This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Nearly 100 countries around the world have lands classified as a national park by this definition.
Note that this article links to list articles of national parks by country on Wikipedia in the "Country" column in the tables.
Country | Oldest
(year) |
Number
of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria | 1929 | 11 | 527,661.68 | 22.1% |
Angola | 8 | |||
Ascension Island[1] | 2005 | 1 | ||
Benin | 2 | |||
Botswana | 1968 | 4 | 56,258 | 9.67% |
Burkina Faso | 1954 | 4 | ||
Burundi | 1934 | 3 | 1,014 | 3.6% |
Cameroon | 27 | |||
Cape Verde | 1 | |||
Central African Republic | 5 | |||
Chad | 1963 | 4 | 14,540 | 1.13% |
Comoros | 2010 | 6 | 1,165.77 | 52.16% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9 | |||
Republic of the Congo | 5 | |||
Côte d'Ivoire | 1953 | 9 | ||
Djibouti | 3 | |||
Egypt | 1983 | 5 | 4,353 | 4.3% |
Equatorial Guinea | 3 | |||
Eritrea | 2 | |||
Eswatini | 1967 | 1 | 300 | 1.74% |
Ethiopia | 1959 | 22 | ||
Gabon | 2002 | 13 | 26,766 | 10.0% |
Gambia | 1978 | 5 | 169.9 | 1.5% |
Ghana | 1971 | 7 | ||
Guinea | 3 | |||
Guinea-Bissau | 6 | |||
Kenya | 1946 | 24 | ||
Lesotho | 2 | |||
Liberia | 8 | |||
Libya | 6 | |||
Madagascar | 1958 | 26 | 14,327 | 2.4% |
Malawi | 1966 | 6 | ||
Mali | 4 | |||
Mauritania | 2 | |||
Mauritius | 1994 | 3 | 7,160 | 3.5% |
Morocco | 1942 | 12 | ||
Mozambique | 1960 | 7 | 40,970 | 5.1% |
Namibia | 1907 | 20 | 10,878 | 13.2% |
Niger | 1954 | 1 | ||
Nigeria | 1979 | 8 | 20,156 | 3.0% |
Rwanda | 3 | |||
Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | |||
Senegal | 6 | |||
Seychelles | 1973 | 9 | ||
Sierra Leone | 1986 | 8 | ||
Somalia | 6 | |||
South Africa | 1926 | 21 | 37,000 | 3% |
South Sudan | 6 | |||
Sudan | 4 | |||
Tanzania[2] | 1951 | 23 | 99,306.5 | |
Togo | 3 | |||
Tunisia | 1980 | 17 | ||
Uganda | 1952 | 10 | ||
Zambia | 1924 | 28 | 240,836.48 | 32% |
Zimbabwe | 1926 | 11 |
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 2009 | 2 | 11,516.28 | |
Armenia | 1978 | 4 | 1,176 | |
Azerbaijan | 2003 | 11 | ||
Bangladesh | 18 | |||
Bhutan | 5 | 8,008 | 20.8% | |
Brunei | 2 | |||
Cambodia | 1993 | 13 | 7,422.5 | 4.1% |
China | 2021 | 5 | ||
Georgia | 11 | |||
India | 1936 | 116 | 38,136 | 1.16% |
Indonesia | 1980 | 56 | 160,520 | 8.43% |
Iran | 1974 | 23 | 19,757 | 1.2% |
Iraq | 2 | |||
Israel | 1964 | 49 | 6,400 | 30% |
Japan | 1934 | 34 | 20,482 | 5.4% |
Jordan | ||||
Kazakhstan | 1985 | 13 | 18,876 | 0.7% |
Kyrgyzstan | 1976 | 13 | 7,246.7 | 3.625% |
Lebanon | 4 | |||
Maldives | ||||
Malaysia | 29 | |||
Mongolia | 1783[3][4][5] | 29 | ||
Myanmar | 1982 | 9 | 10,351 | 1.5% |
Nepal | 1973 | 12 | 34,426 | 23.39% |
North Korea | 9 | |||
Oman | 1997 | 1 | 220 | 0.07% |
Pakistan | 1972 | 26 | 132,919.71 | 6.63% |
Philippines | 1933 | 36 | 1,820 | 0.6% |
Qatar | ||||
Russia | 1983 | 64 | 155,672 | |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | |||
South Korea | 1967 | 22 | 6,726 | 6.70%[6] |
Sri Lanka | 1938 | 26 | ||
Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1984 | 9 | 3,104 | 8.6% |
Tajikistan | 1992 | 1 | 26,000 | 18% |
Timor-Leste | 2007 | 1 | 1,236 | 8.27% |
Thailand | 1961 | 156 | 61,413 | 11.96% |
Turkey | 1958 | 43 | 8,481 | 1% |
United Arab Emirates | 4 | |||
Uzbekistan | 4 | |||
Vietnam | 1962 | 32 | ||
Yemen | 2 |
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 1966 | 14 | 2,106.68 | 6.7% |
