This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. 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.
| Country | Oldest(year) | Numberof parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 11 | 527,661.68 | 22.1% | ||
| 8 | |||||
| Ascension Island[1] | 2005 | 1 | |||
| 2 | |||||
| 1968 | 4 | 56,258 | 9.67% | ||
| 1954 | 4 | ||||
| 1934 | 3 | 1,014 | 3.6% | ||
| 27 | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 1963 | 4 | 14,540 | 1.13% | ||
| 2010 | 6 | 1,165.77 | 52.16% | ||
| 9 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 1953 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | |||||
| 1983 | 5 | 4,353 | 4.3% | ||
| 3 | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| 1967 | 1 | 300 | 1.74% | ||
| 1959 | 22 | ||||
| 2002 | 13 | 26,766 | 10.0% | ||
| 1978 | 5 | 169.9 | 1.5% | ||
| 1971 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| 1946 | 24 | ||||
| 2 | |||||
| 8 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| 1958 | 26 | 14,327 | 2.4% | ||
| 1966 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| 1994 | 3 | 7,160 | 3.5% | ||
| 1942 | 12 | ||||
| 1960 | 7 | 40,970 | 5.1% | ||
| 1907 | 20 | 10,878 | 13.2% | ||
| 1954 | 1 | ||||
| 1979 | 8 | 20,156 | 3.0% | ||
| 3 | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| 1973 | 9 | ||||
| 1986 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | |||||
| 1926 | 21 | 37,000 | 3% | ||
| 6 | |||||
| 4 | |||||
| 1951 | 23 | 99,306.5 | |||
| 3 | |||||
| 1980 | 17 | ||||
| 1952 | 10 | ||||
| 1924 | 28 | 240,836.48 | 32% | ||
| 1926 | 11 |
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | 11,516.28 | |||
| 1978 | 4 | 1,176 | |||
| 2003 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | |||||
| 5 | 8,008 | 20.8% | |||
| 2 | |||||
| 1993 | 13 | 7,422.5 | 4.1% | ||
| China | 2021 | 5 | |||
| 11 | |||||
| 1936 | 116 | 38,136 | 1.16% | ||
| 1980 | 56 | 160,520 | 8.43% | ||
| 1974 | 23 | 19,757 | 1.2% | ||
| 2 | |||||
| Israel / | 1964 | 49 | 6,400 | 30% | |
| 1934 | 34 | 20,482 | 5.4% | ||
| 1985 | 13 | 18,876 | 0.7% | ||
| 1976 | 13 | 7,246.7 | 3.625% | ||
| 4 | |||||
| 29 | |||||
| 1783[2] [3] [4] | 29 | ||||
| 1982 | 9 | 10,351 | 1.5% | ||
| 1973 | 12 | 34,426 | 23.39% | ||
| 9 | |||||
| 1997 | 1 | 220 | 0.07% | ||
| 1972 | 26 | 132,919.71 | 6.63% | ||
| 1933 | 36 | 1,820 | 0.6% | ||
| 1983 | 64 | 155,672 | |||
| 3 | |||||
| 1967 | 22 | 6,726 | 6.70%[5] | ||
| 1938 | 26 | ||||
| 1984 | 9 | 3,104 | 8.6% | ||
| 1992 | 1 | 26,000 | 18% | ||
| 2007 | 1 | 1,236 | 8.27% | ||
| 1961 | 147 | 61,413 | 11.96% | ||
| 1958 | 43 | 8,481 | 1% | ||
| 4 | |||||
| 4 | |||||
| 1962 | 32 | ||||
| 2 |
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 14 | 2,106.68 | 6.7% | ||
