When will the world run out of oil? One way to judge is to determine the oil reserves of the countries around the world. The next table displays the known oil reserves of the top 15 countries. Graphically describe the figures. Country Oil Reserves Brazil 12,860,000,000 Canada 175,200,000,000 China 14,800,000,000 Iran 137,000,000,000 (Continued) Interpret Germany, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Australia, and Austria head the list. Both the United States and United Kingdom rank far lower. Surprised? 0 20 Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Estonia Finland Germany Ireland Lithuania New Zealand Panama Poland Romania Slovenia United Kingdom United States Venezuela Netherlands Czech Republic 80 160 60 40 100 120 140 © Cengage Learning Copyright 2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 28 CHAPTER 2 Country Oil Reserves Iraq 115,000,000,000 Kazakhstan 30,000,000,000 Kuwait 104,000,000,000 Libya 46,420,000,000 Nigeria 37,200,000,000 Qatar 25,380,000,000 Russia 60,000,000,000 Saudi Arabia 262,600,000,000 United Arab Emirates 97,800,000,000 United States 20,680,000,000 Venezuela 211,200,000,000