Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants
Total number of amphibian, bird, fish, mammal, reptile, and vascular plant species, by country
This data is based on several sources, which are listed below. For consistency, we could only use sources that included data for a full set of countries. If you believe data for a country is inaccurate, please update the data at the source, many of which are crowd-sourced or citizen-science based.
See our related article from 2016
| Country | Birds | Amphibians | Reptiles | Fish | Mammals | Vascular plants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,813 | 1,022 | 814 | 4,521 | 648 | 56,215 |
| Colombia | 1,878 | 771 | 601 | 2,053 | 442 | 51,220 |
| China | 1,288 | 461 | 490 | 3,622 | 551 | 32,200 |
| Indonesia | 1,711 | 365 | 755 | 4,772 | 670 | 29,375 |
| Mexico | 1,104 | 396 | 957 | 2,624 | 523 | 26,071 |
| South Africa | 762 | 132 | 447 | 2,087 | 297 | 23,420 |
| Venezuela | 1,394 | 363 | 409 | 1,723 | 363 | 21,073 |
| United States (USA) | 860 | 313 | 530 | 3,074 | 440 | 19,473 |
| India | 1,211 | 434 | 689 | 2,583 | 412 | 18,664 |
| Ecuador | 1,622 | 626 | 478 | 1,109 | 372 | 19,362 |
| Australia | 723 | 245 | 1,078 | 4,934 | 349 | 15,638 |
| Peru | 1,858 | 572 | 495 | 1,573 | 467 | 17,144 |
| Bolivia | 1,438 | 256 | 315 | 404 | 363 | 17,367 |
| Malaysia | 718 | 269 | 486 | 1,938 | 336 | 15,500 |
| Papua New Guinea | 744 | 395 | 289 | 2,858 | 269 | 11,544 |
| Thailand | 934 | 147 | 437 | 2,138 | 311 | 11,625 |
| Costa Rica | 857 | 211 | 263 | 1,120 | 227 | 12,119 |
| Vietnam | 835 | 244 | 479 | 2,421 | 287 | 10,500 |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | 1,107 | 244 | 317 | 1,480 | 430 | 11,007 |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1,075 | 206 | 359 | 1,755 | 359 | 10,008 |
| Philippines | 593 | 114 | 350 | 3,339 | 190 | 8,931 |
| Russian Federation | 661 | 33 | 89 | 956 | 300 | 11,400 |
| Panama | 884 | 225 | 278 | 1,410 | 246 | 9,915 |
| Argentina | 1,004 | 172 | 447 | 1,016 | 374 | 9,372 |
| Madagascar | 247 | 360 | 434 | 1,173 | 228 | 9,505 |
| Cameroon | 885 | 223 | 292 | 1,063 | 335 | 8,260 |
| Guatemala | 709 | 163 | 275 | 902 | 220 | 8,681 |
| Japan | 446 | 90 | 98 | 4,054 | 144 | 5,565 |
| Turkey | 392 | 37 | 150 | 832 | 149 | 8,650 |
| Laos | 698 | 104 | 181 | 572 | 215 | 8,286 |
| Myanmar | 1,031 | 101 | 337 | 1,072 | 294 | 7,000 |
| Nicaragua | 677 | 74 | 198 | 1,073 | 203 | 7,590 |
| Iran | 474 | 21 | 332 | 673 | 186 | 8,000 |
| Kenya | 1,058 | 115 | 280 | 1,057 | 376 | 6,506 |
| Paraguay | 691 | 80 | 189 | 263 | 165 | 7,851 |
| Guyana | 795 | 135 | 185 | 993 | 235 | 6,409 |
| Congo | 611 | 76 | 352 | 1,508 | 197 | 6,000 |
| Mozambique | 675 | 90 | 225 | 1,768 | 236 | 5,692 |
| Nepal | 822 | 56 | 148 | 291 | 182 | 6,973 |
| Gabon | 606 | 98 | 139 | 792 | 182 | 6,651 |
| Uganda | 999 | 62 | 175 | 270 | 319 | 6,500 |
| Cuba | 317 | 69 | 175 | 1,103 | 65 | 6,522 |
| Ethiopia | 819 | 72 | 242 | 170 | 271 | 6,603 |
| Honduras | 704 | 144 | 280 | 1,027 | 212 | 5,680 |
| French Guiana | 709 | 112 | 168 | 960 | 207 | 5,625 |
