National Parks by Country

Compare 217 countries by park count, average rating, protected area, and more. Click any column to sort.

217 Countries

19,047 Parks

14,145 Rated

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1	🇺🇸United States	4403	52	Glacier	79	1,943,773	1776
2	🇨🇦Canada	1701	50	Glacier	81	2,128,496	1885
3	🇨🇳China	1512	65	Zhangjiajie	78	1,692,752	1931
4	🇦🇺Australia	949	52	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair	75	1,165,923	1879
5	🇮🇳India	630	55	Khangchendzonga	76	165,427	1936
6	🇯🇵Japan	394	55	Fuji-Hakone-Izu	79	58,093	1902
7	🇧🇬Bulgaria	364	53	Jendema Reserve	75	6,692	1933
8	🇧🇷Brazil	359	48	Amazonia	78	608,872	1937
9	🇲🇽Mexico	357	47	Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl	73	1,157,388	1898
10	🇹🇷Turkey	348	52	Göreme Historical	72	23,322	1958
11	🇮🇩Indonesia	247	63	Raja Ampat	78	269,629	1921
12	🇹🇭Thailand	213	49	Ao Phang Nga	72	102,799	1962
13	🇮🇹Italy	186	54	Belluno Dolomites	75	35,946	1922
14	🇷🇺Russia	172	51	Pribaikalsky	73	626,065	1398
15	🇪🇸Spain	166	56	Sierra Nevada	73	43,700	1918
16	🇲🇾Malaysia	154	62	Gunung Mulu	77	55,642	1902
17	🇬🇧United Kingdom	148	57	Yorkshire Dales	71	63,579	1899
18	🇵🇭Philippines	147	55	Apo Reef	71	55,791	1923
19	🇵🇱Poland	145	54	Białowieża	74	29,164	1932
20	Iran	139	51	Damavand	66	112,048	1957
21	🇩🇪Germany	125	54	Saxon Switzerland	69	117,714	1921
22	🇨🇺Cuba	115	45	Cuchillas del Toa	66	51,563	1930
23	🇵🇪Peru	112	48	Manu	75	298,665	1961
24	🇻🇳Vietnam	111	53	Phong Nha-Ke Bang	78	25,517	1962
25	🇨🇱Chile	110	53	Patagonia	74	174,246	1907
26	🇭🇳Honduras	108	39	Pico Bonito	57	45,543	1959
27	🇰🇷South Korea	107	--	--	--	26,635	1967
28	🇻🇪Venezuela	106	51	Canaima	79	244,949	1937
29	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	103	46	Los Haitises	71	54,856	1956
30	🇦🇷Argentina	102	52	Los Glaciares	78	248,418	1934
31	🇫🇷France	101	61	Réunion	77	953,836	1963
32	🇨🇴Colombia	99	52	Chiribiquete	73	355,282	1931
33	🇹🇼Taiwan	99	--	--	--	17,405	1963
34	Mongolia	92	58	Lake Hovsgol	70	291,244	1778
35	🇳🇿New Zealand	92	65	Egmont	76	97,675	1887
36	Pakistan	89	66	Central Karakoram	74	70,404	1962
37	🇮🇸Iceland	87	55	Vestmannaeyjar	75	20,465	1909
38	🇮🇪Ireland	84	55	Clara Bog	75	1,202	1904
39	🇬🇹Guatemala	83	43	Tikal	66	39,394	1955
40	🇨🇷Costa Rica	83	46	Cocos Island	70	13,085	1955
41	🇺🇦Ukraine	81	48	Carpathian	70	21,259	1634
42	Malawi	81	39	Nyika (Malawi)	66	18,767	1913
43	🇳🇮Nicaragua	78	42	Bosawás	62	90,728	1958
44	Trinidad and Tobago	74	38	North East Tobago	60	2,775	1776
45	🇧🇿Belize	70	46	Chiquibul	65	11,316	1944
46	Burkina Faso	66	28	W du Burkina Faso	49	34,881	1936
47	🇹🇿Tanzania	65	54	Ngorongoro	75	190,819	1922
48	Luxembourg	64	47	Aarnescht	77	1,267	1988
49	🇰🇪Kenya	63	52	Mount Kenya	72	49,147	1943
50	🇵🇦Panama	60	49	La Amistad	69	29,872	1928
51	🇮🇱Israel	57	52	Ein Gedi	72	4,339	1949
