List 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.

Popradské pleso in Tatra National Park, Slovakia.

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
Oryx in the Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia
Mikumi National Park landscape
See also: List of national parks in Africa
CountryOldest

(year)

 Number

of parks

 Total area
km²		Percentage
of country
Algeria192910122,3525.1%
Angola8
Benin2
Botswana1968456,2589.67%
Burkina Faso19544
Burundi193431,0143.6%
Cameroon27
Cape Verde1
Central African Republic5
Chad1963414,5401.13%
Comoros1
Democratic Republic of the Congo9
Republic of the Congo5
Côte d'Ivoire19539
Djibouti3
Egypt198354,3534.3%
Equatorial Guinea3
Eritrea2
Eswatini1
Ethiopia19591345,4171.8%
Gabon20021326,76610.0%
Gambia19785169.91.5%
Ghana19717
Guinea3
Guinea-Bissau6
Kenya194624
Lesotho2
Liberia8
Libya6
Madagascar19582614,3272.4%
Malawi19666
Mali4
Mauritania2
Mauritius199437,1603.5%
Morocco194212
Mozambique1960740,9705.1%
Namibia19072010,87813.2%
Niger19541
Nigeria1979820,1563.0%
Rwanda3
Sao Tome and Principe1
Senegal6
Seychelles19739
Sierra Leone19868
Somalia6
South Africa19262137,0003%
South Sudan6
Sudan4
Tanzania19511842,0004.44%
Togo3
Tunisia198017
Uganda195210
Zambia192428240,836.4832%
Zimbabwe192611

Asia
Lake Band-e-Amir the national park of Afghanistan.
Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Baltoro Glacier in Central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country
Afghanistan20092
Armenia4
Azerbaijan200311
Bangladesh18
Bhutan58,00820.8%
Brunei2
Cambodia1993137,422.54.1%
People's Republic of China201611
Georgia11
India193611638,1361.16%
Indonesia198054160,5208.43%
Iran19742319,7571.2%
Iraq2
Israel1964696,40030%
Japan19343320,4825.4%
Kazakhstan13
Kyrgyzstan1976137,246.73.625%
Lebanon4
Malaysia29
Mongolia1783[1][2][3]29
Myanmar1982910,3511.5%
Nepal1973 1234,426 23.39%
North Korea9
Oman1
Pakistan197226132,919.71 6.63%
Philippines361,8200.6%
Russia198348144,072
Saudi Arabia3
South Korea1967226,7266.70%[4]
Sri Lanka193826
Republic of China (Taiwan)198493,1048.6%
Timor-Leste2
Thailand196114761,41311.96%
Turkey1958438,4811%
United Arab Emirates4
Uzbekistan2
Vietnam196232
Yemen2

Europe
Rondane National Park, Norway
A wisent in the Białowieża Forest, Poland
A Welsh Mountain Pony in the Brecon Beacons National Park, United Kingdom
A sunset over the lakes in Mljet National Park in Croatia
Borjomi National Park, Georgia
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country
Albania1966141,1774.1%
Austria198172,5213.0%
Belarus193942,2221.0%
Belgium20012164,50.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina196544040.8%
Bulgaria196331,9301.8%
Croatia194989941.8%
Czech Republic196341,1901.5%
Denmark[note 1]200852,3225.4%
Estonia197151,9274.3%
Finland1956409,892[5]2.9%
France[note 2]19631060,728[6]9.5%
Georgia1946115,1117.0%
Germany19701610,3952.7%
Greece1938156,9603.6%
Hungary1972104,8195.2%
Iceland1928312,40712.1%
Ireland193266500.9%
Italy19222515,0005.0%
Kazakhstan19851318,8760.7%
Kosovo198621,014.889.3%
Latvia197342,0653.2%
Lithuania197451,5542.4%
Malta200712.50.69%
Montenegro195251,0967.9%
Netherlands1930211,2513.0%
North Macedonia194839743.8%
Norway19624724,0606.3%
Poland1932233,1491.0%
Portugal197117020.8%
Romania1935143,1581.3%
Russia198348141,2000.82%
Serbia196051,7752.3%
Slovakia194993,6907.5%
Slovenia196118384.1%
Spain1918163,8450.8%
Sweden1909307,1991.6%
Switzerland191411700.4%
Turkey1958438,4811.0%
Ukraine1980177,0201.2%
United Kingdom19511519,9898.2%
By region

North and Central America
Auyuittuq National Park, Canada
Irazú Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
Basaseachic Falls National Park, Mexico
Crater Lake National Park, United States
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country
Antigua and Barbuda6
Aruba1
Bahamas40
Barbados1
Belize1986181,7017.4%
British Virgin Islands34
Canada188547377,0003.78%
Costa Rica19552912,91325.1%
Cuba14
Curacao6
Dominica197531077.01%
Dominican Republic195629
El Salvador8
Grenada3
Guatemala195522
Haiti198316880.31%
Honduras18
Jamaica1
Mexico19176714,3200.73%
Nicaragua1979325,3270.2%
Panama197616
Saint Kitts & Nevis5
Saint Lucia2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
Trinidad & Tobago1
Turks and Caicos Island11
United States187262210,0002.19%
US Virgin Islands1

South America
Iguazu Falls, is located on both Iguazú National Park, Argentina, and Iguaçu National Park, Brazil it is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country
Argentina[7]19223738,4521.38%
Bolivia19391365,9106%
Brazil[8]193772250,0002.968%
Chile[9]192641146,04619.3%
Colombia196060169,54512.5%
Ecuador19591234,73312.2%
Guyana19291
Paraguay19481560,66214.9%
Peru19611579,6656.2%
Uruguay19377
Venezuela193746199,41821.76%
French Guiana: see France

Oceania
Twelve Apostles in Port Campbell National Park. Victoria, Australia.
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country
American Samoa1
Australia1879685335,0624.36%
Cook Islands1
Fiji19871
New Zealand18871328,87310.8%
Papua New Guinea8
Samoa3
Solomon Islands1
Tonga19924
Hawaii: see United States
Easter Island: see Chile

See also

Notes
  1. 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).
  2. 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.

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