No, there is far more water in groundwater than is found in lakes and rivers.
According to the United States Geological Survey groundwater accounts for 1.7% of all water on Earth.
Although much of the water we use in our everyday comes from lakes and rivers, all together these sources account for approximately 0.014% of the water on Earth.
Source: Gleick, P. H., 1996: Water resources. In Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, ed. by S. H. Schneider, Oxford University Press, New York, vol. 2, pp.817-823
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