All The World’s Gold

We here at Expensivity are all about exploring the world of numbers, and with this infographic we decided to take a look at the numbers behind the entire amount of gold in the world as well as other facts about gold. Below are a series of questions that we began with and the answers we discovered in our research. We believe that this is the most thorough and in-depth resource with facts about the world’s gold on the Internet and we hope you have as much fun reading through the information as we did in putting it all together.

1. How much above-ground gold (gold that has been mined) is there in all the world?

The best estimate at the end of 2011 is that around 165,000 metric tons (or tonnes) have been mined in all of human history. That’s about 181,881 ordinary tons or 363,762,732 pounds, or 5,820,203,717 ordinary ounces. Gold typically is measured in what are known as troy ounces, which are a little bigger than ordinary ounces (a troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams whereas an ordinary ounce is 28.3495231 grams). There are 32.1507466 troy ounces in a kilogram or 32,150.7466 troy ounces in a metric ton.

“More than half of all humanity’s gold has been extracted in the past 50 years. Now the world’s richest deposits are fast being depleted, and new discoveries are rare. Gone are the hundred-mile-long gold reefs in South Africa or cherry-size nuggets in California. Most of the gold left to mine exists as traces buried in remote and fragile corners of the globe. It’s an invitation to destruction. But there is no shortage of miners, big and small, who are willing to accept.” [QUOTE SOURCE: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2009/01/gold/larmer-text.]

SOURCES: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2009/01/gold/larmer-text, http://www.gold.org/about_gold, and http://minerals.usgs.gov.

2. How much gold gets mined per year worldwide?

The table below shows world gold production from 1900 thru 2011. Production in 1900 was around 400 metric tons per year and has consistently moved up over the years. It is currently around 2,500 metric tons per year. The all time high was reached in 2001, with 2,600 metric tons of gold production worldwide. The total gold mined from 1900 to the present is just under 141,000 metric tons. Given that humans have mined a total of 165,000 metric tons over the course of history, that leaves just 24,000 metric tons mined before the 20thcentury.

SOURCE: http://goldratefortoday.org/world-gold-production-1900-2010.  

