African elephant population by country

MOROCCO

LIBYA

ALGERIA

EGYPT

Western
Sahara
MAURITANIA

MALI

BURKINA
FASO
GHANA

GAMBIA
GUINEA
BISSAU

CHAD

NIGER

SENEGAL

GUINEA

BENIN

TOGO

SIERRA LEONE

DJIBOUTI
NIGERIA

CTE
D'IVOIRE

LIBERIA

ERITREA

SUDAN

African elephant population, 2007

Thousands

CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPUBLIC

CAMEROON

175

UGANDA
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
CONGO
RWANDA

CONGO

EQ. GUINEA

ETHIOPIA

SOUTH
SUDAN

GABON

Somaliland

KENYA

BURUNDI
TANZANIA

70
30

MALAWI

15

Minimum estimation
(definite and probable estimates)
Maximum estimation
(all estimates range, including
possible and speculative)

ZAMBIA

ANGOLA

MOZAMBIQUE
MADAGASCAR

ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA
BOTSWANA

SWAZILAND
Notes: Data for each country ranges from 1991 to 2006.
Definite count is defined as the number of elephants actually seen
or as the lower 95% confidence limit of the population
Source: IUCN/SSC African Elephant Status Report, 2007.

LESOTHO
SOUTH AFRICA