National Parks by Country

Compare 190 countries by park count, average rating, protected area, and more. Click any column to sort.

190 Countries

16,134 Parks

14,233 Rated

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1	🇺🇸United States	3812	52	Glacier	79	1,197,624	1776
2	🇨🇦Canada	1677	50	Glacier	81	2,059,716	1885
3	🇨🇳China	1364	65	Zhangjiajie	78	1,384,182	1931
4	🇦🇺Australia	811	52	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair	75	2,114,510	1879
5	🇯🇵Japan	394	55	Fuji-Hakone-Izu	79	58,093	1902
6	🇧🇬Bulgaria	364	53	Jendema Reserve	75	6,731	1933
7	🇧🇷Brazil	361	48	Amazonia	78	610,025	1937
8	🇲🇽Mexico	357	47	Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl	73	1,157,388	1898
9	🇮🇹Italy	186	54	Belluno Dolomites	75	35,946	1922
10	🇷🇺Russia	172	51	Pribaikalsky	73	626,131	1398
11	🇪🇸Spain	166	56	Sierra Nevada	73	42,582	1918
12	🇹🇭Thailand	164	49	Ao Phang Nga	72	70,911	1859
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	148	57	Yorkshire Dales	71	63,672	1899
14	🇵🇱Poland	145	53	Białowieża	74	28,746	1932
15	🇩🇪Germany	125	54	Saxon Switzerland	69	115,775	1921
16	🇨🇺Cuba	117	44	Cuchillas del Toa	66	40,882	1930
17	🇵🇪Peru	112	48	Manu	75	298,887	1961
18	🇹🇷Turkey	111	52	Göreme Historical	72	10,515	1958
19	🇨🇱Chile	110	52	Patagonia	74	171,498	1926
20	🇭🇳Honduras	108	37	Pico Bonito	57	38,156	--
21	🇰🇷South Korea	108	--	--	--	26,727	1966
22	🇨🇴Colombia	106	52	Chiribiquete	73	189,094	1935
23	🇮🇳India	106	55	Khangchendzonga	76	51,033	1936
24	🇻🇪Venezuela	106	51	Canaima	79	244,949	1937
25	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	103	46	Los Haitises	71	54,856	--
26	🇦🇷Argentina	102	52	Los Glaciares	78	248,418	1934
27	🇫🇷France	101	61	Réunion	77	953,836	1963
28	🇮🇱Israel	100	51	Ein Gedi	72	4,390	1949
29	🇮🇸Iceland	88	55	Vestmannaeyjar	75	20,466	1909
30	🇮🇪Ireland	84	55	Clara Bog	75	1,202	1904
31	🇨🇷Costa Rica	83	46	Cocos Island	70	11,488	--
32	🇬🇹Guatemala	83	43	Tikal	66	39,394	--
33	Malawi	81	39	Nyika (Malawi)	66	18,767	1913
34	🇺🇦Ukraine	81	48	Carpathian	70	21,259	1634
35	🇳🇮Nicaragua	78	42	Bosawás	62	90,094	--
36	Iran	77	51	Damavand	66	79,591	1957
37	🇧🇿Belize	76	47	Chiquibul	65	12,490	1944
38	Trinidad and Tobago	74	38	North East Tobago	60	2,775	1776
39	Burkina Faso	66	28	W du Burkina Faso	49	34,881	1936
40	Pakistan	66	66	Central Karakoram	74	61,091	1962
41	🇹🇿Tanzania	65	54	Ngorongoro	75	185,476	1922
42	🇰🇪Kenya	64	52	Mount Kenya	72	49,333	1943
43	Luxembourg	64	47	Mellerdall	59	1,266	1988
44	🇵🇦Panama	60	49	La Amistad	69	29,940	--
45	🇦🇹Austria	56	57	Hohe Tauern	72	11,364	1962
46	Mongolia	56	58	Lake Hovsgol	70	257,849	1778
47	🇳🇴Norway	55	58	Lofotodden	69	71,625	1962
48	🇧🇴Bolivia	54	49	Madidi	73	236,783	1939
49	🇪🇨Ecuador	54	49	Galapagos	76	247,187	1959
50	Serbia	54	53	Jerma	66	5,518	1955
51	🇫🇮Finland	53	50	Oulanka	64	25,093	1938
52	🇮🇩Indonesia	50	63	Raja Ampat	78	173,844	1941
53	Madagascar	49	54	Ankarana	71	24,800	1927
54	🇭🇺Hungary	48	54	Hortobágy	67	8,286	1971
55	Moldova	48	45	Trebujeni	62	1,493	1971
56	Albania	47	52	Lake Ohrid	67	6,224	1956
57	🇸🇻El Salvador	47	44	El Imposible	61	3,581	--
58	🇵🇾Paraguay	47	40	Ybytyruzú	53	26,167	1955
59	Benin	45	34	Pendjari	51	26,799	1941
60	Saint Lucia	45	43	Pitons Management Area	68	319	1916
61	Cabo Verde	44	48	Fogo	71	981	1990
62	🇳🇿New Zealand	44	65	Egmont	76	52,107	1887
63	🇵🇹Portugal	44	60	Ilha do Pico	73	9,588	1971