Year	World Production (in metric tons)	Average Price	Total Dollar Value by Year	Troy Ounces per Year
1900	386	$ 18.96	$235,297,168.04	12,410,188.19
1901	395	$18.98	$241,037,362.33	12,699,544.91
1902	451	$18.97	$275,064,748.01	14,499,986.72
1903	496	$18.95	$302,191,297.44	15,946,770.31
1904	526	$18.96	$320,638,109.81	16,911,292.71
1905	575	$18.92	$349,767,972.26	18,486,679.30
1906	608	$18.90	$369,450,659.33	19,547,653.93
1907	623	$18.94	$379,366,592.60	20,029,915.13
1908	668	$18.95	$406,983,440.91	21,476,698.73
1909	687	$18.96	$418,780,192.85	22,087,562.91
1910	689	$18.92	$419,113,274.59	22,151,864.41
1911	699	$18.92	$425,196,195.84	22,473,371.87
1912	705	$18.93	$429,072,611.36	22,666,276.35
1913	694	$18.92	$422,154,735.22	22,312,618.14
1914	663	$18.99	$404,789,795.47	21,315,945.00
1915	704	$18.99	$429,822,045.27	22,634,125.61
1916	685	$18.99	$418,221,734.38	22,023,261.42
1917	631	$18.99	$385,252,429.78	20,287,121.10
1918	578	$18.99	$352,893,667.85	18,583,131.53
1919	550	$19.95	$352,774,067.07	17,682,910.63
1920	507	$20.68	$337,092,861.92	16,300,428.53
1921	498	$20.58	$329,507,857.78	16,011,071.81
1922	481	$20.66	$319,496,758.31	15,464,509.11
1923	554	$21.32	$379,741,470.30	17,811,513.62
1924	592	$20.69	$393,797,776.72	19,033,241.99
1925	591	$20.64	$392,182,523.21	19,001,091.24
1926	602	$20.63	$399,288,481.22	19,354,749.45
1927	597	$20.64	$396,164,071.66	19,193,995.72
1928	603	$20.66	$400,533,358.13	19,386,900.20
1929	609	$20.63	$403,931,370.54	19,579,804.68
1930	648	$20.65	$430,215,570.40	20,833,683.80
1931	695	$17.06	$381,201,757.21	22,344,768.89
1932	754	$20.69	$501,560,006.15	24,241,662.94
1933	793	$26.33	$671,297,622.28	25,495,542.05
1934	841	$34.69	$937,975,205.02	27,038,777.89
1935	924	$34.84	$    1,035,001,978.67	29,707,289.86
1936	1,030	$34.87	$    1,154,729,429.96	33,115,269.00
1937	1,100	$34.79	$    1,230,376,921.64	35,365,821.26
1938	1,170	$34.85	$    1,310,930,617.24	37,616,373.52
1939	1,230	$34.42	$    1,361,153,298.51	39,545,418.32
1940	1,310	$33.85	$    1,425,676,631.86	42,117,478.05
1941	1,080	$33.85	$    1,175,366,994.20	34,722,806.33
1942	1,120	$33.85	$    1,218,899,105.10	36,008,836.19
1943	896	$33.85	$975,119,284.08	28,807,068.95
1944	813	$33.85	$884,790,153.97	26,138,556.99
1945	762	$34.71	$850,355,739.84	24,498,868.91
1946	860	$34.71	$959,719,076.46	27,649,642.08
1947	900	$34.71	$    1,004,357,173.04	28,935,671.94
1948	932	$34.71	$    1,040,067,650.30	29,964,495.83
1949	964	$31.69	$982,178,302.00	30,993,319.72
1950	879	$34.72	$981,204,777.40	28,260,506.26
1951	883	$34.72	$985,669,873.08	28,389,109.25
1952	868	$34.60	$965,576,942.49	27,906,848.05
1953	864	$34.84	$967,794,057.97	27,778,245.06
1954	965	$35.04	$    1,087,132,485.23	31,025,470.47
1955	947	$35.03	$    1,066,549,898.77	30,446,757.03
1956	978	$34.99	$    1,100,205,621.82	31,443,430.17
1957	1,020	$34.95	$    1,146,141,965.54	32,793,761.53
1958	1,050	$35.10	$    1,184,915,765.94	33,758,283.93
1959	1,130	$35.10	$    1,275,195,062.40	36,330,343.66
1960	1,190	$35.27	$    1,349,408,630.77	38,259,388.45
