# Lists of national parks

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.

## Africa

| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km$^2$ | Percentage of country |
| Algeria | 1929 | 11 | 527,661.68 | 22.1% |
| Angola | | 8 | | |
| Ascension Island | 2005 | 1 | | |
| Benin | | 2 | | |
| Botswana | 1968 | 4 | 56,258 | 9.67% |
| Burkina Faso | 1954 | 4 | | |
| Burundi | 1934 | 3 | 1,014 | 3.6% |
| Cameroon | | 27 | | |
| Cape Verde | | 1 | | |
| Central African Republic | | 5 | | |
| Chad | 1963 | 4 | 14,540 | 1.13% |
| Comoros | 2010 | 6 | 1,165.77 | 52.16% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | | 9 | | |
| Republic of the Congo | | 5 | | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1953 | 9 | | |
| Djibouti | | 3 | | |
| Egypt | 1983 | 5 | 4,353 | 4.3% |
| Equatorial Guinea | | 3 | | |
| Eritrea | | 2 | | |
| Eswatini | 1967 | 1 | 300 | 1.74% |
| Ethiopia | 1959 | 22 | | |
| Gabon | 2002 | 13 | 26,766 | 10.0% |
| Gambia | 1978 | 5 | 169.9 | 1.5% |
| Ghana | 1971 | 7 | | |
| Guinea | | 3 | | |
| Guinea-Bissau | | 6 | | |
| Kenya | 1946 | 24 | | |
| Lesotho | | 2 | | |
| Liberia | | 8 | | |
| Libya | | 6 | | |
| Madagascar | 1958 | 26 | 14,327 | 2.4% |
| Malawi | 1966 | 6 | | |
| Mali | | 4 | | |
| Mauritania | | 2 | | |
| Mauritius | 1994 | 3 | 7,160 | 3.5% |
| Morocco | 1942 | 12 | | |
| Mozambique | 1960 | 7 | 40,970 | 5.1% |
| Namibia | 1907 | 20 | 10,878 | 13.2% |
| Niger | 1954 | 1 | | |
| Nigeria | 1979 | 8 | 20,156 | 3.0% |
| Rwanda | | 3 | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | 1 | | |
| Senegal | | 6 | | |
| Seychelles | 1973 | 9 | | |
| Sierra Leone | 1986 | 8 | | |
| Somalia | | 6 | | |
| South Africa | 1926 | 21 | 37,000 | 3% |
| South Sudan | | 6 | | |
| Sudan | | 4 | | |
| Tanzania | 1951 | 23 | 99,306.5 | |
| Togo | | 3 | | |
| Tunisia | 1980 | 17 | | |
| Uganda | 1952 | 10 | | |
| Zambia | 1924 | 28 | 240,836.48 | 32% |
| Zimbabwe | 1926 | 11 | | |

## Asia

| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
| Afghanistan | 2009 | 2 | 11,516.28 | |
| Armenia | 1978 | 4 | 1,176 | |
| Azerbaijan | 2003 | 11 | | |
| Bangladesh | | 18 | | |
| Bhutan | | 5 | 8,008 | 20.8% |
| Brunei | | 2 | | |
| Cambodia | 1993 | 13 | 7,422.5 | 4.1% |
| China | 2021 | 5 | | |
| Georgia | | 11 | | |
| India | 1936 | 116 | 38,136 | 1.16% |
| Indonesia | 1980 | 56 | 160,520 | 8.43% |
| Iran | 1974 | 23 | 19,757 | 1.2% |
| Iraq | | 2 | | |
| Israel | 1964 | 49 | 6,400 | 30% |
| Japan | 1934 | 34 | 20,482 | 5.4% |
| Jordan | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | 1985 | 13 | 18,876 | 0.7% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1976 | 13 | 7,246.7 | 3.625% |
| Lebanon | | 4 | | |
| Maldives | | | | |
| Malaysia | | 29 | | |
| Mongolia | 1783 | 29 | | |
| Myanmar | 1982 | 9 | 10,351 | 1.5% |
| Nepal | 1973 | 12 | 34,426 | 23.39% |
| North Korea | | 9 | | |
| Oman | 1997 | 1 | 220 | 0.07% |
| Pakistan | 1972 | 26 | 132,919.71 | 6.63% |
| Philippines | 1933 | 36 | 1,820 | 0.6% |
| Qatar | | | | |
| Russia | 1983 | 64 | 155,672 | |
| Saudi Arabia | | 3 | | |
| South Korea | 1967 | 22 | 6,726 | 6.70% |
| Sri Lanka | 1938 | 26 | | |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1984 | 9 | 3,104 | 8.6% |
| Tajikistan | 1992 | 1 | 26,000 | 18% |
| Timor-Leste | 2007 | 1 | 1,236 | 8.27% |
| Thailand | 1961 | 156 | 61,413 | 11.96% |
| Turkey | 1958 | 43 | 8,481 | 1% |
| United Arab Emirates | | 4 | | |
| Uzbekistan | | 4 | | |
| Vietnam | 1962 | 32 | | |
| Yemen | | 2 | | |