64	🇬🇷Greece	42	55	Vikos-Aoos	72	10,238	1938
65	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	41	49	El Yunque	68	788	1903
66	Sierra Leone	41	39	Gola Rainforest	59	7,876	1914
67	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	40	52	Victoria Falls	74	46,104	1926
68	🇱🇻Latvia	39	50	Salaca Valley	59	9,301	1912
69	🇱🇹Lithuania	39	53	Kuršių Nerija	68	6,195	1937
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	38	40	La Soufriere	64	309	1791
71	🇪🇬Egypt	37	51	Saint Katherine	69	172,496	1979
72	Tunisia	37	46	Zembra and Zembretta	62	5,861	1977
73	Zambia	37	51	Mosi-oa-Tunya	71	132,416	1924
74	🇵🇭Philippines	36	55	Apo Reef	71	2,862	1934
75	🇺🇬Uganda	36	50	Mgahinga Gorilla	70	21,990	1952
76	Bahamas	35	53	Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve	71	8,939	1958
77	DR Congo	35	42	Virunga	66	215,107	1925
78	🇯🇲Jamaica	35	48	Cockpit Country	68	12,593	1950
79	Georgia	34	49	Kazbegi	61	5,101	1912
80	Ethiopia	33	45	Bale Mountains	71	123,012	1963
81	🇻🇳Vietnam	33	54	Phong Nha-Ke Bang	78	27,243	1962
82	Armenia	32	44	Sevan	48	3,865	1958
83	Cameroon	31	48	Mount Cameroon	62	41,333	1934
84	🇷🇴Romania	31	59	Cheile Bicazului-Hășmaș	67	14,353	1932
85	🇸🇪Sweden	31	55	Abisko	72	7,592	1909
86	Czechia	30	59	Broumovsko	65	11,702	1955
87	Grenada	30	43	Moliniere-Beausejour	55	75	1906
88	Mozambique	30	48	Gorongosa	64	111,297	1943
89	🇪🇪Estonia	29	51	Ahja River Valley	59	5,021	1957
90	🇭🇹Haiti	29	33	Pic Macaya	55	6,014	--
91	🇺🇾Uruguay	29	49	Cabo Polonio	59	3,319	1915
92	Somalia	27	31	Daalo	56	16,187	1969
93	Kazakhstan	26	58	Charyn	65	48,585	1926
94	🇲🇾Malaysia	26	62	Gunung Mulu	77	9,594	1938
95	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	26	43	Farasan Islands	51	119,554	1977
96	Senegal	25	46	Iles de la Madeleine	58	26,295	1934
97	Greenland	24	53	Ilulissat Icefjord	71	984,081	1974
98	The Netherlands	24	52	Weerribben-Wieden	60	3,384	1930
99	Algeria	23	51	Tassili n'Ajjer	69	79,499	1931
100	🇧🇪Belgium	23	53	Vallée de la Semois	64	7,250	1971
101	🇭🇷Croatia	23	60	Velebit	74	6,468	1949
102	Kyrgyzstan	23	55	Ala-Archa	63	12,348	1948
103	🇳🇦Namibia	23	51	Ai-Ais Hot Springs	71	150,479	1907
104	🇳🇵Nepal	23	--	--	--	29,100	1973
105	🇸🇰Slovakia	23	58	Tatry	74	8,388	1949
106	The Gambia	23	39	Tanbi Wetland Complex	57	552	1952
107	Iraq	22	--	--	--	23,790	1920
108	Laos	22	49	Nakai-Nam Theun	59	38,090	1993
109	Nigeria	22	43	Cross River	56	35,462	1912
110	Azerbaijan	21	55	Shahdag	64	5,611	1929
111	🇩🇰Denmark	21	50	Vadehavet	70	2,587	2008
112	French Guiana	21	51	Guiana Amazonian Park	68	44,882	--
113	Ghana	21	46	Shai Hills	57	14,457	1962
114	Niger	21	42	Air and Ténéré	62	273,329	1954
115	Seychelles	20	60	Aldabra Atoll	73	2,678	1973
116	🇿🇦South Africa	20	62	Table Mountain	69	32,661	1926
117	🇨🇭Switzerland	20	61	Ela	70	5,487	1914
118	Bhutan	19	--	--	--	18,711	1966
119	Guinea-Bissau	19	39	João Vieira and Poilão	59	9,844	2000
120	Ivory Coast	19	44	Mont Nimba	64	23,950	1944
121	Mali	19	34	Falaise de Bandiagara	48	114,455	1950
122	🇲🇦Morocco	19	57	Talassemtane	65	25,961	1942
123	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19	42	Nevis Peak	58	146	1986
124	South Sudan	19	41	Boma	50	82,555	1939
125	Togo	19	40	Missahoé	52	4,869	1939
126	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	19	--	--	--	16,385	1977
127	Uzbekistan	19	46	Chatkal	48	46,206	1947
128	Antigua and Barbuda	18	47	Nelson's Dockyard	58	254	1973
129	Belarus	18	46	Belovezhskaya Pushcha	68	12,806	1925
130	Falkland Islands	18	49	Saunders Island	57	320	--
131	Sudan	18	40	Sanganeb	55	142,984	1935
132	🇧🇼Botswana	17	49	Makgadikgadi Pans	62	110,982	1938
133	Central African Republic	17	37	Dzanga-Ndoki	54	105,038	1925
134	🇴🇲Oman	17	44	Arabian Oryx	54	17,773	1975
135	Republic of the Congo	17	51	Odzala-Kokoua	63	47,876	1935
136	Burundi	16	40	Faille de Nyakazu	49	1,476	1951
137	Cyprus	16	53	Troodos	68	282	1973
138	Suriname	16	45	Central Suriname	68	21,721	1969
139	Angola	15	44	Iona	59	116,270	1937
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	54	Drina	65	1,107	1954
141	Liberia	15	46	East Nimba	56	20,253	1960
142	Mauritius	15	54	Black River Gorges	65	91	1951
143	🇸🇮Slovenia	15	60	Škocjan Caves	75	2,139	1981
144	Chad	14	39	Fada Archei	56	127,782	1955
145	Gabon	14	56	Ivindo	64	34,306	1972
146	Libya	14	31	El-Kouf	45	3,069	1975
147	Equatorial Guinea	13	49	Luba Crater	66	6,030	1990
148	Guinea	13	45	Mount Nimba	61	16,753	1932
149	Lebanon	13	--	--	--	906	1992
150	Afghanistan	12	57	Band-e Amir	57	28,585	1974
151	Dominica	12	55	Morne Trois Pitons	70	964	1951
152	🇯🇴Jordan	12	50	Dana	61	2,689	1975
153	North Korea	11	--	--	--	4,195	1958
154	Montenegro	10	64	Durmitor	74	1,695	1952
155	North Macedonia	10	60	Shar Mountains	68	2,305	1948
156	Turkmenistan	10	44	Köýtendag	52	11,841	1928
157	Turks and Caicos Islands	10	48	Columbus Landfall	55	659	--
158	Barbados	9	48	Harrison's Cave	55	4	1900
159	British Virgin Islands	9	46	The Baths	53	6	--
160	Djibouti	9	49	Day Forest	56	226	1939
161	Liechtenstein	9	55	Alpengebiet	63	78	1961
162	Syria	9	31	Sabkhat al-Jabbul	33	1,801	1991
163	Tajikistan	9	57	Pamir	68	54,065	1938
164	Palestine	8	--	--	--	89	1927
165	🇶🇦Qatar	8	--	--	--	3,176	1979
166	Yemen	8	51	Socotra	68	4,757	1999
167	Cambodia	7	46	Virachey	56	6,161	1993
168	Anguilla	6	43	Sombrero Island	49	3	--
169	Cayman Islands	6	49	Mastic Reserve	56	39	--
170	Comoros	6	55	Karthala	63	1,166	2001
171	Malta	6	51	Dwejra	63	18	1566
172	Mauritania	6	46	Guelb er Richat	55	32,412	1976
173	🇷🇼Rwanda	6	57	Volcanoes	72	2,404	1925
174	US Virgin Islands	6	56	Virgin Islands	63	191	--
175	Eritrea	5	45	Semenawi Bahri	53	17,965	1950
176	Eswatini	5	51	Malolotja	66	575	1967
177	Guyana	5	63	Kaieteur	75	18,170	1929
178	🇰🇼Kuwait	5	--	--	--	1,062	1988
179	Martinique	5	58	Mount Pelee Biological Reserve	68	706	--
180	🇧🇭Bahrain	4	--	--	--	75	1976
181	Kosovo	4	50	Bjeshkët e Nemuna	54	1,747	1955
182	Lesotho	4	56	Sehlabathebe	61	150	1969
183	Sao Tome and Principe	4	69	Ilha de Sao Tome	70	2,610	2006
184	Andorra	3	65	Madriu-Perafita-Claror	68	69	1999
185	Aruba	3	52	Arikok	56	95	--
186	Curacao	3	55	Christoffel	59	29	--
187	Guadeloupe	3	59	Guadeloupe	67	220	--
188	Bonaire	2	57	Bonaire	58	70	--
189	Montserrat	1	58	Centre Hills	58	11	--
190	Sint Maarten	1	51	Man of War Shoal	51	31	--

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country has the most national parks?

United States has the most parks in our database with 3812 protected areas. It is followed by Canada (1677) and China (1364).

How many countries have national parks?

Our database covers 190 countries with a total of 16,134 national parks and protected areas worldwide.

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