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World Gold Holdings: Can you guess where Canada ranks?
WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS
International Financial Statistics, October 2012*
| Tonnes of gold | ||
| 1 | United States | 8,133.5 |
| 2 | Germany | 3,395.5 |
| 3 | IMF | 2,814.0 |
| 4 | Italy | 2,451.8 |
| 5 | France | 2,435.4 |
| 6 | China | 1,054.1 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 1,040.1 |
| 8 | Russia | 936.7 |
| 9 | Japan | 765.2 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 612.5 |
| 11 | India | 557.7 |
| 12 | ECB | 502.1 |
| 13 | Taiwan | 423.6 |
| 14 | Portugal | 382.5 |
| 15 | Venezuela | 362.0 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 322.9 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 310.3 |
| 18 | Turkey | 295.5 |
| 19 | Lebanon | 286.8 |
| 20 | Spain | 281.6 |
| 21 | Austria | 280.0 |
| 22 | Belgium | 227.5 |
| 23 | Philippines | 199.1 |
| 24 | Algeria | 173.6 |
| 25 | Thailand | 152.4 |
| 26 | Singapore | 127.4 |
| 27 | Sweden | 125.7 |
| 28 | Mexico | 125.1 |
| 29 | South Africa | 125.0 |
| 30 | Libya | 116.6 |
| 31 | BIS | 116.0 |
| 32 | Greece | 111.8 |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 104.4 |
| 34 | Romania | 103.7 |
| 35 | Poland | 102.9 |
| 36 | Australia | 79.9 |
| 37 | Kuwait | 79.0 |
| 38 | Egypt | 75.6 |
| 39 | Indonesia | 73.1 |
| 40 | Korea | 70.4 |
| 41 | Denmark | 66.5 |
| 42 | Pakistan | 64.4 |
| 43 | Argentina | 61.7 |
| 44 | Belarus | 49.7 |
| 45 | Finland | 49.1 |
| 46 | Bolivia | 42.3 |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 39.9 |
| 48 | WAEMU | 36.5 |
| 49 | Malaysia | 36.4 |
| 50 | Ukraine | 34.8 |
| 51 | Peru | 34.7 |
| 52 | Brazil | 33.6 |
| 53 | Slovakia | 31.8 |
| 54 | Ecuador | 26.3 |
| 55 | Syria | 25.8 |
| 56 | Morocco | 22.0 |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 21.9 |
| 58 | Nigeria | 21.4 |
| 59 | Serbia | 14.8 |
| 60 | Cyprus | 13.9 |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 13.5 |
| 62 | Jordan | 13.4 |
| 63 | Cambodia | 12.4 |
| 64 | Qatar | 12.4 |
| 65 | Czech Republic | 11.8 |
| 66 | Colombia | 10.4 |
| 67 | Laos | 8.9 |
| 68 | Ghana | 8.7 |
| 69 | Paraguay | 8.2 |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 8.2 |
| 71 | Latvia | 7.7 |
| 72 | Myanmar | 7.3 |
| 73 | El Salvador | 7.3 |
| 74 | Guatemala | 6.9 |
| 75 | Macedonia | 6.8 |
| 76 | Tunisia | 6.7 |
| 77 | Ireland | 6.0 |
| 78 | Iraq | 5.9 |
| 79 | Lithuania | 5.8 |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 4.9 |
| 81 | Bahrain | 4.7 |
| 82 | Mauritius | 3.9 |
| 83 | Mongolia | 3.6 |
| 84 | Canada | 3.4 |
| 85 | Mozambique | 3.3 |
* Source: www.goldreporter.de
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