National Parks by Country

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

190 Countries

16,692 Parks

14,200 Rated

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1	🇺🇸United States	3808	52	Glacier	79	1,197,479	1776
2	🇨🇦Canada	1701	50	Glacier	81	2,128,496	1885
3	🇨🇳China	1347	65	Zhangjiajie	78	1,381,526	1931
4	🇦🇺Australia	811	52	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair	75	2,114,510	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	🇹🇭Thailand	213	49	Ao Phang Nga	72	102,799	1962
11	🇮🇹Italy	186	54	Belluno Dolomites	75	35,946	1922
12	🇷🇺Russia	172	51	Pribaikalsky	73	626,131	1398
13	🇪🇸Spain	166	56	Sierra Nevada	73	42,582	1918
14	🇬🇧United Kingdom	148	57	Yorkshire Dales	71	63,672	1899
15	🇵🇱Poland	145	53	Białowieża	74	28,746	1932
16	🇩🇪Germany	125	54	Saxon Switzerland	69	115,775	1921
17	🇨🇺Cuba	115	44	Cuchillas del Toa	66	39,832	1930
18	🇵🇪Peru	112	48	Manu	75	298,887	1961
19	🇨🇱Chile	110	52	Patagonia	74	171,498	1907
20	🇹🇷Turkey	110	52	Göreme Historical	72	10,448	1958
21	🇭🇳Honduras	108	37	Pico Bonito	57	38,156	1959
22	🇰🇷South Korea	107	--	--	--	26,635	1967
23	🇻🇪Venezuela	106	51	Canaima	79	244,949	1937
24	🇨🇴Colombia	104	52	Chiribiquete	73	188,484	1935
25	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	103	46	Los Haitises	71	54,856	1956
26	🇦🇷Argentina	102	52	Los Glaciares	78	248,418	1934
27	🇫🇷France	101	61	Réunion	77	953,836	1963
28	🇮🇱Israel	97	51	Ein Gedi	72	4,382	1949
29	🇮🇸Iceland	87	55	Vestmannaeyjar	75	20,465	1909
30	🇮🇪Ireland	84	55	Clara Bog	75	1,202	1904
31	🇨🇷Costa Rica	83	46	Cocos Island	70	11,488	1955
32	🇬🇹Guatemala	83	43	Tikal	66	39,394	1955
33	🇺🇦Ukraine	81	48	Carpathian	70	21,259	1634
34	Malawi	81	39	Nyika (Malawi)	66	18,767	1913
35	🇳🇮Nicaragua	78	42	Bosawás	62	90,094	1958
36	Iran	77	51	Damavand	66	79,591	1957
37	Trinidad and Tobago	74	38	North East Tobago	60	2,775	1776
38	🇧🇿Belize	70	46	Chiquibul	65	11,316	1944
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	Luxembourg	64	47	Aarnescht	77	1,267	1988
43	🇰🇪Kenya	64	52	Mount Kenya	72	49,333	1943
44	🇵🇦Panama	60	49	La Amistad	69	29,938	1928
45	🇦🇹Austria	56	57	Hohe Tauern	72	11,364	1962
46	🇳🇴Norway	55	58	Lofotodden	69	71,625	1962
47	Mongolia	55	58	Lake Hovsgol	70	257,343	1778
48	Serbia	54	53	Jerma	66	5,518	1955
49	🇧🇴Bolivia	54	49	Madidi	73	236,783	1939
50	🇪🇨Ecuador	53	49	Galapagos	76	247,186	1959
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	Moldova	48	45	Trebujeni	62	1,493	1971
55	🇭🇺Hungary	48	54	Aggtelek	67	8,286	1971
56	Albania	47	52	Lake Ohrid	67	6,224	1956
57	🇸🇻El Salvador	47	44	El Imposible	61	3,581	1950
58	🇵🇾Paraguay	47	40	Ybytyruzú	53	26,167	1955
59	Saint Lucia	45	43	Pitons Management Area	68	319	1916
60	Benin	45	34	Pendjari	51	26,799	1941
61	Cabo Verde	44	48	Fogo	71	981	1990
62	🇵🇹Portugal	44	60	Ilha do Pico	73	9,588	1971
63	🇳🇿New Zealand	44	65	Egmont	76	52,107	1887
64	🇬🇷Greece	42	55	Vikos-Aoos	72	10,238	1938
65	Sierra Leone	41	39	Gola Rainforest	59	7,876	1914
66	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	41	49	El Yunque	68	788	1903