1961	1,230	$35.25	$    1,393,975,995.71	39,545,418.32
1962	1,290	$35.23	$    1,461,145,335.51	41,474,463.11
1963	1,340	$35.09	$    1,511,747,395.58	43,082,000.44
1964	1,390	$35.10	$    1,568,602,775.87	44,689,537.77
1965	1,440	$35.12	$    1,625,953,277.65	46,297,075.10
1966	1,450	$35.13	$    1,637,710,805.68	46,618,582.57
1967	1,420	$34.95	$    1,595,609,403.01	45,654,060.17
1968	1,440	$39.31	$    1,819,938,022.34	46,297,075.10
1969	1,450	$41.28	$    1,924,415,088.49	46,618,582.57
1970	1,480	$36.02	$    1,713,943,440.95	47,583,104.97
1971	1,450	$40.62	$    1,893,646,823.99	46,618,582.57
1972	1,390	$58.42	$    2,610,762,796.76	44,689,537.77
1973	1,350	$97.39	$    4,227,067,635.35	43,403,507.91
1974	1,250	$      154.00	$    6,189,018,720.50	40,188,433.25
1975	1,200	$      160.86	$    6,206,122,917.69	38,580,895.92
1976	1,210	$      124.74	$    4,852,685,798.37	38,902,403.39
1977	1,210	$      147.84	$    5,751,331,316.59	38,902,403.39
1978	1,210	$      193.40	$    7,523,724,814.85	38,902,403.39
1979	1,210	$      306.00	$  11,904,135,436.12	38,902,403.39
1980	1,220	$      615.00	$  24,122,705,173.98	39,223,910.85
1981	1,280	$      460.00	$  18,930,359,598.08	41,152,955.65
1982	1,340	$      376.00	$  16,198,832,166.94	43,082,000.44
1983	1,400	$      424.00	$  19,084,683,181.76	45,011,045.24
1984	1,460	$      361.00	$  16,945,372,503.00	46,940,090.04
1985	1,530	$      317.00	$  15,593,433,608.47	49,190,642.30
1986	1,610	$      368.00	$  19,048,674,345.57	51,762,702.03
1987	1,660	$      447.00	$  23,856,496,992.13	53,370,239.36
1988	1,870	$      437.00	$  26,273,268,614.05	60,121,896.14
1989	2,010	$      381.00	$  24,621,363,253.75	64,623,000.67
1990	2,180	$      383.51	$  26,879,689,566.27	70,088,627.59
1991	2,160	$      362.11	$  25,146,950,798.86	69,445,612.66
1992	2,260	$      343.82	$  24,982,197,512.99	72,660,687.32
1993	2,280	$      359.77	$  26,372,472,957.76	73,303,702.25
1994	2,260	$      384.00	$  27,901,703,929.34	72,660,687.32
1995	2,230	$      383.79	$  27,516,271,133.88	71,696,164.92
1996	2,290	$      387.81	$  28,552,592,579.19	73,625,209.71
1997	2,450	$      331.02	$  26,074,223,341.85	78,769,329.17
1998	2,500	$      294.24	$  23,650,089,198.96	80,376,866.50
1999	2,570	$      278.98	$  23,051,397,286.22	82,627,418.76
2000	2,590	$      279.11	$  23,241,610,748.33	83,270,433.69
2001	2,600	$      271.04	$  22,656,759,732.01	83,591,941.16
2002	2,550	$      309.73	$  25,393,029,398.27	81,984,403.83
2003	2,540	$      363.38	$  29,674,663,280.75	81,662,896.36
2004	2,420	$      409.72	$  31,878,185,430.62	77,804,806.77
2005	2,470	$      444.74	$  35,317,845,915.92	79,412,344.10
2006	2,370	$      603.46	$  45,982,004,217.47	76,197,269.44
2007	2,360	$      695.39	$  52,763,246,120.49	75,875,761.98
2008	2,290	$      871.96	$  64,198,237,862.22	73,625,209.71
2009	2,450	$      972.35	$  76,591,357,218.45	78,769,329.17
2010	2,500	$  1,224.53	$  98,423,884,335.25	80,376,866.50
2011	2,500*	$1,560.85**	$        125,456,232,076.53	80,376,866.50

