Lion Population by Country – 2025 Wildlife Estimates

Top Countries with Most Lions

Top 10 Countries with Most Number of Lions

  1. Tanzania – 14,500
  2. South Africa – 3,284
  3. Botswana – 3,063
  4. Kenya – 2,515
  5. Zambia – 2,349
  6. Zimbabwe – 1,362
  7. Ethiopia – 1,239
  8. South Sudan – 866
  9. Namibia – 801
  10. India – 680

Lion Population by Year

Lion Population Decline

Conservation Efforts

Lion Population by Country

Source

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) – Lions | International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List | Africa Geographic | Panthera