Copper Reserves by Country

Fourteen countries report copper reserves for 2025, and the top five account for about two-thirds of the listed total. Chile leads at 180,000 thousand metric tons, with listed reserves totaling 770,200 thousand metric tons. The USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019-2026 underpin this page. The figures represent estimated quantities that can be economically extracted, not the tonnage mined in a given year. USGS separately lists 210,000 thousand metric tons under Other countries without country attribution. Adding Other to the listed countries brings the total to 980,200 thousand metric tons, essentially matching the rounded world total of 980,000.

Behind Chile, the next four holders sit bunched between 80,000 and 100,000 thousand metric tons: Australia (100,000), Peru (85,000), Russia (80,000) and DR Congo (80,000). Mexico, sixth at 53,000, is already a clear step below that group.

Copper Reserves by Country

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#	Country	Latest Data (thousand metric tons)	Year
1	Chile CL	180,000	2025
2	Australia AU	100,000	2025
3	Peru PE	85,000	2025
4	DR Congo CD	80,000	2025
5	Russia RU	80,000	2025
6	Mexico MX	53,000	2025
7	United States US	47,000	2025
8	China CN	41,000	2025
9	Poland PL	33,000	2025
10	Indonesia ID	21,000	2025
11	Zambia ZM	21,000	2025
12	Kazakhstan KZ	20,000	2025
13	Canada CA	7,000	2025
14	India IN	2,200	2025
15	Germany DE	2000	2020

The top five countries hold about 68.2% of the listed 2025 reserves — more than two-thirds of everything in the table.

Peru's round trip

Peru reported 92,000 thousand metric tons in 2020, dropped to 77,000 the next year, edged to 81,000, then jumped to 120,000 for 2023 before falling back through 100,000 to 85,000 in 2025. Peru is unusual in the table because its reported value moved in both directions over the period, while most countries were either stable or moved less sharply.

The two-year fall from 120,000 to 85,000 removed 35,000 thousand metric tons — more than the entire reserves of Poland (33,000).

Three countries stepped up together

Between the figures reported for 2022 and 2023, DR Congo moved from 31,000 to 80,000 thousand metric tons, Russia from 62,000 to 80,000, and China from 27,000 to 41,000. Taken together, those three moves added 81,000 thousand metric tons — more than one-tenth of the 2025 listed total. Each series has been flat ever since.

A quiet 2025

Ten of the fourteen reported 2025 values are identical to the year before. The exceptions are Chile (190,000 to 180,000), Peru (100,000 to 85,000), Canada (8,300 to 7,000) and Poland (34,000 to 33,000). The Chile and Peru changes account for about 91.6% of the total decline in the listed reserves.

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#	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	Chile	170,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	190,000	190,000	190,000	180,000
2	Australia	88,000	87,000	88,000	93,000	97,000	100,000	100,000	100,000
3	Peru	83,000	87,000	92,000	77,000	81,000	120,000	100,000	85,000
4	Russia	61,000	61,000	61,000	62,000	62,000	80,000	80,000	80,000
5	Indonesia	51,000	28,000	-	24,000	24,000	24,000	21,000	21,000
6	Mexico	50,000	53,000	53,000	53,000	53,000	53,000	53,000	53,000
7	United States	48,000	51,000	48,000	48,000	44,000	50,000	47,000	47,000
8	Poland	-	-	32,000	31,000	30,000	34,000	34,000	33,000
9	China	26,000	26,000	26,000	26,000	27,000	41,000	41,000	41,000
10	DR Congo	20,000	19,000	19,000	31,000	31,000	80,000	80,000	80,000
11	Kazakhstan	-	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000
12	Zambia	19,000	19,000	21,000	21,000	19,000	21,000	21,000	21,000
13	Canada	-	-	9,000	9,800	7,600	7,600	8,300	7,000
14	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,200	2,200
15	Germany	-	-	2000	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

Figures come from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019-2026, with 2025 values estimated. Units are thousand metric tons, as reported by USGS. Empty means the source reported no value; 0 means the source reports zero. The source’s world total, where published, may be rounded, approximate, a lower bound, or a textual estimate, so shares are computed against the sum of the listed countries. Reserves and production are different measures and should not be combined without equalizing units.