Ever wonder what your share is of your country’s gold reserves? Well wonder no more. The map above shows how much gold you’d get if the reserves were divided evenly.
Swiss citizens lead the world in reserves per person with 136.3 grams. With July 2016 prices of around $42 USD per gram, that means each person in Switzerland’s share is worth over $5,700 USD. Not too bad!
Below you can find figures for most countries around the world based on data from 2011. Please note that the map and table below were created for Wikipedia, based on data from the World Gold Council.
You can find the latest gold price at the bottom of the page, in case you’re wondering what your share’s worth. And if you’d like to buy gold yourself you can find great deals on BullionVault.
| Area | Population | Gold reserves in tonnes | Gram per capita |
| Switzerland | 7,633,271 | 1,040.1 | 136.3 |
| Lebanon | 4,140,243 | 286.8 | 69.3 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 229,645 | 13.1 | 57.0 |
| Eurozone | 322,669,491 | 10,792.5 | 33.4 |
| Aruba | 105,484 | 3.1 | 29.4 |
| Kuwait | 2,846,367 | 79.0 | 27.8 |
| Singapore | 4,724,773 | 127.4 | 27.0 |
| United States of America | 311,997,196 | 8,133.5 | 26.1 |
| Libya | 6,541,767 | 143.8 | 22.0 |
| Taiwan | 23,053,305 | 423.6 | 18.4 |
| Qatar | 845,215 | 12.4 | 14.7 |
| Sweden | 9,082,567 | 125.7 | 13.8 |
| Venezuela | 27,465,835 | 365.8 | 13.3 |
| Denmark | 5,524,306 | 66.5 | 12.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 29,506,952 | 322.9 | 10.9 |
| Iceland | 310,178 | 2.0 | 6.4 |
| Bahrain | 743,369 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| Japan | 126,626,004 | 765.2 | 6.0 |
| Russia | 139,006,099 | 784.1 | 5.6 |
| Bulgaria | 7,116,512 | 39.9 | 5.6 |
| United Kingdom | 61,385,414 | 310.3 | 5.1 |
| Algeria | 34,825,464 | 173.6 | 5.0 |
| Romania | 22,160,479 | 103.7 | 4.7 |
| World | 6,875,841,027 | 30,546.1 | 4.4 |
| Kazakhstan | 15,496,742 | 67.3 | 4.3 |
| Suriname | 489,785 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
| Australia | 21,663,346 | 79.9 | 3.7 |
| Belarus | 9,591,779 | 35.3 | 3.7 |
| Latvia | 2,210,167 | 7.7 | 3.5 |
| Macedonia | 2,075,245 | 6.8 | 3.3 |
| Mauritius | 1,299,795 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Bolivia | 10,047,732 | 28.3 | 2.8 |
| Poland | 38,452,413 | 102.9 | 2.7 |
| South Africa | 49,094,711 | 124.9 | 2.5 |
| Jordan | 6,488,225 | 12.8 | 2.0 |
| Serbia | 7,324,607 | 13.1 | 1.8 |
| Ecuador | 14,918,083 | 26.3 | 1.8 |
| Lithuania | 3,539,499 | 5.8 | 1.6 |
| Philippines | 101,030,609 | 156.5 | 1.5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,228,043 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Thailand | 66,638,287 | 99.5 | 1.5 |
| Turkey | 78,383,454 | 116.1 | 1.5 |
| Malaysia | 26,420,998 | 36.4 | 1.4 |
| Argentina | 41,595,293 | 54.7 | 1.3 |
| Czech Republic | 10,195,128 | 12.7 | 1.2 |
| Laos | 7,087,667 | 8.8 | 1.2 |
| El Salvador | 6,063,774 | 7.3 | 1.2 |
| Peru | 30,115,664 | 34.7 | 1.2 |
| Syria | 22,451,898 | 25.8 | 1.1 |
| Egypt | 81,415,484 | 75.6 | 0.9 |
| Cambodia | 14,907,288 | 12.4 | 0.8 |
| Sri Lanka | 21,622,468 | 17.5 | 0.8 |
| China | 1,333,962,627 | 1,054.1 | 0.8 |
| Morocco | 31,827,695 | 22.0 | 0.7 |
| Tunisia | 10,649,246 | 6.8 | 0.6 |
| Ukraine | 45,250,507 | 27.5 | 0.6 |
| Guatemala | 13,710,922 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| India | 1,182,599,587 | 557.7 | 0.5 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5,554,165 | 2.6 | 0.5 |
| Tajikistan | 7,568,703 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| Albania | 3,671,632 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| WAEMU | 99485261 | 36.5 | 0.4 |
| Pakistan | 178,846,050 | 64.4 | 0.4 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6,136,694 | 2.0 | 0.3 |
| Hungary | 9,864,998 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
| Indonesia | 244,535,321 | 73.1 | 0.3 |
| Korea, South | 48,710,208 | 14.4 | 0.3 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 7,109,657 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| Mongolia | 3,114,066 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| CEMAC | 319,470,944 | 102.7 | 0.3 |
| Fiji | 965,473 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Brazil | 202,482,844 | 33.6 | 0.2 |
| Colombia | 44,511,121 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
| Paraguay | 6,424,800 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Mozambique | 22,294,275 | 2.3 | 0.1 |
| Canada | 33,918,089 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| Honduras | 8,080,289 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Uruguay | 3,519,648 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Bangladesh | 159,242,804 | 13.5 | 0.1 |
| Yemen | 23,868,673 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| Mexico | 113,207,390 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| Dominican Republic | 9,879,476 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Malawi | 15,697,470 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Costa Rica | 4,551,966 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Chile | 16,830,930 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Burundi | 10,068,983 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Comoros | 785,786 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Haiti | 9,302,365 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kenya | 40,654,681 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Oman | 3,002,517 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
David Finnegan says
I note that your graph shows Ireland as having significant gold reserves but it didn’t appear on the per capita table. Can you up date?
Paulo Ferreira says
Portugal is missing in top 10
anobudelip says
Bingo!