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.

Africa

Country Oldest(year) Numberof parks Total area km2 Percentage of country Algeria 11 527,661.68 22.1% Angola 8 Ascension Island 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 1925 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 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 1951 23 99,306.5 Togo 3 Tunisia 1980 17 Uganda 1952 10 Zambia 28 240,836.48 32% Zimbabwe 11

Asia

Country Oldest(year) Numberof parks Total area km2 Percentage of country Afghanistan 2009 2 11,516.28 Armenia 1978 4 1,176 Azerbaijan 2003 11 Bangladesh 18 Bhutan 5 8,008 20.8% Brunei 2 Cambodia 1993 13 7,422.5 4.1% China 916 8 Georgia 11 India 1936 116 38,136 1.16% Indonesia 1980 56 160,520 8.43% Iran 1974 23 19,7571.2% Iraq 2 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 29 Myanmar 1982 9 10,351 1.5% Nepal 1973 12 34,42623.39% North Korea 9 Oman 1997 1 220 0.07% Pakistan 1972 26 132,919.716.63% Philippines 1933 36 1,820 0.6% Qatar Russia 1983 64 155,672 Saudi Arabia 3 South Korea 1967 24 6,954 6.92% Sri Lanka 1938 26 Republic of China (Taiwan) 1984 9 3,104 8.6% Tajikistan 1992 1 26,000 18% Timor-Leste 2007 1 1,236 8.27% Thailand 1961 156 61,413 11.96% Turkey 1958 52 9,446 2.63% United Arab Emirates 4 Uzbekistan 4 Vietnam 1962 32 Yemen 2

Europe

Country Oldest(year) Numberof parks Total area km2 Percentage of country Albania 1966 14 2,106.68 6.7% Austria 1981 6 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 2008 5 2,322 5.4% Estonia 1971 6 2,370 5.2% Finland 1956 40 9,892 2.9% France 1963 11 60,728 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%Moldova201313371% 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 52 9,446 2.63% Ukraine 1980 48 7,020 1.2% United Kingdom 1951 15 19,989 8.2%

Links to lists of national parks by region the Alps the Baltics England and Wales Northern Ireland Scotland

North and Central America

Country Oldest(year) Numberof 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 1966 16 12,52016.57% Saint Kitts & Nevis 5 Saint Lucia 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 Trinidad & Tobago 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 11 United States (excluding territories) 1872 61 210,000 2.19% US Virgin Islands 1

South America

Country Oldest(year) Numberof parks Total area km2 Percentage of country Argentina 1922 37 38,452 1.38% Bolivia 1939 13 65,910 6% Brazil 1937 75 250,000 2.968% ChileCorporación Nacional Forestal (Chile National Forest Corporation), retrieved 19 July 2017 1926 46 146,046 21% 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%

French Guiana: see France

Oceania

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Country Oldest(year) Numberof 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 Hawaii: see United States Easter Island: see Chile

See also List of tourist attractions Nature reserve

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