Interesting Fact # 819 - Gold

According to the World Gold Council, the officially reported gold reserves of each country in 2007 were:-

1 United States of America - 8,133.5 (tonnes)
2 Germany - 3,417.4 (tonnes)
3 International Monetary Fund - 3,217.3 (tonnes)
4 France - 2,622.3 (tonnes)
5 Italy - 2,451.8 (tonnes)
6 Switzerland - 1,166.3 (tonnes)
7 Japan - 765.2 (tonnes)
8 Turkey - 700.1 (tonnes)
9 Netherlands - 624.5 (tonnes)
10 People's Republic of China - 600.0 (tonnes)
11 Russia 438.2 (tonnes)
12 Taiwan - 423.3 (tonnes)
13 Portugal - 382.6 (tonnes)
14 India - 357.7 (tonnes)
15 Venezuela - 356.8 (tonnes)
16 United Kingdom - 310.3 (tonnes)
17 Lebanon - 286.8 (tonnes)
18 Spain - 281.6 (tonnes)
19 Austria - 280.0 (tonnes)
20 Belgium - 227.7 (tonnes)

(I have to point out that although the United States has the largest reserves of any individual country, in total the Eurozone gold holdings are greater; 11,065 tonnes as of December 2007.)