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25
175
Thousands
African elephant population, 2007
1
15
30
70
Minimum estimation
(de nite and probable estimates)
CÔTE
D'IVOIRE
Maximum estimation
(all estimates range, including
possible and speculative)
ALGERIA LIBYA
MOROCCO
Western
Sahara
EGYPT
SUDAN
CHAD
NIGER
MALI
MAURITANIA
NIGERIA
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
CONGO
ANGOLA
NAMIBIA
SOUTH AFRICA
BOTSWANA
ZIMBABWE
MOZAMBIQUE
TANZANIA
KENYA
MADAGASCAR
ETHIOPIA
Somaliland
ERITREA
SOUTH
SUDAN
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
CONGO
GABON
CAMEROON
EQ. GUINEA
BENIN
TOGO
GHANA
BURKINA
FASO
SENEGAL
GUINEA
SIERRA LEONE
LIBERIA
GUINEA
BISSAU
GAMBIA
UGANDA
RWANDA
BURUNDI
DJIBOUTI
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
LESOTHO
SWAZILAND
African elephant population by country
Source: IUCN/SSC African Elephant Status Report, 2007.
Notes: Data for each country ranges from 1991 to 2006.
De‰nite count is de‰ned as the number of elephants actually seen
or as the lower 95% con‰dence limit of the population