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	Tunisia	37	46	Zembra and Zembretta	62	5,861	1977
72	Zambia	37	51	Mosi-oa-Tunya	71	132,416	1924
73	🇺🇬Uganda	36	50	Rwenzori Mountains	70	21,990	1952
74	🇵🇭Philippines	36	55	Apo Reef	71	2,862	1934
75	🇪🇬Egypt	36	51	Saint Katherine	69	171,996	1979
76	DR Congo	35	42	Virunga	66	215,107	1925
77	Bahamas	35	53	Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve	71	8,939	1958
78	🇯🇲Jamaica	35	48	Cockpit Country	68	12,593	1937
79	Georgia	34	49	Kazbegi	61	5,101	1912
80	Ethiopia	33	45	Bale Mountains	71	123,012	1963
81	🇻🇳Vietnam	32	53	Phong Nha-Ke Bang	78	26,524	1962
82	Armenia	32	44	Sevan	48	3,865	1958
83	🇷🇴Romania	31	59	Ceahlău	67	14,353	1932
84	Cameroon	31	48	Mount Cameroon	62	41,333	1934
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	🇭🇹Haiti	29	35	Three Bays	67	6,014	1983
90	🇺🇾Uruguay	29	49	Cabo Polonio	59	3,319	1915
91	🇪🇪Estonia	29	51	Ahja River Valley	59	5,021	1957
92	Laos	27	48	Nakai-Nam Theun	59	38,717	1993
93	Somalia	27	31	Daalo	56	16,189	1969
94	Kazakhstan	26	58	Charyn	65	48,585	1926
95	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	26	43	Farasan Islands	51	119,554	1977
96	🇲🇾Malaysia	25	62	Gunung Mulu	77	9,582	1938
97	Senegal	25	46	Iles de la Madeleine	58	26,295	1934
98	Greenland	24	53	Ilulissat Icefjord	71	984,081	1974
99	The Netherlands	24	52	Weerribben-Wieden	60	3,384	1930
100	Kyrgyzstan	23	55	Ala-Archa	63	12,348	1948
101	Algeria	23	51	Tassili n'Ajjer	69	79,499	1931
102	🇸🇰Slovakia	23	58	Tatry	74	8,388	1949
103	The Gambia	23	39	Tanbi Wetland Complex	57	552	1952
104	🇧🇪Belgium	23	53	Vallée de la Semois	64	7,250	1971
105	🇭🇷Croatia	23	60	Velebit	74	6,468	1949
106	🇳🇦Namibia	23	51	Ai-Ais Hot Springs	71	150,479	1907
107	🇳🇵Nepal	23	--	--	--	29,100	1973
108	Iraq	22	--	--	--	23,790	1920
109	Nigeria	22	43	Cross River	56	35,462	1912
110	French Guiana	21	51	Guiana Amazonian Park	68	44,882	1979
111	🇩🇰Denmark	21	50	Vadehavet	70	2,587	2008
112	Niger	21	42	Air and Ténéré	62	273,329	1954
113	Ghana	21	46	Shai Hills	57	14,457	1962
114	Azerbaijan	21	55	Shahdag	64	5,611	1929
115	🇿🇦South Africa	20	62	Table Mountain	69	32,661	1926
116	🇨🇭Switzerland	20	61	Ela	70	5,487	1914
117	Seychelles	20	60	Aldabra Atoll	73	2,678	1973
118	🇲🇦Morocco	19	57	Talassemtane	65	25,961	1942
119	Mali	19	34	Falaise de Bandiagara	48	114,455	1950
120	Togo	19	40	Missahoé	52	4,869	1939
121	Guinea-Bissau	19	39	João Vieira and Poilão	59	9,844	2000
122	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19	42	Nevis Peak	58	146	1986
123	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	19	--	--	--	16,385	1977
124	South Sudan	19	41	Boma	50	82,555	1939
125	Ivory Coast	19	44	Mont Nimba	64	23,950	1944
126	Uzbekistan	19	46	Chatkal	48	46,206	1947
127	Bhutan	19	--	--	--	18,711	1966
128	Falkland Islands	18	49	Saunders Island	57	320	1964
129	Sudan	18	40	Sanganeb	55	142,984	1935
130	Antigua and Barbuda	18	47	Nelson's Dockyard	58	254	1973
131	Belarus	18	46	Belovezhskaya Pushcha	68	12,806	1925
