List of national parks

Popradské pleso in Tatra National Park, Slovakia.

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.

Note that this article links to list articles of national parks by country on Wikipedia in the "Country" column in the tables.

Africa

Mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Oryx in the Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia
Mikumi National Park landscape
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country area
Algeria192910122,3525.1%
Botswana1968456,2589.67%
Burkina Faso19544
Burundi1934310143.6%
Chad1963414,5401.13%
Côte d'Ivoire19538
Egypt198334,3534.3%
Ethiopia19591345,4171.8%
Gabon200213267,6610.0%
Gambia19783169.91.5%
Ghana19718
Kenya194623
Madagascar19581814,3272.4%
Malawi19669
Mauritius1994371,603.5%
Morocco194210
Mozambique1960640,9705.1%
Namibia1907810,87813.2%
Niger19541
Nigeria1979820,1563.0%
Seychelles19738
Sierra Leone19862
Somalia6
South Africa19261937,0003%
Tanzania19511642,0004.44%
Tunisia198011
Uganda195210
Zambia192420240,836.4832%
Zimbabwe192611

Asia

Lake Band-e-Amir the national park of Afghanistan.
Kirirom National Park, Cambodia
Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Baltoro Glacier in Central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country area
Afghanistan20091
Azerbaijan20039
Bhutan48,00820.8%
Burma1982910,3511.5%
Cambodia199377,422.54.1%
People's Republic of China1982208
India193610238,1361.16%
Indonesia198050160,5208.43%
Iran19742819,7571.2%
Israel1964696,40030%
Japan19342920,4825.4%
Kazakhstan10
Kyrgyzstan1976137,246.73.625%
Laos21
Malaysia47,422.54.1%
Mongolia1783[1][2][3]24
Nepal1973 2623.39
Pakistan197225
Philippines541,8200.6%
Russia198347144,072
South Korea1967216,6566.67%[4]
Sri Lanka193822
Republic of China (Taiwan)198493,1048.6%
Thailand196113861,41311.96%
Turkey1958418,4811%
Vietnam196230

Europe

Rondane National Park, Norway
A wisent in the Białowieża Forest, Poland
A Welsh Mountain Pony in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales
A sunset over the lakes in Mljet National Park in Croatia
Borjomi National Park is one of the biggest in Georgia
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country area
Albania1966141,1774.1%
Austria198172,5213.0%
Belarus193942,2221.0%
Belgium20061570.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina196534040.8%
Bulgaria196331,9301.8%
Croatia194989941.8%
Czech Republic196341,1901.5%
Denmark[note 1]200852,3225.4%
Estonia197151,9274.3%
Finland1956399,892[5]2.9%
France[note 2]19631060,728[6]9.5%
Georgia194695,1117.0%
Germany19701510,3952.7%
Greece1938106,9603.6%
Hungary1972104,8195.2%
Iceland1928312,40712.1%
Ireland193266500.9%
Italy19222415,0005.0%
Kazakhstan19851018,8760.7%
Kosovo198621,014.889.3%
Latvia197342,0653.2%
Lithuania197451,5542.4%
Macedonia194839743.8%
Malta200712.50.69%
Montenegro195251,0967.9%
Netherlands1930201,2513.0%
Norway19623624,0606.3%
Poland1932233,1491.0%
Portugal197117020.8%
Romania1935123,1581.3%
Russia19834073,0000.4%
Serbia196051,7752.3%
Slovakia194993,6907.5%
Slovenia196118384.1%
Spain1918153,8450.8%
Sweden1909297,1991.6%
Switzerland191411700.4%
Turkey1958408,4811.0%
Ukraine1980177,0201.2%
United Kingdom19511519,9898.2%
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
By region

North and Central America

Auyuittuq National Park, Canada
Basaseachic Falls National Park, Mexico
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country area
Bahamas27
Belize1986171,7017.4%
Canada188543377,0003.78%
Costa Rica19552612,91325.1%
Dominica197531077.01%
Dominican Republic195612
Guatemala195522
Haiti19832880.31%
Mexico19176714,3200.73%
Nicaragua19793253,270.2%
Panama197615
United States187260210,0002.18%

South America

Iguazu Falls, is located on both Iguazú National Park, Argentina, and Iguaçu National Park, Brazil it is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country area
Argentina[7]19223338,4521.38%
Bolivia19391765,9106%
Brazil[8]193771250,0002.968%
Chile[9]192636146,04619.3%
Colombia196059142,54112.5%
Ecuador19591134,73312.2%
Guyana19291
Paraguay19485060,66214.9%
Peru19611179,6656.2%
Uruguay19373
Venezuela193743199,41821.76%
French Guiana: see France

Oceania

Twelve Apostles in Port Campbell National Park. Victoria, Australia.
CountryOldest
(year)		Number
of parks		Total area
km²		Percentage
of country area
Australia1879685335,0624.36%
Fiji19876
New Zealand18871328,87310.8%
Hawaii: see United States
Easter Island: see Chile

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Refers to mainland Denmark only (part in Europe). 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).
  2. ↑ Includes overseas departments (outside Europe) where there are three national parks: the 33,900 km² Guiana Amazonian Park in French Guiana, 1,054 km² Réunion National Park in Réunion and 173 km² Guadeloupe National Park in Guadeloupe.

References

  1. ↑ Hardy, U. (9 April 2017). "The 10 Oldest National Parks In The World". The CultureTrip. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Whitten, T. (28 April 2009). "Mongolia: tough decisions about the world's oldest nature reserve". The World Bank. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Bonnett, A. (2016). The Geography of Nostalgia: Global and Local Perspectives on Modernity and Loss. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-315-88297-0.
  4. ↑ e-나라지표 국립공원현황, Statistics Korea
  5. ↑ Number and Size of Protected Areas Managed by Metsähallitus Number and Size of Protected Areas Managed by Metsähallitus, Metsähallitus, retrieved 2016-11-30
  6. ↑ Les dix parcs nationaux français, Parcs nationaux de France, archived from the original on 2012-08-05, retrieved 2012-07-22
  7. ↑ "Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad - Áreas Protegidas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Federal conservation units of Brasil". Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  9. ↑ Corporación Nacional Forestal (Chile National Forest Corporation), retrieved 19 July 2017
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