10 Countries With The Most Number of Tigers

27 JULY, 2023

Sushim Mukul

Myanmar's tigers, Indochinese and Bengal, reside in Htamanthi and Hukaung Valley Wildlife Sanctuaries, facing challenges from illegal trade and habitat degradation.

10. myanmar (22)

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China has 50 critically endangered South China tigers, with limited populations in protected areas like Hunchun and Laoyeling Mountains, facing threats from habitat loss and fragmentation.

9. CHINA  (50)

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Bhutan nurtures 103 tigers, including Bengal tigers, prioritising conservation efforts to maintain corridors between protected areas like Royal Manas National Park.

8. BHUTAN (103)

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Bangladesh shelters 106 Bengal tigers in Sundarbans mangrove forest, facing human-tiger conflict, poaching, and climate-induced flooding, demanding urgent conservation measures.

7. bangladesh (106)

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Malaysia hosts 150 Malayan tigers in Taman Negara and Belum-Temengor forests. The Malayan tigers are fondly called Pak Belang, meaning Uncle stripes.

6. malaysia (150)

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Thailand houses 189 Indochinese tigers in the Western Forest Complex and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary. Thailand also collaborates with neighbouring countries to save tigers.

5. Thailand  (189)

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The landlocked country of Nepal safeguards 355 tigers, including Bengal and Indochinese, in national parks like Chitwan and Bardia, known for successful anti-poaching measures.

4. nepaL (355)

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Indonesia's 500 Sumatran tigers inhabit rainforests of Sumatra, facing threats from deforestation and poaching, conservation efforts focus on parks like Bukit Barisan Selatan.

3. Indonesia (500)

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Russia shelters 540 Amur tigers in the Far East, with protected areas like Sikhote-Alin and Land of the Leopard National Park safeguarding their habitat.

2. RUSSIA (540)

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India is home to 2,967 tigers, predominantly Bengal tigers, residing in national parks such as Ranthambore and Jim Corbett, taking a leading role in global tiger conservation.

1. iNDIA (2,967)