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There are three ways to read this question, so here are three answers:

If you mean "what country has the greatest number of gold bars stashed away somewhere (gold reserves)" Then wikipedia says (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_reserve) Europe, taken as a whole, has more than ten thousand tons; the USA has 8 thousand tons.

If you mean "what country has the greatest amount of mineable gold inside their borders", then that's a matter of conjecture, and the real answer is "nobody knows". It's affected each year by the amount of gold taken OUT of those deposits, leaving less than the year before.

If you mean "what country produces the most gold each year from mining" then According to GFMS figures, South Africa is the world's leader in producing gold, roughly fifteen percent of the yearly production, the United States produces 11.5 percent and is in second place. Australia, China and Russia round out the top 5.

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