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Population Estimates of Existing Wild Tigers
| Tiger Subspecies |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Amur (Siberian) Tiger
China, Northern
North Korea
Russia*
|
360
30
<10
330 |
406
35
<10
371 |
Bengal Tiger
Bangladesh
Bhutan *
China, Western
India
Myanmar, Western
Nepal*
|
3,176
362
67
30
2,500
124
93 |
4,556
362
81
35
3,750
231
97 |
Indochinese Tiger
Cambodia
China, Southwest
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar, Eastern
Thailand
Vietnam
|
1,227
150
30
present
491
106
250
200 |
1,785
300
40
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510
234
501
200 |
Sumatran Tiger
Indonesia
|
400
400 |
500
500 |
South China Tiger
China
|
functionally extinct **
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Totals
Rounded Totals |
5,183
5,000 |
7,277
7,000 |
Source: Adapted from Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human Dominated Landscapes by John Seidensticker, Sarah Christie and Peter Jackson, 1999, Cambridge University Press.
* Note: Figures for Bhutan, Nepal, and Russia are for adult tigers. Tiger specialists consider such figures more realistic because many cubs are unlikely to survive to maturity.
** Tilson R., Defu H., Muntifering J. and Nyhus P.J. 2004. Dramatic decline of wild South China tigers Panthera tigris amoyensis: field survey of priority tiger reserves. Oryx 38: 40-47.
View map of present tiger distributions.
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