*Estimated value for 2011.

**Cumulative average thru November 22, 2011, http://www.kitco.com/scripts/hist_charts/yearly_graphs.plx.

SOURCE: This table thru 2009 appears here: http://minerals.usgs.gov/ds/2005/140/gold.pdf.

3. But didn’t the Spanish get lots and lots of gold from the New World, especially from the Aztecs and Incas?

In fact, the Spanish got much more silver than gold from the New World. In the 16th century, when production was in full swing, the Spanish only got 154 metric tons of gold, whereas they got 7440 metric tons of silver. Gold production in the new world for the entire the 16thcentury was thus less than half of what it was worldwide in 1900. Here is a comparison, decade by decade, of Spanish gold and silver production in the New World in the 16th century:

Year	value in millions of pesos	gold (in metric tons)	silver (in metric tons)
1503-1510	1.18	5	0
1511-1520	2.18	9.2	0
1521-1530	1.17	4.9	0
1531-1540	5.58	14.5	86
1541-1550	10.46	25	178
1551-1560	17.86	42.6	303
1561-1570	25.34	11.5	943
1571-1580	29.15	9.4	1119
1581-1590	53.2	12.1	2103
1591-1600	69.6	19.5	2708

SOURCE: http://mygeologypage.ucdavis.edu/cowen/~GEL115/115ch8.html

4. How much gold, really, is 165,000 metric tons (the total mined throughout human history) and 2,500 metric tons (the total that’s currently mined annually)?

