List of Per Capita Official Gold Holdings as in Nov 2010

If gold is not money, Why do top Banks of the world hold gold as a reserve? And why do countries keep gold as a reserve? Banks value gold above currency is proved as they do transactions among themselves keeping gold as collateral. (Ref: LCH.Clearnet to accept gold as collateral - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/362f211e-f00b-11e0-bc9d-00144feab49a.html )

China ranks at more than no.30 in terms of per capita Gold reserves. However, It ranks no. 1 in terms of Forex holdings.

The U.S. posted a record cross-border investment outflow in June 2015 as China and Japan reduced their holdings of Treasuries and private investors abroad sold bonds and notes. The total net outflow of long-term U.S. securities and short-term funds such as bank transfers was $153.5 billion, after an inflow of $33.1 billion the previous month, the Treasury Department said in a report today. The June figure, and $40.8 billion in net selling of Treasury bonds and notes by private investors in June, were the largest on record, the Treasury said. (Ref:Boomberg: a1)

Investors are failing to factor in the very real risk of China scaling back on its U.S. government debt holdings, economist Stephen Roach told CNBC. He was formerly chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm’s chief economist for the bulk of his 30-year career at Morgan Stanley, heading up a highly regarded team of economists around the world.

"Everyone thinks interest rates are going to stay low in the U.S. because the Fed is in the control room... but the Chinese own about 11 percent of the Treasury market right now, and as they start to reduce their purchases of dollar-based assets... [this] will mean higher interest rates," he told CNBC Asia's Squawk Box. (Ref: CNBC: a2)

List of Per Capita Official Gold Holdings as in Nov 2010

Reserves including foreign exchange and gold shown on the site of the world bank:

Map: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FI.RES.TOTL.CD/countries/1W?display=map

List: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FI.RES.TOTL.CD/countries/1W?order=wbapi_data_value_2013%20wbapi_data_value%20wbapi_data_value-last&sort=desc&display=default

Country name	2010	2011	2012	2013
China	2,913,711,653,594	3,254,674,122,432	3,387,512,975,177	3,880,368,275,099
Japan	1,096,068,589,804	1,295,838,776,760	1,268,085,526,650	1,266,851,419,539
Saudi Arabia	459,313,156,024	556,570,991,484	673,739,617,131	737,796,506,890
Switzerland	270,479,800,683	330,585,901,719	531,302,253,382	536,235,292,234
Russian Federation	479,222,291,459	497,410,247,573	537,816,373,775	509,692,081,493
United States	488,928,295,253	537,267,272,428	574,268,090,541	448,508,967,142
Brazil	288,574,603,560	352,010,241,721	373,160,978,076	358,816,426,347
Korea, Rep.	292,143,480,407	306,934,543,258	327,724,416,297	345,694,101,316
Hong Kong SAR, China	268,743,168,500	285,398,502,318	317,362,272,184	311,209,660,738
India	300,480,145,804	298,739,485,811	300,425,518,088	298,092,483,487

References:

a1:
U.S. Investment Outflow Hits Record as China Cuts Holdings

 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-08-15/u-s-investment-outflow-reaches-record-as-china-sells-treasuries

a2:
Investors ignoring risk of China Treasury selling: Roach
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101142728

LCH.Clearnet to accept gold as collateral - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/362f211e-f00b-11e0-bc9d-00144feab49a.html

List of Per Capita Official Gold Holdings (Nov 2010)

http://www.prudentinvestor.com/2010/11/list-of-per-capita-official-gold.html