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.
Note that this article links to list articles of national parks by country on Wikipedia in the "Country" column in the tables.
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1929 | 11 | 527,661.68 | 22.1% |
| Angola | 8 | |||
| Ascension Island [1] | 2005 | 1 | ||
| Benin | 2 | |||
| Botswana | 1968 | 4 | 56,258 | 9.67% |
| Burkina Faso | 1954 | 4 | ||
| Burundi | 1934 | 3 | 1,014 | 3.6% |
| Cameroon | 27 | |||
| Cape Verde | 1 | |||
| Central African Republic | 5 | |||
| Chad | 1963 | 4 | 14,540 | 1.13% |
| Comoros | 2010 | 6 | 1,165.77 | 52.16% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9 | |||
| Republic of the Congo | 5 | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1953 | 9 | ||
| Djibouti | 3 | |||
| Egypt | 1983 | 5 | 4,353 | 4.3% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 3 | |||
| Eritrea | 2 | |||
| Eswatini | 1967 | 1 | 300 | 1.74% |
| Ethiopia | 1959 | 22 | ||
| Gabon | 2002 | 13 | 26,766 | 10.0% |
| Gambia | 1978 | 5 | 169.9 | 1.5% |
| Ghana | 1971 | 7 | ||
| Guinea | 3 | |||
| Guinea-Bissau | 6 | |||
| Kenya | 1946 | 24 | ||
| Lesotho | 2 | |||
| Liberia | 8 | |||
| Libya | 6 | |||
| Madagascar | 1958 | 26 | 14,327 | 2.4% |
| Malawi | 1966 | 6 | ||
| Mali | 4 | |||
| Mauritania | 2 | |||
| Mauritius | 1994 | 3 | 7,160 | 3.5% |
| Morocco | 1942 | 12 | ||
| Mozambique | 1960 | 7 | 40,970 | 5.1% |
| Namibia | 1907 | 20 | 10,878 | 13.2% |
| Niger | 1954 | 1 | ||
| Nigeria | 1979 | 8 | 20,156 | 3.0% |
| Rwanda | 3 | |||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | |||
| Senegal | 6 | |||
| Seychelles | 1973 | 9 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 1986 | 8 | ||
| Somalia | 6 | |||
| South Africa | 1926 | 21 | 37,000 | 3% |
| South Sudan | 6 | |||
| Sudan | 4 | |||
| Tanzania [2] | 1951 | 23 | 99,306.5 | |
| Togo | 3 | |||
| Tunisia | 1980 | 17 | ||
| Uganda | 1952 | 10 | ||
| Zambia | 1924 | 28 | 240,836.48 | 32% |
| Zimbabwe | 1926 | 11 |
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2009 | 2 | 11,516.28 | |
| Armenia | 4 | |||
| Azerbaijan | 2003 | 11 | ||
| Bangladesh | 18 | |||
| Bhutan | 5 | 8,008 | 20.8% | |
| Brunei | 2 | |||
| Cambodia | 1993 | 13 | 7,422.5 | 4.1% |
| China | 2021 | 5 | ||
| Georgia | 11 | |||
| India | 1936 | 116 | 38,136 | 1.16% |
| Indonesia | 1980 | 56 | 160,520 | 8.43% |
| Iran | 1974 | 23 | 19,757 | 1.2% |
| Iraq | 2 | |||
| Palestine / Israel | 1964 | 49 | 6,400 | 30% |
| Japan | 1934 | 34 | 20,482 | 5.4% |
| Jordan | ||||
| Kazakhstan | 1985 | 13 | 18,876 | 0.7% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1976 | 13 | 7,246.7 | 3.625% |
| Lebanon | 4 | |||
| Maldives | ||||
| Malaysia | 29 | |||
| Mongolia | 1783 [3] [4] [5] | 29 | ||
| Myanmar | 1982 | 9 | 10,351 | 1.5% |
| Nepal | 1973 | 12 | 34,426 | 23.39% |
| North Korea | 9 | |||
| Oman | 1 | |||
| Pakistan | 1972 | 26 | 132,919.71 | 6.63% |
| Philippines | 1933 | 36 | 1,820 | 0.6% |
| Qatar | ||||
| Russia | 1983 | 48 | 144,072 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | |||
| South Korea | 1967 | 22 | 6,726 | 6.70% [6] |
| Sri Lanka | 1938 | 26 | ||
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1984 | 9 | 3,104 | 8.6% |
| Tajikistan | 1992 | 1 | 26,000 | 18% |
| Timor-Leste | 2 | |||
| Thailand | 1961 | 147 | 61,413 | 11.96% |
| Turkey | 1958 | 43 | 8,481 | 1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 4 | |||
| Vietnam | 1962 | 32 | ||
| Yemen | 2 |
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1966 | 14 | 2,106.68 | 6.7% |
