1. United States $298.36 billion
2. Germany $125.01 billion
3. International Monetary Fund (IMF) $118 billion
4. Italy $89.92 billion
5. France $89.68 billion
6. China $38.65 billion
7. Switzerland $38.15 billion
8. Japan $28.07 billion
9. Netherlands $22.47 billion
10. Russia $20.85 billion
11. European Central Bank (ECB) $18.39 billion
12. Taiwan $15.53 billion
13. Portugal $14.03 billion
14. India $13.12 billion
15. Venezuela $13.07 billion

Data is based on the World Gold Council's September 2009
report and is converted to US short tons at a rate of
1 T = 1.102311 US tons. All monetary estimates are calculated
at the rate of 1oz gold = $1042 US.