Lists of national parks

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.

Africa

Mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Landscape of Serengeti National Park in Tanzania

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

Asia

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

Europe

A wisent in the Białowieża Forest, Poland

A sunset over the lakes in the Mljet National Park in Croatia

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%

By region

North and Central America

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

South America

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%

French Guiana: see France

Oceania

Twelve Apostles in Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia.

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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

Hawaii: see United States

Easter Island: see Chile

Notes

^ Refers to mainland Denmark only (part in Europe). For Greenland, see Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland's only national park, which was established in 1974 and is the world's largest at 971,000 km² (44.8% of Greenland's area).
^ Includes overseas departments (outside Europe) where there are three national parks: the 33,900 km² Guiana Amazonian Park in French Guiana, 1,054 km² Réunion National Park in Réunion and 173 km² Guadeloupe National Park in Guadeloupe.

References

^ "Green Mountain - Ascension Island Government". Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "TANAPA History". tanzaniaparks.go.tz (in English and Swahili). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania National Parks Authority. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022. By September 2019, TANAPA has grown to 22 national parks, covering approximately 99,306.5 square Kilometers
^ Hardy, U. (9 April 2017). "The 10 Oldest National Parks In The World". The CultureTrip. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ Whitten, T. (28 April 2009). "Mongolia: tough decisions about the world's oldest nature reserve". The World Bank. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ Bonnett, A. (2016). The Geography of Nostalgia: Global and Local Perspectives on Modernity and Loss. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-315-88297-0.
^ "e-나라지표 국립공원현황". Statistics Korea. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ Number and Size of Protected Areas Managed by Metsähallitus Number and Size of Protected Areas Managed by Metsähallitus, Metsähallitus, retrieved 2016-11-30
^ Les dix parcs nationaux français, Parcs nationaux de France, archived from the original on 2012-08-05, retrieved 2012-07-22
^ "Parques Nacionales: Espacios de riquezas invaluables - MiAmbiente". 24 August 2021.
^ "Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad - Áreas Protegidas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "Federal conservation units of Brasil". Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
^ Corporación Nacional Forestal (Chile National Forest Corporation), retrieved 19 July 2017
^ "Áreas Silvestres Protegidas del Paraguay. SINASIP" (PDF). Awsassets.panda.org. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

This article includes a protected areas-related list of lists.

[7] Refers to mainland Denmark only (part in Europe). For Greenland, see Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland's only national park, which was established in 1974 and is the world's largest at 971,000 km² (44.8% of Greenland's area).

[9] Includes overseas departments (outside Europe) where there are three national parks: the 33,900 km² Guiana Amazonian Park in French Guiana, 1,054 km² Réunion National Park in Réunion and 173 km² Guadeloupe National Park in Guadeloupe.

[1] "Green Mountain - Ascension Island Government". Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[TANAPA_hist-2] "TANAPA History". tanzaniaparks.go.tz (in English and Swahili). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania National Parks Authority. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022. By September 2019, TANAPA has grown to 22 national parks, covering approximately 99,306.5 square Kilometers

[3] Hardy, U. (9 April 2017). "The 10 Oldest National Parks In The World". The CultureTrip. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[4] Whitten, T. (28 April 2009). "Mongolia: tough decisions about the world's oldest nature reserve". The World Bank. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[5] Bonnett, A. (2016). The Geography of Nostalgia: Global and Local Perspectives on Modernity and Loss. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-315-88297-0.

[6] "e-나라지표 국립공원현황". Statistics Korea. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

[metsähallitus-8] Number and Size of Protected Areas Managed by Metsähallitus Number and Size of Protected Areas Managed by Metsähallitus, Metsähallitus, retrieved 2016-11-30

[pnf-10] Les dix parcs nationaux français, Parcs nationaux de France, archived from the original on 2012-08-05, retrieved 2012-07-22

[11] "Parques Nacionales: Espacios de riquezas invaluables - MiAmbiente". 24 August 2021.

[12] "Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad - Áreas Protegidas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[Federal_conservation_units-13] "Federal conservation units of Brasil". Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2012.

[Chile-14] Corporación Nacional Forestal (Chile National Forest Corporation), retrieved 19 July 2017

[15] "Áreas Silvestres Protegidas del Paraguay. SINASIP" (PDF). Awsassets.panda.org. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

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