| Angola | 915 | 103 | 280 | 926 | 285 | 5,185 |
| Suriname | 700 | 113 | 158 | 1,045 | 210 | 5,018 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 411 | 12 | 28 | 487 | 138 | 6,000 |
| Nigeria | 864 | 117 | 203 | 775 | 285 | 4,715 |
| Cambodia | 512 | 50 | 192 | 936 | 164 | 5,000 |
| Chile | 441 | 63 | 150 | 771 | 143 | 5,284 |
| Italy | 355 | 49 | 60 | 619 | 113 | 5,599 |
| Kazakhstan | 440 | 14 | 53 | 116 | 155 | 6,000 |
| Pakistan | 611 | 23 | 208 | 721 | 191 | 4,950 |
| Dominican Republic | 246 | 51 | 124 | 531 | 49 | 5,657 |
| Bangladesh | 607 | 37 | 136 | 569 | 139 | 5,000 |
| Spain | 382 | 38 | 75 | 803 | 115 | 5,050 |
| Zambia | 733 | 88 | 187 | 406 | 234 | 4,747 |
| Bhutan | 615 | 39 | 65 | 52 | 99 | 5,468 |
| Haiti | 258 | 58 | 123 | 527 | 49 | 5,242 |
| Greece | 346 | 26 | 75 | 641 | 101 | 4,992 |
| France | 357 | 42 | 189 | 803 | 123 | 4,630 |
| Portugal | 310 | 22 | 44 | 558 | 90 | 5,050 |
| Ukraine | 317 | 21 | 23 | 239 | 112 | 5,100 |
| Zimbabwe | 627 | 59 | 190 | 150 | 200 | 4,440 |
| Ghana | 681 | 89 | 182 | 694 | 257 | 3,725 |
| Guinea | 633 | 79 | 612 | 979 | 223 | 3,000 |
| Cote d'lvoire | 670 | 85 | 153 | 675 | 252 | 3,660 |
| Tajikistan | 326 | 5 | 49 | 4 | 68 | 5,000 |
| Uzbekistan | 352 | 2 | 61 | 86 | 83 | 4,800 |
| Sri Lanka | 376 | 123 | 230 | 1,125 | 117 | 3,314 |
| Malawi | 636 | 77 | 125 | 470 | 189 | 3,765 |
| Cayman Islands | 711 | 56 | 198 | 473 | 219 | 3,602 |
| Canada | 518 | 46 | 54 | 1,140 | 202 | 3,270 |
| Croatia | 308 | 17 | 41 | 418 | 95 | 4,288 |
| Georgia | 281 | 13 | 154 | 133 | 102 | 4,350 |
| Sudan | 917 | 14 | 194 | 480 | 281 | 3,137 |
| Morocco | 341 | 14 | 109 | 734 | 133 | 3,675 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 328 | 4 | 55 | 32 | 71 | 4,500 |
| Azerbaijan | 349 | 11 | 65 | 85 | 103 | 4,300 |
| Somalia | 570 | 35 | 239 | 841 | 176 | 3,028 |
| Serbia | 312 | 22 | 20 | 94 | 92 | 4,082 |
| Togo | 573 | 35 | 159 | 565 | 175 | 3,085 |
| Solomon Islands | 245 | 19 | 99 | 973 | 69 | 3,172 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 436 | 51 | 74 | 567 | 174 | 3,250 |
| Belize | 549 | 38 | 144 | 649 | 150 | 2,894 |
| El Salvador | 500 | 30 | 154 | 587 | 162 | 2,911 |
| Jamaica | 186 | 25 | 50 | 636 | 49 | 3,308 |
| Benin | 548 | 42 | 135 | 598 | 157 | 2,500 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 414 | 37 | 118 | 987 | 114 | 2,259 |
| New Zealand | 231 | 8 | 73 | 1,105 | 44 | 2,382 |
| Senegal | 556 | 40 | 129 | 787 | 189 | 2,086 |
| Sierra Leone | 582 | 57 | 98 | 684 | 190 | 2,090 |
| Liberia | 537 | 60 | 105 | 613 | 180 | 2,200 |
| Singapore | 366 | 29 | 125 | 719 | 68 | 2,282 |
| Taiwan | 377 | 44 | 118 | 2,868 | ||
| Rwanda | 638 | 42 | 81 | 77 | 184 | 2,288 |
| Mali | 566 | 22 | 356 | 142 | 136 | 1,741 |
| New Caledonia | 126 | 1 | 131 | 2,406 | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | 456 | 21 | 69 | 677 | 123 | 1,000 |
| Gambia | 455 | 28 | 93 | 581 | 133 | 974 |
| Palau | 113 | 1 | 35 | 1,550 | 25 | 500 |
| Seychelles | 98 | 14 | 36 | 1,169 | 13 | 850 |
| Namibia | 599 | 45 | 275 | 662 | ||
| South Korea | 359 | 16 | 12 | 1,107 | ||
