Rank Country/Monetary Authority
Foreign exchange reserves
(Millions of USD) Figures as of— World (sum of all countries) 10,008,392

1 People's Republic of China --2,454,300 Jun 2010[1]

2 Japan --1,050,235 Jun 2010[2] — Eurosystem
(EU member states which have adopted the euro, incl. ECB)
715,733 June 2010[2]

3 Russia --461,200 Jun 2010[2]

4 Saudi Arabia --410,300 Dec 2009[3]

5 Republic of China (Taiwan) --372,063 Aug 2010[4]

6 Republic of Korea --285,350 Aug 2010[5]

7 India --282,840 Sep 2010[6]

8 Brazil --273,042 Sep 2010[7]

9 Switzerland --255,522 Jun 2010[2]

10 Singapore --206,933 Jul 2010[9]

11 Germany --197,107 Jun 2010[2]

12 Thailand --159,137 Aug 2010[10]

13 Italy --144,287 Jun 2010[2]

14 France --142,834 Jun 2010[2]

15 United States --128,601 Jul 2010[2]