132	Republic of the Congo	17	51	Odzala-Kokoua	63	47,876	1935
133	Central African Republic	17	37	Dzanga-Ndoki	54	105,038	1925
134	🇧🇼Botswana	17	49	Makgadikgadi Pans	62	110,982	1938
135	🇴🇲Oman	17	44	Arabian Oryx	54	17,773	1975
136	Cyprus	16	53	Troodos	68	282	1973
137	Suriname	16	45	Central Suriname	68	21,721	1961
138	Burundi	16	40	Faille de Nyakazu	49	1,476	1951
139	Liberia	15	46	East Nimba	56	20,253	1947
140	Angola	15	44	Iona	59	116,270	1937
141	Mauritius	15	54	Black River Gorges	65	91	1951
142	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	54	Drina	65	1,107	1954
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	Guinea	13	45	Mount Nimba	61	16,753	1932
148	Equatorial Guinea	13	49	Luba Crater	66	6,030	1990
149	Lebanon	13	--	--	--	906	1992
150	Afghanistan	12	57	Band-e Amir	57	28,585	1974
151	🇯🇴Jordan	12	50	Dana	61	2,689	1975
152	Dominica	12	55	Morne Trois Pitons	70	964	1951
153	North Korea	11	--	--	--	4,195	1958
154	North Macedonia	10	60	Shar Mountains	68	2,305	1948
155	Turks and Caicos Islands	10	48	Columbus Landfall	55	659	1992
156	Turkmenistan	10	44	Köýtendag	52	11,841	1928
157	Montenegro	10	64	Durmitor	74	1,695	1952
158	Syria	9	31	Sabkhat al-Jabbul	33	1,801	1991
159	British Virgin Islands	9	46	The Baths	53	6	1964
160	Barbados	9	48	Harrison's Cave	55	4	1966
161	Tajikistan	9	57	Pamir	68	54,065	1938
162	Liechtenstein	9	55	Alpengebiet	63	78	1961
163	Djibouti	9	49	Day Forest	56	226	1939
164	Yemen	8	51	Socotra	68	4,757	1999
165	Palestine	8	--	--	--	89	1927
166	🇶🇦Qatar	8	--	--	--	3,176	1979
167	Cambodia	7	46	Virachey	56	6,161	1993
168	US Virgin Islands	6	56	Virgin Islands	63	191	1956
169	🇷🇼Rwanda	6	57	Volcanoes	72	2,404	1925
170	Malta	6	51	Dwejra	63	18	1566
171	Mauritania	6	46	Guelb er Richat	55	32,412	1976
172	Comoros	6	55	Karthala	63	1,166	2001
173	Cayman Islands	6	49	Mastic Reserve	56	39	1992
174	Anguilla	6	43	Sombrero Island	49	3	1985
175	Martinique	5	58	Mount Pelee Biological Reserve	68	706	1976
176	Guyana	5	63	Kaieteur	75	18,170	1929
177	Eritrea	5	45	Semenawi Bahri	53	17,965	1950
178	🇰🇼Kuwait	5	--	--	--	1,062	1988
179	Eswatini	5	51	Malolotja	66	575	1967
180	🇧🇭Bahrain	4	--	--	--	75	1976
181	Lesotho	4	56	Sehlabathebe	61	150	1969
182	Kosovo	4	50	Bjeshkët e Nemuna	54	1,747	1955
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	Curacao	3	55	Christoffel	59	29	1978
186	Aruba	3	52	Arikok	56	95	1980
187	Guadeloupe	3	59	Guadeloupe	67	220	1987
188	Bonaire	2	57	Bonaire	58	70	1969
189	Montserrat	1	58	Centre Hills	58	11	2008
190	Sint Maarten	1	51	Man of War Shoal	51	31	2010

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country has the most national parks?

United States has the most parks in our database with 3808 protected areas. It is followed by Canada (1701) and China (1347).

How many countries have national parks?

Our database covers 190 countries with a total of 16,692 national parks and protected areas worldwide.

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