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01/03/08 12:53 PM
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Quote:[edit] Officially reported gold reservesThe largest gold holdings in tonnes as reported by the World Gold Council can be seen in the table below, per 22. September 2005 and 14. December 2007, ranked by their 2005 holdings.[7] The United States' holding of gold is worth approximately US$207 billion (December 2006). Though the United States holding is the largest of individual countries, in total the Euro area gold holdings are larger (11,065 tonnes per December 2007).Rank Country 2005 Gold (tonnes) 2007 Gold (tonnes) 1 United States of America 8,133.5 8,133.5 2 Germany 3,427.8 3417.4 3 International Monetary Fund 3,217.3 3217.3 4 France 2,892.6 2622.3 5 Italy 2,451.8 2451.8 6 Switzerland 1,290.1 1166.3 7 Japan 765.2 765.2 8 Netherlands 722.4 624.5 9 European Central Bank 719.9 604.7 10 People's Republic of China 600.0 600.0 11 Republic of China (Taiwan) 423.3 423.3 12 Portugal 407.5 382.6 13 Russia 386.6 438.2 14 India 357.7 357.7 15 Venezuela 357.4 356.8 16 United Kingdom 311.3 310.3 17 Austria 307.5 280.0 18 Lebanon 286.8 286.8 19 Pakistan 283.0 65.3 20 Belgium 227.7 227.6 21 Philippines 187.9 126.9 22 Bank for International Settlements 185.3 142.7 23 Algeria 173.6 173.6 24 Sweden 155.4 150.3 25 Libya 143.8 143.8 26 Saudi Arabia 143.0 143.0 27 Singapore 127.4 127.4 28 South Africa 123.9 124.1 29 Turkey 116.1 116.1 30 Spain 107.9 281.6 31 Romania 104.9 103.7 32 Poland 102.9 102.9 33 Indonesia 96.5 73.1 34 Thailand 84.0 84.0 35 Australia 79.7 79.8 36 Kuwait 79.0 79.0 37 Egypt 75.6 75.6 38 Denmark 66.5 66.5 39 Iran 65.3 N/A 40 Kazakhstan 58.6 62.7