| 1981 | 7 | 2,521 | 3.0% | ||
| 1939 | 4 | 2,222 | 1.0% | ||
| 2001 | 6 | 638.71 | 2.1 % | ||
| 1965 | 4 | 473 | 0.9% | ||
| 1963 | 3 | 1,930 | 1.8% | ||
| 1949 | 8 | 994 | 1.8% | ||
| 1963 | 4 | 1,190 | 1.5% | ||
| 2008 | 5 | 2,322 | 5.4% | ||
| 1971 | 6 | 2,370 | 5.2% | ||
| 1956 | 40 | 9,892 | 2.9% | ||
| 1963 | 10 | 60,728 | 9.5% | ||
| 1946 | 11 | 5,111 | 7.0% | ||
| 1970 | 16 | 10,395 | 2.7% | ||
| 1938 | 15 | 6,960 | 3.6% | ||
| 1972 | 10 | 4,819 | 5.2% | ||
| 1928 | 3 | 12,407 | 12.1% | ||
| 1932 | 6 | 650 | 0.9% | ||
| 1922 | 25 | 15,000 | 5.0% | ||
| 1986 | 2 | 1,014.88 | 9.3% | ||
| 1973 | 4 | 2,065 | 3.2% | ||
| 1974 | 5 | 1,554 | 2.4% | ||
| 2007 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.69% | ||
| Moldova | 2013 | 1 | 337 | 1% | |
| 1952 | 5 | 1,096 | 7.9% | ||
| 1930 | 21 | 1,251 | 3.0% | ||
| 1948 | 3 | 974 | 3.8% | ||
| 1962 | 47 | 24,060 | 6.3% | ||
| 1932 | 23 | 3,149 | 1.0% | ||
| 1971 | 1 | 702 | 0.8% | ||
| 1935 | 14 | 3,158 | 1.3% | ||
| 1983 | 48 | 141,200 | 0.82% | ||
| 1960 | 7 | 1,936 | 2.19% | ||
| 1949 | 9 | 3,690 | 7.5% | ||
| 1961 | 1 | 838 | 4.1% | ||
| 1918 | 16 | 3,845 | 0.8% | ||
| 1909 | 30 | 7,199 | 1.6% | ||
| 1914 | 1 | 170 | 0.4% | ||
| 1958 | 43 | 8,481 | 1.0% | ||
| 1980 | 48 | 7,020 | 1.2% | ||
| 1951 | 15 | 19,989 | 8.2% |
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| 40 | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| 1986 | 18 | 1,701 | 7.4% | |
| 14 | ||||
| 1885 | 47 | 377,000 | 3.78% | |
| 1955 | 29 | 12,913 | 25.1% | |
| 14 | ||||
| 1978 | 2 | 20.8 | 4.68% | |
| 1975 | 3 | 107 | 7.01% | |
| 1956 | 29 | |||
| 8 | ||||
| 3 | ||||
| 1955 | 22 | |||
| 1983 | 16 | 88 | 0.31% | |
| 18 | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| 1917 | 67 | 14,320 | 0.73% | |
| 1979 | 3 | 25,327 | 17.3% | |
| 1966 | 16 | 12,520[6] | 16,57% | |
| 5 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| 11 | ||||
| United States (excluding territories) | 1872 | 61 | 210,000 | 2.19% |
| US Virgin Islands | 1 | |||
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina[7] | 1922 | 37 | 38,452 | 1.38% | |
| 1939 | 13 | 65,910 | 6% | ||
| Brazil[8] | 1937 | 75 | 250,000 | 2.968% | |
| Chile[9] | 1926 | 41 | 146,046 | 19.3% | |
| 1960 | 60 | 169,545 | 12.5% | ||
| 1959 | 12 | 34,733 | 12.2% | ||
| 1929 | |||||
| 1948 | 15 | 60,662 | 14.9% | ||
| 1961 | 15 | 79,665 | 6.2% | ||
| 1937 | 7 | ||||
| 1937 | 46 | 199,418 | 21.76% |
French Guiana: see France
.
| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| 1879 | 685 | 335,062 | 4.36% | ||
| 1 | |||||
| 1987 | 1 | ||||
| 1887 | 13 | 28,873 | 10.8% | ||
| 8 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| 1992 | 4 |
Hawaii: see United States
Easter Island: see Chile