| Austria | 1981 | 7 | 2,521 | 3.0% |
| Belarus | 1939 | 4 | 2,222 | 1.0% |
| Belgium | 2001 | 6 | 638.71 | 2.1 % |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1965 | 4 | 473 | 0.9% |
| Bulgaria | 1963 | 3 | 1,930 | 1.8% |
| Croatia | 1949 | 8 | 994 | 1.8% |
| Czech Republic | 1963 | 4 | 1,190 | 1.5% |
| Denmark [note 1] | 2008 | 5 | 2,322 | 5.4% |
| Estonia | 1971 | 6 | 2,370 | 5.2% |
| Finland | 1956 | 40 | 9,892 [7] | 2.9% |
| France [note 2] | 1963 | 10 | 60,728 [8] | 9.5% |
| Georgia | 1946 | 11 | 5,111 | 7.0% |
| Germany | 1970 | 16 | 10,395 | 2.7% |
| Greece | 1938 | 15 | 6,960 | 3.6% |
| Hungary | 1972 | 10 | 4,819 | 5.2% |
| Iceland | 1928 | 3 | 12,407 | 12.1% |
| Ireland | 1932 | 6 | 650 | 0.9% |
| Italy | 1922 | 25 | 15,000 | 5.0% |
| Kosovo | 1986 | 2 | 1,014.88 | 9.3% |
| Latvia | 1973 | 4 | 2,065 | 3.2% |
| Lithuania | 1974 | 5 | 1,554 | 2.4% |
| Malta | 2007 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.69% |
| Moldova | 2013 | 1 | 337 | 1% |
| Montenegro | 1952 | 5 | 1,096 | 7.9% |
| Netherlands | 1930 | 21 | 1,251 | 3.0% |
| North Macedonia | 1948 | 3 | 974 | 3.8% |
| Norway | 1962 | 47 | 24,060 | 6.3% |
| Poland | 1932 | 23 | 3,149 | 1.0% |
| Portugal | 1971 | 1 | 702 | 0.8% |
| Romania | 1935 | 14 | 3,158 | 1.3% |
| Russia | 1983 | 48 | 141,200 | 0.82% |
| Serbia | 1960 | 7 | 1,936 | 2.19% |
| Slovakia | 1949 | 9 | 3,690 | 7.5% |
| Slovenia | 1961 | 1 | 838 | 4.1% |
| Spain | 1918 | 16 | 3,845 | 0.8% |
| Sweden | 1909 | 30 | 7,199 | 1.6% |
| Switzerland | 1914 | 1 | 170 | 0.4% |
| Turkey | 1958 | 43 | 8,481 | 1.0% |
| Ukraine | 1980 | 48 | 7,020 | 1.2% |
| United Kingdom | 1951 | 15 | 19,989 | 8.2% |
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | |||
| Aruba | 1 | |||
| Bahamas | 40 | |||
| Barbados | 1 | |||
| Belize | 1986 | 18 | 1,701 | 7.4% |
| British Virgin Islands | 14 | |||
| Canada | 1885 | 47 | 377,000 | 3.78% |
| Costa Rica | 1955 | 29 | 12,913 | 25.1% |
| Cuba | 14 | |||
| Curacao | 1978 | 2 | 20.8 | 4.68% |
| Dominica | 1975 | 3 | 107 | 7.01% |
| Dominican Republic | 1956 | 29 | ||
| El Salvador | 8 | |||
| Grenada | 3 | |||
| Guatemala | 1955 | 22 | ||
| Haiti | 1983 | 16 | 88 | 0.31% |
| Honduras | 18 | |||
| Jamaica | 1 | |||
| Mexico | 1917 | 67 | 14,320 | 0.73% |
| Nicaragua | 1979 | 3 | 25,327 | 17.3% |
| Panama | 1976 | 16 | ||
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 5 | |||
| Saint Lucia | 2 | |||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | |||
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1 | |||
| Turks and Caicos Island | 11 | |||
| United States | 1872 | 63 | 210,000 | 2.19% |
| US Virgin Islands | 1 | |||
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina [9] | 1922 | 37 | 38,452 | 1.38% |
| Bolivia | 1939 | 13 | 65,910 | 6% |
| Brazil [10] | 1937 | 75 | 250,000 | 2.968% |
| Chile [11] | 1926 | 41 | 146,046 | 19.3% |
| Colombia | 1960 | 60 | 169,545 | 12.5% |
| Ecuador | 1959 | 12 | 34,733 | 12.2% |
| Guyana | 1929 | 1 | ||
| Paraguay | 1948 | 15 | 60,662 | 14.9% |
| Peru | 1961 | 15 | 79,665 | 6.2% |
| Uruguay | 1937 | 7 | ||
| Venezuela | 1937 | 46 | 199,418 | 21.76% |
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| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Samoa | 1 | |||
| Australia | 1879 | 685 | 335,062 | 4.36% |
| Cook Islands | 1 | |||
| Fiji | 1987 | 1 | ||
| New Zealand | 1887 | 13 | 28,873 | 10.8% |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | |||
| Samoa | 5 | |||
| Solomon Islands | 1 | |||
| Tonga | 1992 | 4 |
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