52	🇦🇹Austria	56	57	Hohe Tauern	72	11,364	1962
53	🇳🇴Norway	55	58	Lofotodden	69	71,625	1962
54	🇧🇴Bolivia	54	49	Madidi	73	244,955	1939
55	Serbia	54	53	Jerma	66	5,518	1955
56	🇫🇮Finland	53	50	Oulanka	64	25,093	1938
57	🇪🇨Ecuador	53	49	Galapagos	76	248,077	1959
58	🇧🇩Bangladesh	50	--	--	--	5,565	1977
59	Madagascar	49	54	Ankarana	71	26,107	1927
60	Moldova	48	45	Trebujeni	62	1,493	1971
61	🇭🇺Hungary	48	54	Aggtelek	67	8,286	1971
62	🇸🇻El Salvador	47	44	El Imposible	61	3,581	1950
63	Azerbaijan	47	55	Shahdag	64	9,499	1929
64	🇵🇾Paraguay	47	40	Ybytyruzú	53	26,167	1955
65	Albania	47	52	Lake Ohrid	67	6,224	1956
66	Benin	45	34	Pendjari	51	26,799	1941
67	Saint Lucia	45	43	Pitons Management Area	68	319	1916
68	🇵🇹Portugal	44	60	Ilha do Pico	73	9,588	1971
69	Cabo Verde	44	48	Fogo	71	981	1990
70	Timor-Leste	43	--	--	--	5,184	2002
71	🇬🇷Greece	42	55	Vikos-Aoos	72	10,238	1938
72	Sierra Leone	41	39	Gola Rainforest	59	7,876	1914
73	Georgia	41	49	Kazbegi	61	5,847	1912
74	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	40	52	Victoria Falls	74	46,104	1926
75	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	40	48	Isla de Mona	64	673	1909
76	🇲🇲Myanmar	40	--	--	--	41,325	1906
77	Cambodia	40	46	Virachey	56	70,997	1993
78	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	40	--	--	--	19,445	1977
79	🇱🇹Lithuania	39	53	Kuršių Nerija	68	6,195	1937
80	🇱🇻Latvia	39	50	Salaca Valley	59	9,301	1912
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	38	40	La Soufriere	64	309	1791
82	Zambia	37	51	Mosi-oa-Tunya	71	132,416	1924
83	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	37	43	Farasan Islands	51	420,607	1977
84	Tunisia	37	46	Zembra and Zembretta	62	5,861	1977
85	🇺🇬Uganda	36	50	Rwenzori Mountains	70	21,990	1952
86	🇪🇬Egypt	36	51	Saint Katherine	69	171,996	1979
87	Bahamas	35	53	Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve	71	8,939	1958
88	🇯🇲Jamaica	35	48	Cockpit Country	68	12,593	1937
89	DR Congo	35	42	Virunga	66	215,107	1925
90	Hong Kong	33	--	--	--	695	1977
91	Ethiopia	33	45	Bale Mountains	71	123,012	1963
92	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	33	--	--	--	6,601	1938
93	Armenia	32	44	Sevan	48	3,865	1958
94	Cameroon	31	48	Mount Cameroon	62	41,333	1934
95	🇸🇪Sweden	31	55	Abisko	72	7,592	1909
96	🇷🇴Romania	31	59	Ceahlău	67	14,353	1932
97	Mozambique	30	48	Gorongosa	64	111,297	1943
98	Grenada	30	43	Moliniere-Beausejour	55	75	1906
99	Czechia	30	59	Broumovsko	65	11,702	1955
100	🇭🇹Haiti	29	35	Three Bays	67	6,014	1983
101	🇪🇪Estonia	29	51	Ahja River Valley	59	5,021	1957
102	🇺🇾Uruguay	29	49	Cabo Polonio	59	3,319	1915
103	Laos	27	48	Nakai-Nam Theun	59	38,717	1993
104	Somalia	27	31	Daalo	56	16,189	1969
105	Kazakhstan	26	58	Charyn	65	48,585	1926
106	Senegal	25	46	Iles de la Madeleine	58	26,295	1934
