Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US, for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources (new and old scrap) exceeded primary production.[4]

2018 Rank	Country	Gold production (tonnes)[2]	Reserves (tonnes)[5]
1	China	404	2,000
2	Australia	319	9,800
3	Russia	297	5,300
4	United States	222	3,000
5	Canada	189	2,200
6	Peru	158	2,600
7	Indonesia	137	2,500
8	Ghana	130	1,000
9	South Africa	130	6,000
10	Mexico	115	1,400
11	Brazil	97	2,400
12	Uzbekistan	92	1,800
13	Sudan	77	1,550[6]
14	Papua New Guinea	69	1,300
15	Kazakhstan	68	1,000
	Rest of the world	1,001	12,000
	World	3,503	54,000

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