## Europe

| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
| Albania | 1966 | 14 | 2,106.68 | 6.7% |
| Austria | 1981 | 7 | 2,521 | 3.0% |
| Belarus | 1939 | 4 | 2,222 | 1.0% |
| Belgium | 2001 | 6 | 638.71 | 2.1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1965 | 4 | 473 | 0.9% |
| Bulgaria | 1963 | 3 | 1,930 | 1.8% |
| Croatia | 1949 | 8 | 994 | 1.8% |
| Czech Republic | 1963 | 4 | 1,190 | 1.5% |
| Denmark | 2008 | 5 | 2,322 | 5.4% |
| Estonia | 1971 | 6 | 2,370 | 5.2% |
| Finland | 1956 | 40 | 9,892 | 2.9% |
| France | 1963 | 11 | 60,728 | 9.5% |
| Georgia | 1946 | 11 | 5,111 | 7.0% |
| Germany | 1970 | 16 | 10,395 | 2.7% |
| Greece | 1938 | 15 | 6,960 | 3.6% |
| Hungary | 1972 | 10 | 4,819 | 5.2% |
| Iceland | 1928 | 3 | 12,407 | 12.1% |
| Ireland | 1932 | 6 | 650 | 0.9% |
| Italy | 1922 | 25 | 15,000 | 5.0% |
| Kosovo | 1986 | 2 | 1,014.88 | 9.3% |
| Latvia | 1973 | 4 | 2,065 | 3.2% |
| Lithuania | 1974 | 5 | 1,554 | 2.4% |
| Malta | 2007 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.69% |
| Moldova | 2013 | 1 | 337 | 1% |
| Montenegro | 1952 | 5 | 1,096 | 7.9% |
| Netherlands | 1930 | 21 | 1,251 | 3.0% |
| North Macedonia | 1948 | 3 | 974 | 3.8% |
| Norway | 1962 | 47 | 24,060 | 6.3% |
| Poland | 1932 | 23 | 3,149 | 1.0% |
| Portugal | 1971 | 1 | 702 | 0.8% |
| Romania | 1935 | 14 | 3,158 | 1.3% |
| Russia | 1983 | 48 | 141,200 | 0.82% |
| Serbia | 1960 | 7 | 1,936 | 2.19% |
| Slovakia | 1949 | 9 | 3,690 | 7.5% |
| Slovenia | 1961 | 1 | 838 | 4.1% |
| Spain | 1918 | 16 | 3,845 | 0.8% |
| Sweden | 1909 | 30 | 7,199 | 1.6% |
| Switzerland | 1914 | 1 | 170 | 0.4% |
| Turkey | 1958 | 50 | 9,288 | 1.0% |
| Ukraine | 1980 | 48 | 7,020 | 1.2% |
| United Kingdom | 1951 | 15 | 19,989 | 8.2% |

### Links to lists of national parks by region

* the Alps
* the Baltics
* England and Wales
* Northern Ireland
* Scotland

## North and Central America

| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km$^2$ | Percentage of country |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | 6 | | |
| Aruba | | 1 | | |
| Bahamas | | 40 | | |
| Barbados | | 1 | | |
| Belize | 1986 | 18 | 1,701 | 7.4% |
| British Virgin Islands | | 14 | | |
| Canada | 1885 | 47 | 377,000 | 3.78% |
| Costa Rica | 1955 | 29 | 12,913 | 25.1% |
| Cuba | | 14 | | |
| Curacao | 1978 | 2 | 20.8 | 4.68% |
| Dominica | 1975 | 3 | 107 | 7.01% |
| Dominican Republic | 1956 | 29 | | |
| El Salvador | | 8 | | |
| Grenada | | 3 | | |
| Guatemala | 1955 | 22 | | |
| Haiti | 1983 | 16 | 88 | 0.31% |
| Honduras | | 18 | | |
| Jamaica | | 1 | | |
| Mexico | 1917 | 67 | 14,320 | 0.73% |
| Nicaragua | 1979 | 3 | 25,327 | 17.3% |
| Panama | 1966 | 16 | 12,520 | 16.57% |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | | 5 | | |
| Saint Lucia | | 2 | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | 1 | | |
| Trinidad & Tobago | | 1 | | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | | 11 | | |
| United States (excluding territories) | 1872 | 61 | 210,000 | 2.19% |
| US Virgin Islands | | 1 | | |

## South America

| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
| Argentina | 1922 | 37 | 38,452 | 1.38% |
| Bolivia | 1939 | 13 | 65,910 | 6% |
| Brazil | 1937 | 75 | 250,000 | 2.968% |
| Chile | 1926 | 41 | 146,046 | 19.3% |
| Colombia | 1960 | 60 | 169,545 | 12.5% |
| Ecuador | 1959 | 12 | 34,733 | 12.2% |
| Guyana | 1929 | 1 | | |
| Paraguay | 1948 | 15 | 60,662 | 14.9% |
| Peru | 1961 | 15 | 79,665 | 6.2% |
| Uruguay | 1937 | 7 | | |
| Venezuela | 1937 | 46 | 199,418 | 21.76% |
    French Guiana: see France

## Oceania

| Country | Oldest (year) | Number of parks | Total area km² | Percentage of country |
| American Samoa | | 1 | | |
| Australia | 1879 | 685 | 335,062 | 4.36% |
| Cook Islands | | 1 | | |
| Fiji | 1987 | 1 | | |
| New Zealand | 1887 | 13 | 28,873 | 10.8% |
| Papua New Guinea | | 8 | | |
| Samoa | | 5 | | |
| Solomon Islands | | 1 | | |
| Tonga | 1992 | 4 | | |
    Hawaii: see United States
    Easter Island: see Chile