Elephants In The Dust

African elephant population by country

MOROCCO

LIBYA

ALGERIA

EGYPT

Western Sahara

MAURITANIA

MALI

CHAD

NIGER

ERITREA

SENEGAL

SUDAN

BURKINA FASO

GAMBIA

BENIN

DJIBOUTI

GUINEA

GUINEA BISSAU

GHANA

Somaliland

NIGERIA

ETHIOPIA

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

TOGO

SOUTH SUDAN

SIERRA LEONE

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

LIBERIA

CAMEROON

UGANDA

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

CONGO

EQ. GUINEA

Thousands African elephant population, 2007

KENYA

RWANDA BURUNDI

GABON

175

TANZANIA

70

15 30

MALAWI

ZAMBIA

ANGOLA

1

MOZAMBIQUE

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

MADAGASCAR

ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA

BOTSWANA

SWAZILAND

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

LESOTHO

SOUTH AFRICA

Source: IUCN/SSC African Elephant Status Report, 2007.

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