| Oman | 323 | 2 | 108 | 1,043 | ||
| Fiji | 109 | 3 | 43 | 1,302 | ||
| Egypt | 378 | 10 | 114 | 936 | ||
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 128 | 0 | 40 | 1,230 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 390 | 6 | 107 | 852 | ||
| Hong Kong | 218 | 22 | 75 | 1,026 | ||
| Mauritania | 471 | 12 | 93 | 711 | ||
| Uruguay | 408 | 51 | 80 | 713 | ||
| Tonga | 51 | 0 | 26 | 1,143 | ||
| Mauritius | 78 | 2 | 32 | 1,107 | ||
| Maldives | 84 | 2 | 10 | 1,122 | ||
| Yemen | 342 | 6 | 112 | 752 | ||
| Israel | 388 | 11 | 106 | 695 | ||
| Bahamas | 264 | 5 | 46 | 884 | ||
| Central African Republic | 719 | 58 | 205 | 198 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 268 | 26 | 72 | 803 | ||
| Guam | 106 | 8 | 21 | 1,011 | ||
| Samoa | 46 | 0 | 22 | 967 | ||
| French Polynesia | 94 | 0 | 8 | 931 | ||
| Marshall Islands | 62 | 0 | 8 | 957 | ||
| Reunion | 56 | 1 | 17 | 953 | ||
| Eritrea | 540 | 17 | 97 | 355 | ||
| Jordan | 331 | 5 | 115 | 556 | ||
| Vanuatu | 87 | 1 | 38 | 843 | ||
| Brunei Darussalam | 411 | 12 | 28 | 499 | ||
| Burundi | 596 | 28 | 66 | 243 | ||
| Algeria | 317 | 15 | 107 | 476 | ||
| Northern Mariana Islands | 116 | 1 | 2 | 788 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 293 | 2 | 74 | 519 | ||
| South Sudan | 804 | 36 | 21 | 13 | ||
| Kuwait | 292 | 0 | 36 | 526 | ||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 347 | 7 | 101 | 395 | ||
| Cape Verde | 87 | 0 | 29 | 710 | ||
| Iraq | 374 | 8 | 116 | 317 | ||
| Botswana | 534 | 36 | 159 | 83 | ||
| Albania | 302 | 16 | 41 | 420 | ||
| American Samoa | 43 | 0 | 3 | 731 | ||
| Chad | 524 | 20 | 91 | 138 | ||
| Aruba | 182 | 3 | 13 | 574 | ||
| Qatar | 233 | 0 | 25 | 505 | ||
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 148 | 7 | 36 | 569 | ||
| Tunisia | 309 | 5 | 74 | 364 | ||
| Bahrain | 222 | 1 | 11 | 517 | ||
| Barbados | 207 | 2 | 12 | 529 | ||
| Dominica | 206 | 4 | 19 | 501 | ||
| Slovenia | 289 | 17 | 24 | 398 | ||
| Djibouti | 287 | 5 | 36 | 395 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 206 | 3 | 4 | 502 | ||
| Saint Lucia | 208 | 4 | 3 | 495 | ||
| Martinique | 217 | 6 | 30 | 456 | ||
| United Kingdom | 266 | 15 | 5 | 422 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 201 | 5 | 0 | 486 | ||
| Lebanon | 295 | 7 | 57 | 325 | ||
| Montenegro | 310 | 17 | 22 | 328 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 450 | 23 | 81 | 123 | ||
| Western Sahara | 165 | 2 | 65 | 443 | ||
| Comoros | 100 | 0 | 8 | 563 | ||
| Virgin Islands, British | 147 | 5 | 36 | 480 | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 199 | 3 | 1 | 461 | ||
| Christmas Island | 48 | 0 | 3 | 610 | ||
| Swaziland | 463 | 38 | 102 | 57 | ||
| Guadeloupe | 183 | 7 | 33 | 435 | ||
| North Korea | 325 | 17 | 8 | 305 | ||
| Niger | 436 | 11 | 100 | 107 | ||
| Grenada | 111 | 5 | 31 | 498 | ||
| Afghanistan | 391 | 12 | 112 | 125 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 281 | 16 | 1 | 336 | ||
| Bermuda | 152 | 1 | 10 | 470 | ||
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 242 | 2 | 6 | 380 | ||