107	Greenland	24	53	Ilulissat Icefjord	71	984,081	1974
108	The Netherlands	24	52	Weerribben-Wieden	60	3,384	1930
109	🇸🇰Slovakia	23	58	Tatry	74	8,388	1949
110	🇳🇵Nepal	23	--	--	--	29,100	1973
111	🇳🇦Namibia	23	51	Ai-Ais Hot Springs	71	150,479	1907
112	Algeria	23	51	Tassili n'Ajjer	69	79,499	1931
113	🇭🇷Croatia	23	60	Velebit	74	6,468	1949
114	Kyrgyzstan	23	55	Ala-Archa	63	12,348	1948
115	🇧🇪Belgium	23	53	Vallée de la Semois	64	7,250	1971
116	The Gambia	23	39	Tanbi Wetland Complex	57	552	1952
117	🇴🇲Oman	22	44	Arabian Oryx	54	17,777	1975
118	Iraq	22	--	--	--	23,790	1920
119	Nigeria	22	43	Cross River	56	35,462	1912
120	Ghana	21	46	Shai Hills	57	14,457	1962
121	🇩🇰Denmark	21	50	Vadehavet	70	2,587	2008
122	Niger	21	42	Air and Ténéré	62	273,329	1954
123	French Guiana	21	51	Guiana Amazonian Park	68	44,882	1979
124	Lebanon	20	--	--	--	908	1992
125	🇨🇭Switzerland	20	61	Ela	70	5,487	1914
126	Seychelles	20	60	Aldabra Atoll	73	2,678	1973
127	🇿🇦South Africa	20	62	Table Mountain	69	32,661	1926
128	Togo	19	40	Missahoé	52	4,869	1939
129	Ivory Coast	19	44	Mont Nimba	64	23,950	1944
130	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19	42	Nevis Peak	58	146	1986
131	Guinea-Bissau	19	39	João Vieira and Poilão	59	9,844	2000
132	South Sudan	19	41	Boma	50	82,555	1939
133	Mali	19	34	Falaise de Bandiagara	48	114,455	1950
134	🇲🇦Morocco	19	57	Talassemtane	65	25,961	1942
135	Bhutan	19	--	--	--	18,711	1966
136	Uzbekistan	19	46	Chatkal	48	46,206	1947
137	Falkland Islands	18	49	Saunders Island	57	320	1964
138	Belarus	18	46	Belovezhskaya Pushcha	68	12,806	1925
139	Sudan	18	40	Sanganeb	55	142,984	1935
140	Antigua and Barbuda	18	47	Nelson's Dockyard	58	254	1973
141	🇧🇼Botswana	17	49	Makgadikgadi Pans	62	110,982	1938
142	Cyprus	17	53	Troodos	68	317	1973
143	Republic of the Congo	17	51	Odzala-Kokoua	63	47,876	1935
144	Central African Republic	17	37	Dzanga-Ndoki	54	105,038	1925
145	Fiji	17	--	--	--	1,800	1956
146	Burundi	16	40	Faille de Nyakazu	49	1,476	1951
147	Suriname	16	45	Central Suriname	68	21,721	1961
148	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	54	Drina	65	1,107	1954
149	Liberia	15	46	East Nimba	56	20,253	1947
150	Angola	15	44	Iona	59	116,270	1937
151	Mauritius	15	54	Black River Gorges	65	91	1951
152	🇸🇮Slovenia	15	60	Škocjan Caves	75	2,139	1981
153	Libya	14	31	El-Kouf	45	3,069	1975
154	Gabon	14	56	Ivindo	64	34,306	1972
155	Palau	14	--	--	--	476,404	1956
156	Chad	14	39	Fada Archei	56	127,782	1955
157	Afghanistan	14	57	Band-e Amir	57	33,362	1974
158	Equatorial Guinea	13	49	Luba Crater	66	6,030	1990
159	Guinea	13	45	Mount Nimba	61	16,753	1932
160	Dominica	12	55	Morne Trois Pitons	70	964	1951
161	🇯🇴Jordan	12	50	Dana	61	2,689	1975
162	Papua New Guinea	12	--	--	--	13,569	1968
163	Maldives	12	--	--	--	1,576	2004
164	🇸🇬Singapore	12	--	--	--	49	1883
165	Tonga	11	--	--	--	103	1974
166	New Caledonia	11	--	--	--	1,309,785	1950
167	Syria	11	31	Sabkhat al-Jabbul	33	1,850	1991
168	North Korea	11	--	--	--	4,195	1958
169	Turkmenistan	10	44	Köýtendag	52	11,841	1928
170	Turks and Caicos Islands	10	48	Columbus Landfall	55	659	1992
171	North Macedonia	10	60	Shar Mountains	68	2,305	1948
172	Montenegro	10	64	Durmitor	74	1,695	1952
173	Djibouti	9	49	Day Forest	56	226	1939
174	🇰🇼Kuwait	9	--	--	--	1,356	1987
175	Marshall Islands	9	--	--	--	1,996,980	2002
176	French Polynesia	9	--	--	--	20,093	1972
177	Liechtenstein	9	55	Alpengebiet	63	78	1961
178	British Virgin Islands	9	46	The Baths	53	6	1964
179	Barbados	9	48	Harrison's Cave	55	4	1966
180	Yemen	8	51	Socotra	68	4,757	1999
181	Palestine	8	--	--	--	89	1927
182	🇶🇦Qatar	8	--	--	--	3,176	1979
183	Tajikistan	8	54	Tajik	58	28,065	1938
184	Brunei	8	--	--	--	633	1940
185	Vanuatu	7	--	--	--	167	1991
186	Kiribati	7	--	--	--	408,704	1960
187	Samoa	7	--	--	--	212	1978
188	Solomon Islands	7	--	--	--	1,062	1953
189	Malta	6	51	Dwejra	63	18	1566
190	Mauritania	6	46	Guelb er Richat	55	32,412	1976
191	🇧🇭Bahrain	6	--	--	--	81	1976
192	Comoros	6	55	Karthala	63	1,166	2001
193	Anguilla	6	43	Sombrero Island	49	3	1985
194	Federated States of Micronesia	6	--	--	--	573	1987
195	🇷🇼Rwanda	6	57	Volcanoes	72	2,404	1925
196	US Virgin Islands	6	56	Virgin Islands	63	191	1956
197	Cayman Islands	6	49	Mastic Reserve	56	39	1992
198	Martinique	5	58	Mount Pelee Biological Reserve	68	706	1976
199	Eswatini	5	51	Malolotja	66	575	1967
200	Guyana	5	63	Kaieteur	75	18,170	1929
201	Eritrea	5	45	Semenawi Bahri	53	17,965	1950
202	Cook Islands	4	--	--	--	1,976,009	1978
203	Sao Tome and Principe	4	69	Ilha de Sao Tome	70	2,610	2006
204	Kosovo	4	50	Bjeshkët e Nemuna	54	1,747	1955
205	Lesotho	4	56	Sehlabathebe	61	150	1969
206	Niue	3	--	--	--	127,110	1992
207	Aruba	3	52	Arikok	56	95	1980
208	Curacao	3	55	Christoffel	59	29	1978
209	Guadeloupe	3	59	Guadeloupe	67	220	1987
210	Andorra	3	65	Madriu-Perafita-Claror	68	69	1999
211	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	2	--	--	--	467,080	1995
212	Pitcairn Islands	2	--	--	--	834,371	1988
213	Bonaire	2	57	Bonaire	58	70	1969
214	Tuvalu	1	--	--	--	33	1999
215	Christmas Island	1	--	--	--	277,016	2022
216	Sint Maarten	1	51	Man of War Shoal	51	31	2010
217	Montserrat	1	58	Centre Hills	58	11	2008

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country has the most national parks?

United States has the most parks in our database with 4403 protected areas. It is followed by Canada (1701) and China (1512).

How many countries have national parks?

Our database covers 217 countries with a total of 19,047 national parks and protected areas worldwide.

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