An Olympic swimming pool is 50 by 25 by 2 meters. It therefore contains 2,500 cubic meters of water. Each cubic meter of water is one metric ton. Gold is 19.3 times as dense as water. Therefore an Olympic swimming pool would contain 48,250 metric tons of gold. It follows that 3.42 Olympic-sized swimming pools could contain all the gold that’s ever been mined. Another way to imagine this is to think of all the gold in the world ever mined as a single cube. That would be a cube with each side just over 20 meters, or 67 feet, in length. Given that about 2,500 metric tons of gold is mined each year, this annual production of gold would fit in a cube whose sides were 5 meters, or 16.6 feet, in length. All the production of gold in the world for a given year would thus fit in a 20 by 30 foot room with an 8 foot ceiling.

5. Given 165,000 metric tons as an upper bound on available gold, how much does that leave to each human on the planet?

Humanity has just hit the 7 billion mark. That leaves just under 24 grams of gold to each person on planet earth, or .76 troy ounces or .83 ordinary ounces per person. In an ordinary male gold wedding band at 18-karat purity, there are about 5 grams of pure gold. That means every person on planet earth could own about 5 gold rings. At the current price of $1,750.00 per troy ounce of gold, that leaves $1,326.00 in gold for each person on planet earth. “Gold production has increased by a factor of 2.1 from 1959 to 2010. At the same time, the world population has been multiplied by a factor 2.2. Thus we produced more or less the same amount of gold per inhabitant as in 1959.” [QUOTE SOURCE: http://news.goldseek.com/Dani/1309290922.php)

6. How does the gold that’s mined get used?

52 percent gets used for jewelry, 18 percent constitute official holdings (as in central banks of nations), 16 percent take the form of investments, 12 percent find industrial uses, leaving 2 percent unaccounted for.

SOURCE: http://dollardaze.org/blog/?post_id=00479&cat_id=20

7. Which nations consume the most gold?

Since jewelry is the most common use of gold, gold consumption worldwide is most easily gauged by gold jewelry consumption. India is in this respect far and away the biggest consumer of gold. Here are the data for 2009 and 2010 of gold jewelry consumption by country in metric tons:

Country	2010	2009	% Change
India	745.7	442.37	69
Greater China	428	376.96	14
United States	128.61	150.28	-14
Turkey	74.07	75.16	-1
Saudi Arabia	72.95	77.75	-6
Russia	67.5	60.12	12
United Arab Emirates	63.37	67.6	-6
Egypt	53.43	56.68	-6
Indonesia	32.75	41	-20
United Kingdom	27.35	31.75	-14
Other Gulf Countries	21.97	24.1	-10
Japan	18.5	21.85	-15
South Korea	15.87	18.83	-16
Vietnam	14.36	15.08	-5
Thailand	6.28	7.33	-14
Total	1805.6	1508.7	20
Other Countries	254	251.6	1
World Total	2059.6	1760.3	17

SOURCE: See “Full Year 2010 Gold Demand Trends Report” available at http://www.gold.org/media/press_releases/archive/2011/02/global_gold_demand_in_2010_reached_a_10_year_high_in_tonnage_and_all_time_high_in_value/ as well as http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/Gold-jewellery-consumption-by-country-2011-02-28T130619Z-FACTBOX.

8. Where does the world’s gold get produced?

Here is the breakdown of 100 top gold-producing nations in the world for 2009. China sits at the top, with the United States the runner up:

	2009 Production by Country	2009 (in kilograms)
1	China	320,000
2	United States	223,000
3	Australia	222,000
4	South Africa	197,698
5	Russian Federation	190,693
6	Peru	182,391
7	Indonesia	130,000
8	Canada	97,367
9	Uzbekistan	90,000
10	Ghana	86,000
11	Papua New Guinea	66,000
12	Brazil	60,000
13	Mexico	51,393
14	Colombia	47,837
15	Argentina	47,000
16	Mali	42,000
17	Chile	40,834
18	Tanzania, United Republic Of	40,000
19	Philippines	37,047
20	Kazakhstan	22,000
21	Guinea	18,083
22	Kyrgyzstan	16,950
23	Burkina Faso	13,500
24	New Zealand	13,442
25	Suriname	12,193
26	Turkey	12,000
27	Venezuela	10,500
28	Mongolia	9,803
29	Guatemala	8,485
30	Guyana	8,183
31	Mauritania	8,000
32	Japan	7,000
33	Finland	7,000
34	Bolivia	7,000
35	Côte D’ivoire	6,573
36	Senegal	5,600
37	Saudi Arabia	5,500
38	Sweden	5,000
39	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	5,000
40	Zimbabwe	4,200
41	Bulgaria	4,200
42	Spain	3,450
43	Nicaragua	3,400
44	Ethiopia	3,400
45	Viet Nam	3,000
46	Thailand	3,000
47	India	2,800
48	Malaysia	2,794
49	Uruguay	2,180
50	Honduras	2,127
51	Ecuador	2,092
52	Namibia	2,022
53	Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The	2,000
54	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of	2,000
55	French Guiana	2,000
56	Niger	2,000
57	Georgia	2,000
58	Botswana	2,000
59	Sudan	1,922
60	Cameroon	1,600
61	Uganda	1,600
62	Zambia	1,500
63	France	1,500
64	Tajikistan	1,361
65	Morocco	1,200
66	Denmark	1,117
67	Fiji	1,040
68	Algeria	1,010
69	Armenia	944
70	Poland	814
71	Panama	800
72	Burundi	750
73	Liberia	600
74	Mozambique	511
75	Serbia	500
76	Costa Rica	500
77	Greece	500
78	Italy	450
79	Iran, Islamic Republic Of	400
80	Romania	400
81	Azerbaijan	353
82	Gabon	300
83	Kenya	300
84	Nigeria	200
85	Sierra Leone	200
86	Equatorial Guinea	200
87	Slovakia	200
88	United Kingdom	185
89	Korea, Republic Of	175
90	Dominican Republic	173
91	Myanmar	100
92	Chad	100
93	Congo	100
94	Madagascar	70
95	Eritrea	30
96	Oman	28
97	Rwanda	20
98	Benin	20
99	Central African Republic	10
100	Belize	5

SOURCES: http://www.indexmundi.com/minerals/?product=gold&graph=production and http://www.indexmundi.com/en/commodities/minerals/gold/gold_t8.html. See also http://www.dani2989.com/gold/goldproduction2011gb.html.

9. What’s happening with gold prices?

The trend since 1900 has been rising gold prices with occasional sharp volatility. See the table in question 2 for the history of gold prices from 1900 to the present. Here is a graph of gold prices over the last fifty years, which includes also gold prices adjusted for inflation:

SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_price_in_USD.png and http://minerals.usgs.gov/ds/2005/140/gold.pdf.

Here’s what’s happened with gold prices in the last decade:

SOURCE: http://www.kitco.com.

Here’s what’s happened with gold in the last year (2011):

SOURCE: http://www.kitco.com.

10. Who’s got the gold that’s used for monetary and investment purposes and how much of this type of gold is out there?

In 2011, about 2,100 metric tons of gold appeared in what are known as exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The lion’s share was in one fund: 1,240 metric tons in SPDR Gold Shares (http://www.spdrgoldshares.com). As of 2009, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held 3,217 metric tons of gold. In 2010, the central banks of nations held a total of 28,398 metric tons of gold. Here is the breakdown:

	Gold Reserves in Central Banks	metric tons	% of forex reserves	value @ $1750 per troy oz.
1	United States USA	8,133.50	74.70%	$457,621,670,574.43
2	Germany	3,401.00	71.70%	$191,353,206,076.55
3	Italy	2,451.80	71.40%	$137,947,600,899.29
4	France	2,435.40	66.10%	$137,024,874,471.87
5	China	1,054.10	1.70%	$59,307,678,484.36
6	Switzerland	1,040.10	16.40%	$58,519,985,192.66
7	Qatar	950.30	7.10%	$53,467,495,364.47
8	Russia	775.20	6.70%	$43,615,702,837.56
9	Japan	765.20	3.00%	$43,053,064,772.06
10	Netherlands	615.50	59.40%	$34,630,372,931.53
11	India	614.80	8.10%	$34,590,988,266.94
12	Republic of China (Taiwan)	466.90	4.60%	$26,269,571,278.20
13	Portugal	421.60	81.10%	$23,720,820,841.48
14	Venezuela	401.10	52.40%	$22,567,412,807.21
15	Saudi Arabia	322.90	3.00%	$18,167,583,135.00
16	Iran — Islamic Republic of Iran	320.00	0.00%	$18,004,418,096.00
17	United Kingdom	310.30	16.80%	$17,458,659,172.47
18	Lebanon	300.00	27.60%	$16,879,141,965.00
19	Spain	281.60	38.60%	$15,843,887,924.48
20	Austria	280.00	56.20%	$15,753,865,834.00
21	Belgium	227.50	36.80%	$12,800,015,990.13
22	Pakistan	184.40	19.20%	$10,375,045,927.82
23	Philippines	175.90	14.00%	$9,896,803,572.15
24	Algeria	173.60	4.50%	$9,767,396,817.08
25	Libya	143.80	5.60%	$8,090,735,381.89
26	Singapore	127.40	2.50%	$7,168,008,954.47
27	Sweden	125.70	11.10%	$7,072,360,483.34
28	South Africa	124.90	12.20%	$7,027,349,438.10
29	Turkey	116.10	6.00%	$6,532,227,940.46
30	Greece	111.70	78.70%	$6,284,667,191.64
31	Romania	103.70	9.10%	$5,834,556,739.24
32	Poland	102.90	4.50%	$5,789,545,694.00
33	Mexico	100.10	3.80%	$5,632,007,035.66
34	Thailand	99.50	2.50%	$5,598,248,751.73
35	Australia	79.90	8.10%	$4,495,478,143.35
36	Kuwait	79.00	13.50%	$4,444,840,717.45
37	Egypt	75.60	8.70%	$4,253,543,775.18
38	Indonesia	73.10	3.60%	$4,112,884,258.81
39	Kazakhstan	67.30	10.00%	$3,786,554,180.82
40	Denmark	66.50	3.30%	$3,741,543,135.58
41	Argentina	54.70	4.50%	$3,077,630,218.29
42	Finland	49.10	20.60%	$2,762,552,901.61
43	Bulgaria	39.90	9.90%	$2,244,925,881.35
44	Malaysia	36.40	1.50%	$2,048,002,558.42
45	Peru	34.70	3.60%	$1,952,354,087.29
46	Belarus	32.00	24.50%	$1,800,441,809.60
47	Brazil	33.60	0.50%	$1,890,463,900.08
48	Slovakia	31.80	65.40%	$1,789,189,048.29
49	Bolivia	28.30	13.40%	$1,592,265,725.37
50	Ukraine	27.20	3.50%	$1,530,375,538.16
51	Ecuador	26.30	31.00%	$1,479,738,112.27
52	Syria	25.80	0.00%	$1,451,606,208.99
53	Morocco	22.00	4.20%	$1,237,803,744.10
54	Nigeria	21.40	0.00%	$1,204,045,460.17
55	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka	17.50	11.90%	$984,616,614.63
56	South Korea South Korea	14.40	0.20%	$810,198,814.32
57	Cyprus	13.90	50.80%	$782,066,911.05
58	Bangladesh	13.50	5.20%	$759,561,388.43
59	Serbia	13.10	4.20%	$737,055,865.81
60	Netherlands Antilles	13.10	36.30%	$737,055,865.81
61	Jordan	12.80	4.30%	$720,176,723.84
62	Czech Republic	12.70	1.20%	$714,550,343.19
63	Cambodia	12.40	14.40%	$697,671,201.22
64	Laos	8.80	36.50%	$495,121,497.64
65	Latvia	7.70	4.00%	$433,231,310.44
66	El Salvador	7.30	10.60%	$410,725,787.82
67	Guatemala	6.90	5.30%	$388,220,265.20
68	Colombia	6.90	1.10%	$388,220,265.20
69	Republic of Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	6.80	12.70%	$382,593,884.54
70	Tunisia	6.80	0.00%	$382,593,884.54
71	Ireland	6.00	11.80%	$337,582,839.30
72	Lithuania	5.80	3.80%	$326,330,077.99
73	Bahrain	4.70	0.00%	$264,439,890.79
74	Mauritius	3.90	6.80%	$219,428,845.55
75	Canada	3.40	0.20%	$191,296,942.27
76	Tajikistan	3.30	0.00%	$185,670,561.62
77	Slovenia	3.20	13.40%	$180,044,180.96
78	Aruba	3.10	17.70%	$174,417,800.31
79	Hungary	3.10	0.30%	$174,417,800.31
80	Kyrgyzstan	2.60	6.50%	$146,285,897.03
81	Luxembourg	2.20	11.70%	$123,780,374.41
82	Hong Kong	2.10	0.00%	$118,153,993.76
83	Suriname	2.00	11.40%	$112,527,613.10
84	Iceland	2.00	1.60%	$112,527,613.10
85	Papua New Guinea	2.00	2.90%	$112,527,613.10
86	Trinidad and Tobago	1.90	0.80%	$106,901,232.45
87	Albania	1.60	2.80%	$90,022,090.48
88	Yemen	1.60	1.10%	$90,022,090.48
89	Cameroon	0.90	1.20%	$50,637,425.90
90	Mongolia	0.90	2.40%	$50,637,425.90
91	Honduras	0.70	0.00%	$39,384,664.59
92	Paraguay	0.70	0.70%	$39,384,664.59
93	Dominican Republic	0.60	1.00%	$33,758,283.93
94	Gabon	0.40	0.80%	$22,505,522.62
95	Malawi	0.40	6.20%	$22,505,522.62
96	Central African Republic	0.30	8.40%	$16,879,141.97
97	Chad	0.30	2.40%	$16,879,141.97
98	Republic of the Congo	0.30	0.40%	$16,879,141.97
99	Uruguay	0.30	0.10%	$16,879,141.97
100	Fiji	0.20	0.00%	$11,252,761.31

SOURCES:

http://www.gold.org/investment/statistics/reserve_asset_statistics and http://af.reuters.com/article/southAfricaNews/idAFLDE7551YW20110606.  

ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

http://money.howstuffworks.com/question213.htm [neat article on the world’s gold, titled “All the Gold in the World,” provides some background for this infographic]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2010/11/19/how-many-olympic-sized-swimming-pools-can-we-fill-with-billionaire-gold [describes how world’s gold fills 3.27 Olympic-sized swimming pools with gold, at 157,000 metric tons of above-ground gold in 2007 – these numbers have since increased, as reflected above]

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