| Ireland | 208 | 3 | 18 | 399 | ||
| Cook Islands | 39 | 0 | 16 | 570 | ||
| Libya | 266 | 3 | 67 | 284 | ||
| Montserrat | 197 | 3 | 12 | 405 | ||
| Bulgaria | 335 | 19 | 40 | 222 | ||
| Germany | 311 | 22 | 16 | 245 | ||
| Cyprus | 275 | 3 | 30 | 279 | ||
| East Timor (Timor-Leste) | 236 | 0 | 29 | 313 | ||
| Kiribati | 39 | 0 | 3 | 534 | ||
| Anguilla | 120 | 3 | 20 | 432 | ||
| Romania | 322 | 20 | 24 | 207 | ||
| Norway | 254 | 6 | 9 | 292 | ||
| Cocos (Keeling) Island | 27 | 0 | 3 | 513 | ||
| Sweden | 277 | 13 | 7 | 246 | ||
| Malta | 205 | 2 | 10 | 322 | ||
| Turkmenistan | 365 | 5 | 89 | 67 | ||
| Denmark | 275 | 16 | 6 | 221 | ||
| Netherlands | 270 | 17 | 18 | 210 | ||
| Gibraltar | 163 | 1 | 15 | 331 | ||
| Belgium | 263 | 19 | 10 | 193 | ||
| Mongolia | 360 | 6 | 33 | 81 | ||
| Poland | 290 | 18 | 12 | 144 | ||
| Mayotte | 72 | 3 | 20 | 356 | ||
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 89 | 8 | 3 | 351 | ||
| Austria | 304 | 20 | 16 | 93 | ||
| North Macedonia | 320 | 12 | 35 | 56 | ||
| Slovakia | 293 | 18 | 14 | 92 | ||
| Switzerland | 284 | 21 | 18 | 88 | ||
| Armenia | 296 | 7 | 53 | 54 | ||
| Iceland | 109 | 0 | 1 | 299 | ||
| Hungary | 285 | 17 | 17 | 83 | ||
| Latvia | 267 | 12 | 7 | 114 | ||
| Czech Republic | 286 | 21 | 13 | 80 | ||
| Finland | 263 | 6 | 6 | 101 | ||
| Pitcairn | 24 | 0 | 2 | 339 | ||
| Lithuania | 242 | 13 | 8 | 98 | ||
| Norfolk Island | 44 | 0 | 2 | 303 | ||
| Estonia | 253 | 12 | 6 | 72 | ||
| Belarus | 263 | 14 | 7 | 58 | ||
| Greenland | 73 | 0 | 0 | 263 | ||
| Moldova, Republic of | 237 | 12 | 14 | 62 | ||
| Monaco | 24 | 2 | 3 | 288 | ||
| Lesotho | 248 | 18 | 20 | 12 | ||
| Niue | 24 | 0 | 4 | 229 | ||
| Faroe Islands | 121 | 0 | 0 | 131 | ||
| Saint Helena | 66 | 1 | 0 | 171 | ||
| Wallis and Futuna | 36 | 0 | 0 | 200 | ||
| Antarctica | 34 | 0 | 1 | 199 | ||
| Tuvalu | 18 | 0 | 6 | 197 | ||
| Luxemburg | 186 | 16 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Falkland Island (Malvinas) | 122 | 0 | 0 | 92 | ||
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 199 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Liechtenstein | 176 | 9 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Macau | 40 | 5 | 2 | 149 | ||
| Andorra | 125 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 77 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Tokelau | 10 | 0 | 4 | 118 | ||
| Nauru | 20 | 0 | 10 | 85 | ||
| French Southern Territories (France) | 51 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 54 | 0 | 0 | 43 | ||
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heard Islands and McDonald Islands | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Bouvet Island | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| San Marino | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Plant data is from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC), 2004. Species Data. Fish: Fishbase; Birds: Birdlife International; Amphibians: AmphibiaWeb; Mammals: IUCN; Reptiles: the Reptile Database.
Total | Amphibians | Birds | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants