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 * ~ Rank [[image:http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_gold_production#"]] ||~ Country/Region [[image:http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_gold_production#"]] ||~ Gold production (kilograms) [[image:http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_gold_production#"]] ||
 * 1 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="People's Republic of China" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China"]]  [|China] || 320,000 ||
 * 2 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="Australia" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia"]]  [|Australia] || 210,000 ||
 * 2 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="South Africa" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa"]]  [|South Africa] || 210,000 ||
 * 4 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png width="22" height="12" caption="United States" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]]  [|United States] || 205,000 ||
 * 5 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Russia" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia"]]  [|Russia] || 205,000 ||
 * 6 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/22px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Peru" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru"]]  [|Peru] || 180,000 ||
 * 7 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Indonesia" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia"]]  [|Indonesia] || 140,000 ||
 * 8 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="Canada" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada"]]  [|Canada] || 95,000 ||
 * 9 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Ghana" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana"]]  [|Ghana] || 90,000 ||
 * 10 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="Uzbekistan" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan"]]  [|Uzbekistan] || 80,000 ||

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gold production may now be well down from their peaks, though South Africa is still no. 2 in gold South Africa accounted for 15% of the world's gold production in 2002[10home] and 12% in 2005, though the nation had produced as much as 30% of world output as recently as 1993. Despite declining production, South Africa's gold exports were valued at $3.8 billion USD in 2005.[11home] Almost 50% of the world's gold reserves are found in South Africa.[10home]
 * Mining in South Africa** has been the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy