National Parks by Country

Compare 149 countries by park count, average rating, protected area, and more. Click any column to sort.

149 Countries

11,611 Parks

11,519 Rated

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1	🇺🇸United States	3806	51	Yosemite	76	1,119,166	1776
2	🇨🇦Canada	1677	50	Waterton Lakes	79	2,059,716	1885
3	🇦🇺Australia	811	52	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair	75	2,114,510	1879
4	🇯🇵Japan	394	55	Fuji-Hakone-Izu	79	52,948	1902
5	🇧🇷Brazil	365	48	Iguaçu	83	610,563	1937
6	🇲🇽Mexico	358	47	Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl	73	1,157,413	1898
7	🇧🇬Bulgaria	328	57	Rila	76	26,321	1933
8	🇹🇭Thailand	164	49	Ao Phang Nga	72	70,911	1859
9	🇨🇺Cuba	117	44	Cuchillas del Toa	66	40,882	1930
10	🇵🇪Peru	112	48	Manu	75	298,887	1961
11	🇨🇱Chile	111	52	Patagonia	75	197,929	1926
12	🇦🇷Argentina	109	52	Iguazú	78	273,951	1934
13	🇭🇳Honduras	108	37	Pico Bonito	57	38,156	—
14	🇨🇴Colombia	106	52	Chiribiquete	73	189,094	1935
15	🇮🇳India	106	55	Khangchendzonga	76	51,033	1936
16	🇻🇪Venezuela	106	51	Canaima	79	244,949	1937
17	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	103	46	Los Haitises	71	54,856	—
18	🇬🇧United Kingdom	101	66	Wester Ross	77	60,546	1949
19	🇨🇷Costa Rica	83	46	Cocos Island	70	11,488	—
20	🇬🇹Guatemala	83	43	Tikal	66	39,394	—
21	🇮🇱Israel	81	51	Ein Gedi	72	580	1949
22	🇳🇮Nicaragua	78	42	Bosawás	62	90,094	—
23	Trinidad and Tobago	78	38	North East Tobago	60	2,801	1776
24	🇧🇿Belize	76	47	Chiquibul	65	12,490	1944
25	🇮🇸Iceland	73	55	Vestmannaeyjar	75	18,686	1909
26	🇷🇺Russia	64	53	Pribaikalsky	73	226,128	1398
27	🇵🇦Panama	60	49	La Amistad	69	29,940	—
28	🇧🇴Bolivia	54	49	Madidi	73	236,783	1939
29	🇪🇨Ecuador	54	49	Galapagos	76	247,187	1959
30	🇮🇪Ireland	54	57	Clara Bog	75	761	1904
31	Iran	51	51	Damavand	66	516	1957
32	🇺🇦Ukraine	51	49	Carpathian	70	12,038	1634
33	🇮🇩Indonesia	50	63	Raja Ampat	78	173,844	1941
34	🇸🇻El Salvador	47	44	El Imposible	61	3,581	—
35	🇵🇾Paraguay	47	40	Ybytyruzú	53	26,167	1955
36	🇳🇴Norway	45	57	Reinheimen	68	50,621	1962
37	Saint Lucia	45	43	Pitons Management Area	68	319	1916
38	🇳🇿New Zealand	44	65	Fiordland	83	52,107	1887
39	🇹🇷Turkey	44	56	Göreme Historical	72	8,912	1952
40	🇫🇮Finland	41	49	Oulanka	64	15,598	1938
41	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	41	49	El Yunque	68	788	1903
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	39	40	La Soufriere	64	309	1791
43	🇵🇭Philippines	36	55	Apo Reef	71	2,862	1934
44	🇺🇬Uganda	36	41	Nile Islands	41	21,990	1952
45	Bahamas	35	53	Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve	71	8,939	1958
46	🇯🇲Jamaica	35	48	Cockpit Country	68	12,593	1950
47	🇻🇳Vietnam	33	54	Phong Nha-Ke Bang	78	27,243	1962
48	🇨🇳China	32	65	Zhangjiajie	78	181,237	1956
49	🇪🇬Egypt	31	53	Siwa	68	2,592	1979
50	Grenada	31	44	Moliniere-Beausejour	55	90	1906
51	🇭🇹Haiti	29	33	Pic Macaya	55	6,014	—
52	🇸🇪Sweden	29	55	Abisko	72	7,251	1909
53	🇺🇾Uruguay	29	49	Cabo Polonio	59	3,319	1915
54	🇲🇾Malaysia	26	62	Gunung Mulu	77	9,594	1938
55	🇮🇹Italy	25	62	Belluno Dolomites	75	16,479	1922
56	Greenland	24	53	Ilulissat Icefjord	71	984,081	1974
57	🇰🇪Kenya	23	62	Mount Kenya	73	33,289	1943
58	Madagascar	23	66	Isalo	76	13,769	1927
59	🇵🇱Poland	23	55	Białowieża	74	3,144	1932
60	Laos	22	49	Nakai-Nam Theun	59	38,090	1993
61	🇹🇿Tanzania	22	59	Serengeti	83	99,069	1951
62	French Guiana	21	51	Guiana Amazonian Park	68	44,882	—
63	The Netherlands	21	51	Oosterschelde	59	2,041	1930
64	Mongolia	20	58	Lake Hovsgol	70	144,576	1778
65	🇿🇦South Africa	20	63	Table Mountain	74	32,661	1926
66	Zambia	20	54	Lower Zambezi	78	76,200	1924
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19	42	Nevis Peak	58	146	1986
68	Antigua and Barbuda	18	47	Nelson's Dockyard	58	254	1973
69	Falkland Islands	18	49	Saunders Island	57	320	—
70	🇳🇦Namibia	18	52	Namib-Naukluft	75	139,554	1907
71	Tunisia	17	47	Ichkeul	59	2,509	1977
72	🇩🇪Germany	16	59	Saxon Switzerland	69	10,472	1970
73	🇪🇸Spain	16	64	Teide	72	4,057	1918
74	Suriname	16	45	Central Suriname	68	21,721	1969
75	Albania	15	54	Valbona Valley	67	1,368	1948
76	🇬🇷Greece	15	58	Vikos-Aoos	72	3,352	1938
77	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	15	43	Farasan Islands	51	55,181	1976
78	Angola	13	43	Maiombe	55	166,920	1937
79	Kazakhstan	13	58	Ile-Alatau	65	27,538	1968
80	🇷🇴Romania	13	62	Ceahlău	67	3,166	1932
81	Dominica	12	55	Morne Trois Pitons	70	964	1951
82	Ethiopia	12	56	Simien Mountains	73	26,362	1963
83	Algeria	11	54	Tassili n'Ajjer	69	78,428	1972
84	🇫🇷France	11	67	Réunion	77	9,815	1963
85	🇲🇦Morocco	11	51	Toubkal	59	101,672	1942
86	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	11	64	Victoria Falls	79	82,954	1926
87	Georgia	10	49	Kazbegi	61	3,157	1935
88	🇭🇺Hungary	10	60	Aggtelek	67	4,843	1973
89	Turks and Caicos Islands	10	—	—	—	659	—
90	Azerbaijan	9	56	Shahdag	64	4,325	2003
91	Barbados	9	48	Harrison's Cave	55	4	1900
92	British Virgin Islands	9	—	—	—	6	—
93	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9	65	Virunga	79	96,159	1925
94	🇸🇰Slovakia	9	58	Tatry	74	3,179	1949
95	Turkmenistan	9	44	Köýtendag	52	174,321	1928
96	🇭🇷Croatia	8	60	Plitvice Lakes	71	978	1949
97	Kyrgyzstan	8	55	Ala-Archa	63	3,901	1976
98	Cambodia	7	46	Virachey	56	6,161	1993
99	Ghana	7	46	Mole	56	10,967	1962
100	🇯🇴Jordan	7	50	Dana	61	608	1975
101	Mozambique	7	53	Quirimbas	64	32,258	1960
102	Nigeria	7	46	Cross River	54	24,206	1956
103	Anguilla	6	—	—	—	3	—
104	🇦🇹Austria	6	63	Hohe Tauern	72	2,377	1981
105	Cayman Islands	6	—	—	—	39	—
106	🇪🇪Estonia	6	43	Lahemaa	49	2,399	1971
107	Niger	6	48	Air and Ténéré	63	180,649	1954
108	Pakistan	6	66	Central Karakoram	74	23,086	1974
109	Senegal	6	54	Niokolo-Koba	63	10,128	1954
110	The Gambia	6	47	Tanbi Wetland Complex	57	820	1968
111	US Virgin Islands	6	—	—	—	191	—
112	🇧🇼Botswana	5	67	Chobe	72	70,987	1961
113	🇩🇰Denmark	5	50	Vadehavet	70	2,316	2008
114	Guyana	5	63	Kaieteur	75	18,170	1929
115	Libya	5	35	El-Kouf	41	1,250	1978
116	🇱🇹Lithuania	5	56	Kuršių Nerija	68	1,528	1974
117	Malawi	5	46	Nyika (Malawi)	56	7,951	1965
118	Martinique	5	—	—	—	658	—
119	Montenegro	5	67	Durmitor	74	1,021	1952
120	Serbia	5	56	Djerdap	59	1,605	1960
121	South Sudan	5	40	Boma	43	55,370	1939
122	Armenia	4	44	Sevan	48	2,335	1978
123	Belarus	4	58	Belovezhskaya Pushcha	68	4,953	1939
124	Czechia	4	60	Bohemian Switzerland	64	1,185	1963
125	🇱🇻Latvia	4	46	Kemeri	50	2,160	1973
126	🇴🇲Oman	4	44	Arabian Oryx	54	33,020	1976
127	Sudan	4	41	Suakin Archipelago	49	19,441	1935
128	Tajikistan	4	57	Pamir	68	29,521	1938
129	Aruba	3	—	—	—	95	—
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	57	Sutjeska	62	405	1962
131	Chad	3	50	Zakouma	60	82,144	1963
132	Curacao	3	—	—	—	23	—
133	Guadeloupe	3	—	—	—	220	—
134	North Macedonia	3	59	Mavrovo	61	1,129	1948
135	Syria	3	31	Sabkhat al-Jabbul	33	404	1991
136	Uzbekistan	3	46	Chatkal	48	6,343	1947
137	Yemen	3	51	Socotra	68	4,141	2000
138	Bonaire	2	—	—	—	70	—
139	Kosovo	2	53	Bjeshkët e Nemuna	54	1,163	1986
140	Mali	2	37	Boucle du Baoulé	39	81,100	1954
141	Mauritania	2	55	Banc d'Arguin	60	12,160	1976
142	Afghanistan	1	57	Band-e Amir	57	614	2009
143	🇧🇪Belgium	1	46	Hoge Kempen	46	58	2006
144	Moldova	1	45	Orhei	45	338	2013
145	Montserrat	1	—	—	—	11	—
146	🇵🇹Portugal	1	62	Peneda-Gerês	62	703	1971
147	Sint Maarten	1	—	—	—	31	—
148	🇸🇮Slovenia	1	69	Triglav	69	838	1981
149	🇨🇭Switzerland	1	65	Swiss	65	172	1914

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country has the most national parks?

United States has the most parks in our database with 3806 protected areas. It is followed by Canada (1677) and Australia (811).

How many countries have national parks?

Our database covers 149 countries with a total of 11,611 national parks and protected areas worldwide.

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