Austria | 1981 | 7 | 2,521 | 3.0% |
Belarus | 1939 | 4 | 2,222 | 1.0% |
Belgium | 2001 | 6 | 638.71 | 2.1 % |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1965 | 4 | 473 | 0.9% |
Bulgaria | 1963 | 3 | 1,930 | 1.8% |
Croatia | 1949 | 8 | 994 | 1.8% |
Czech Republic | 1963 | 4 | 1,190 | 1.5% |
Denmark[note 1] | 2008 | 5 | 2,322 | 5.4% |
Estonia | 1971 | 6 | 2,370 | 5.2% |
Finland | 1956 | 40 | 9,892[7] | 2.9% |
France[note 2] | 1963 | 10 | 60,728[8] | 9.5% |
Georgia | 1946 | 11 | 5,111 | 7.0% |
Germany | 1970 | 16 | 10,395 | 2.7% |
Greece | 1938 | 15 | 6,960 | 3.6% |
Hungary | 1972 | 10 | 4,819 | 5.2% |
Iceland | 1928 | 3 | 12,407 | 12.1% |
Ireland | 1932 | 6 | 650 | 0.9% |
Italy | 1922 | 25 | 15,000 | 5.0% |
Kosovo | 1986 | 2 | 1,014.88 | 9.3% |
Latvia | 1973 | 4 | 2,065 | 3.2% |
Lithuania | 1974 | 5 | 1,554 | 2.4% |
Malta | 2007 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.69% |
Moldova | 2013 | 1 | 337 | 1% |
Montenegro | 1952 | 5 | 1,096 | 7.9% |
Netherlands | 1930 | 21 | 1,251 | 3.0% |
North Macedonia | 1948 | 3 | 974 | 3.8% |
Norway | 1962 | 47 | 24,060 | 6.3% |
Poland | 1932 | 23 | 3,149 | 1.0% |
Portugal | 1971 | 1 | 702 | 0.8% |
Romania | 1935 | 14 | 3,158 | 1.3% |
Russia | 1983 | 48 | 141,200 | 0.82% |
Serbia | 1960 | 7 | 1,936 | 2.19% |
Slovakia | 1949 | 9 | 3,690 | 7.5% |
Slovenia | 1961 | 1 | 838 | 4.1% |
Spain | 1918 | 16 | 3,845 | 0.8% |
Sweden | 1909 | 30 | 7,199 | 1.6% |
Switzerland | 1914 | 1 | 170 | 0.4% |
Turkey | 1958 | 50 | 9,288 | 1.0% |
Ukraine | 1980 | 48 | 7,020 | 1.2% |
United Kingdom | 1951 | 15 | 19,989 | 8.2% |
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | |||
Aruba | 1 | |||
Bahamas | 40 | |||
Barbados | 1 | |||
Belize | 1986 | 18 | 1,701 | 7.4% |
British Virgin Islands | 14 | |||
Canada | 1885 | 47 | 377,000 | 3.78% |
Costa Rica | 1955 | 29 | 12,913 | 25.1% |
Cuba | 14 | |||
Curacao | 1978 | 2 | 20.8 | 4.68% |
Dominica | 1975 | 3 | 107 | 7.01% |
Dominican Republic | 1956 | 29 | ||
El Salvador | 8 | |||
Grenada | 3 | |||
Guatemala | 1955 | 22 | ||
Haiti | 1983 | 16 | 88 | 0.31% |
Honduras | 18 | |||
Jamaica | 1 | |||
Mexico | 1917 | 67 | 14,320 | 0.73% |
Nicaragua | 1979 | 3 | 25,327 | 17.3% |
Panama | 1966 | 16 | 12,520[9] | 16.57% |
Saint Kitts & Nevis | 5 | |||
Saint Lucia | 2 | |||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | |||
Trinidad & Tobago | 1 | |||
Turks and Caicos Island | 11 | |||
United States (excluding territories) | 1872 | 61 | 210,000 | 2.19% |
US Virgin Islands | 1 |
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina[10] | 1922 | 37 | 38,452 | 1.38% |
Bolivia | 1939 | 13 | 65,910 | 6% |
Brazil[11] | 1937 | 75 | 250,000 | 2.968% |
Chile[12] | 1926 | 41 | 146,046 | 19.3% |
Colombia | 1960 | 60 | 169,545 | 12.5% |
Ecuador | 1959 | 12 | 34,733 | 12.2% |
Guyana | 1929 | 1 | ||
Paraguay | 1948 | 15 | 60,662 | 14.9% |
Peru | 1961 | 15 | 79,665 | 6.2% |
Uruguay | 1937 | 7 | ||
Venezuela | 1937 | 46 | 199,418 | 21.76% |
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Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country |
---|---|---|---|---|
American Samoa | 1 | |||
Australia | 1879 | 685 | 335,062 | 4.36% |
Cook Islands | 1 | |||
Fiji | 1987 | 1 | ||
New Zealand | 1887 | 13 | 28,873 | 10.8% |
Papua New Guinea | 8 | |||
Samoa | 5 | |||
Solomon Islands | 1 | |||
Tonga | 1992 | 4 |
By September 2019, TANAPA has grown to 22 national parks, covering approximately 99,306.5 square Kilometers