List of national parks
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This is a list of national parks as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ordered by nation. Nearly 100 countries around the world have lands classified as a national park by this definition.
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Africa[edit]
See also: List of national parks in Africa
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country area |
---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria | 1972 | 10 | 122,352 | 5.1% |
Botswana | 1968 | 4 | 56,258 | 9.67% |
Burkina Faso | 1954 | 4 | ||
Burundi | 1934 | 3 | ||
Chad | 1963 | 4 | 14,540 | 1.13% |
Côte d'Ivoire | 1953 | 8 | ||
Egypt | 1983 | 3 | 4,353 | 4.3% |
Ethiopia | 1959 | 13 | 2,026 | 1.8% |
Gabon | 2002 | 13 | 10.0% | |
Gambia | 1978 | 3 | ||
Ghana | 1971 | 8 | ||
Kenya | 1946 | 23 | ||
Madagascar | 1958 | 18 | ||
Malawi | 1966 | 9 | ||
Morocco | 1942 | 10 | ||
Mozambique | 1960 | 6 | ||
Namibia | 1907 | 8 | 10,878 | 13.2% |
Niger | 1954 | 1 | ||
Nigeria | 1979 | 8 | 20,156 | 3.0% |
Seychelles | 8 | |||
Sierra Leone | 1986 | 2 | ||
Somalia | 6 | |||
South Africa | 1926 | 19 | 37,000 | 3% |
Tanzania | 1951 | 16 | 42,000 | 4.44% |
Tunisia | 8 | |||
Uganda | 1952 | 10 | ||
Zambia | 1971 | 19 | ||
Zimbabwe | 1926 | 11 |
Asia[edit]
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country area |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 2009 | 1 | ||
Azerbaijan | 2003 | 8 | ||
Bhutan | 4 | |||
Burma | 9 | |||
Cambodia | 7 | |||
People's Republic of China | 1982 | 208 | ||
India | 1936 | 102 | 1.16% | |
Indonesia | 1980 | 50 | ||
Iran | 1974 | 28 | 19,757 | 1.2% |
Israel | 41 | |||
Japan | 1934 | 29 | 20,482 | 5.4% |
Kazakhstan | 10 | |||
Laos | 21 | |||
Malaysia | 4 | |||
Mongolia | 1965 | 24 | ||
Nepal | 10 | |||
Pakistan | 1972 | 25 | ||
Philippines | 54 | |||
Russia | 1983 | 41 | 71,700 | |
South Korea | 1967 | 21 | 6,656 | 6.67%[1] |
Sri Lanka | 22 | |||
Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1984 | 7 | 3,124 | 8.6% |
Thailand | 1961 | 138 | ||
Turkey | 1958 | 41 | ||
Vietnam | 1962 | 30 |
Europe[edit]
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country area |
---|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 14 | 1,177 | 4.1% | |
Austria | 1981 | 7 | 2,521 | 3.0% |
Belarus | 1939 | 4 | 2,222 | 1.0% |
Belgium | 2006 | 1 | 57 | 0.2% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1965 | 3 | 404 | 0.8% |
Bulgaria | 1963 | 3 | 1,930 | 1.8% |
Croatia | 1949 | 8 | 994 | 1.8% |
Czech Republic | 1963 | 4 | 1,190 | 1.5% |
Denmark | 1974 | 3* | 1,889 | |
Estonia | 1971 | 5 | 1,927 | 4.3% |
Finland | 1956 | 37 | 8,873 | 2.7% |
France | 1963 | 10 | 60,728[2] | 9.5% |
Georgia | 9 | 2,707 | 3.7% | |
Germany | 1970 | 14 | 9,620 | 2.7% |
Greece | 1938 | 10 | 6,960 | 3.6% |
Hungary | 1972 | 10 | 4,819 | 5.2% |
Iceland | 1928 | 3 | 12,407 | 12.1% |
Ireland | 1932 | 6 | 590 | 0.8% |
Italy | 1922 | 24 | 15,000 | 5.0% |
Kazakhstan | 1985 | 10 | 18,876 | 0.7% |
Latvia | 1973 | 4 | 2,065 | 3.2% |
Lithuania | 1974 | 5 | 1,554 | 2.4% |
Macedonia | 1948 | 3 | 974 | 3.8% |
Malta | 2007 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.69% |
Montenegro | 1952 | 5 | 1,096 | 7.9% |
Netherlands | 1930 | 20 | 1,251 | 3.0% |
Norway | 1962 | 36 | 24,060 | 6.3% |
Poland | 1932 | 23 | 3,149 | 1.0% |
Portugal | 1971 | 1 | 702 | 0.8% |
Romania | 1935 | 12 | 3,158 | 1.3% |
Russia | 1983 | 40 | 73,000 | 0.4% |
Serbia | 1974 | 5 | 1,775 | 2.3% |
Slovakia | 1949 | 9 | 3,690 | 7.5% |
Slovenia | 1961 | 1 | 838 | 4.1% |
Spain | 1918 | 14 | 3,447 | 0.7% |
Sweden | 1909 | 28 | 6,326 | 1.4% |
Switzerland | 1914 | 1 | 170 | 0.4% |
Turkey | 1958 | 41 | ||
Ukraine | 1980 | 17 | 7,020 | 1.2% |
United Kingdom | 1951 | 15 | 19,989 | 8.2% |
- *Refers to European portion of Denmark only. 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).
- By region
North and Central America[edit]
South America[edit]
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country area |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bahamas | ||||
Canada | 1885 | 43 | 377,000 | 3.78% |
Costa Rica | 1955 | 26 | 12,913 | 25.1% |
Dominica | 1975 | 3 | 107 | |
Dominican Republic | 1956 | 12 | ||
Guatemala | 1955 | 22 | ||
Haiti | 1983 | 2 | ||
Mexico | 1917 | 67 | 14,320 | 0.73% |
Panama | 1976 | 15 | ||
United States | 1872 | 59 | 210,000 | 2.18% |
Belize | 1986 | 56 | 8,867 | 35%} |
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country area |
Argentina[3] | 1934 | 33 | 35,844 | 1.30% |
Bolivia | 1939 | 17 | ||
Brazil[4] | 1937 | 68 | 250,000 | 2.968% |
Chile[5] | 1926 | 36 | 91,403 | |
Colombia | 1975 | 58 | ||
Ecuador | 1959 | 11 | ||
Guyana | 1929 | 1 | ||
Paraguay | 1966 | 16 | ||
Peru | 1961 | 11 | ||
Uruguay | 1916 | 7 | ||
Venezuela | 1937 | 43 | 21.76% |
Oceania[edit]
Country | Oldest (year) |
Number of parks |
Total area km² |
Percentage of country area |
---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 1879 | 685 | 335,062 | 4.36% |
Fiji | 6 | |||
New Zealand | 1887 | 14 | 25,000 | 10% |
- Hawaii: see United States
- Easter Island: see Chile
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ e-나라지표 국립공원현황, Statistics Korea
- ^ Les dix parcs nationaux français, Parcs nationaux de France, retrieved 2012-07-22
- ^ "Administracion de Parques Nacionales - Republica Argentina". Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "Federal conservation units of Brasil". Retrieved september 25, 2012.
- ^ Corporación Nacional Forestal (Chile National Forest Corporation), retrieved 8 February 2012