74 |
| 47 | Mozambique | 233.69 |
| 48 | Swaziland | 229.28 |
| 49 | Tanzania | 220.46 |
| 50 | Nigeria | 209.44 |
| 51 | Greenland | 201.72 |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 170.86 |
| 53 | Vietnam | 165.35 |
| 54 | Peru | 154.32 |
| 55 | South Korea | 148.81 |
| 56 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 97 |
| 57 | Niger | 77.16 |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 72.75 |
| 59 | Algeria | 65.04 |
| 60 | Botswana | 44.09 |
| 61 | Portugal | 39.68 |
| 62 | Ecuador | 26.46 |
| 63 | Egypt | 23.15 |
| 64 | Ireland | 15.43 |
| 65 | Italy | 11.02 |
| 66 | Zambia | 11.02 |
| 67 | Norway | 5.51 |
| 68 | Malaysia | 4.41 |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 3.31 |
| 70 | Malawi | 2.20 |
| 71 | Burma | 2.20 |
| 72 | New Caledonia | 2.20 |
| 73 | Bolivia | 1.10 |
| 74 | Nepal | 1.10 |
| 75 | Taiwan | 1.10 |
| 76 | Morocco | 0 |
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