Countries with the most species

Total number of amphibian, bird, fish, mammal, reptile, and vascular plant species, by country

This data is based on several sources, which are listed below. For consistency, we could only use sources that included data for a full set of countries. If you believe data for a country is inaccurate, please update the data at the source, many of which are crowd-sourced or citizen-science based.

See our related article from 2016

Rank	Country / region	Amphibians	Birds	Fish	Mammals	Reptiles	Plants (WCMC)	Plants (Updated)
1	Brazil	1,175	1,864	4,930	776	868	56215	34387
2	Indonesia	393	1,791	5,014	777	799	29375	19232
3	China	604	1,330	3,838	710	631	32200	31362
4	Colombia	832	1,917	2,182	525	657	51220	24025
5	Peru	672	1,892	1,661	567	542	17144	19812
6	Mexico	424	1,137	2,671	582	1,015	26071	23385
7	Australia	251	833	5,189	381	1,145	15638	19324
8	India	454	1,271	2,860	436	889	18664	15000
9	Ecuador	688	1,684	1,148	441	493	19362	18466
10	United States (USA)	345	1,036	3,133	444	558	19473	15500
11	Venezuela	365	1,420	1,801	407	419	21073	15381
12	South Africa	132	832	2,165	323	569	23420	21250
13	Papua New Guinea	426	780	2,979	291	410	11544	10973
14	Bolivia	260	1,446	434	410	324	17367	14729
15	Vietnam	279	866	2,608	355	537	10500	8500
16	Malaysia	279	787	2,055	355	519	15500	14060
17	Congo (DRC)	230	1,155	1,599	508	316	11007	8860
18	Tanzania	207	1,103	1,875	404	356	10008	10100
19	Thailand	161	987	2,351	344	495	11625	6600
20	Myanmar	138	1,090	1,152	353	373	7000	16000
21	Argentina	177	1,041	1,130	407	475	9372	10221
22	Philippines	115	647	3,730	234	371	8931	10107
23	Kenya	115	1,127	1,115	410	284	6506	6765
24	Panama	230	981	1,464	257	284	9915	10462
25	Cameroon	226	951	1,108	370	289	8260	6883
26	Japan	107	593	4,294	153	106	5565	5600
27	Costa Rica	215	895	1,151	252	269	12119	11000
28	Madagascar	412	278	1,253	257	454	9505	11832
29	Angola	109	956	1,026	333	319	5185	2262
30	Mozambique	93	717	1,965	266	225	5692	4095
31	Guatemala	165	742	921	243	283	8681	8763
32	Guinea	81	666	831	267	699	3000	2533
33	Honduras	149	739	1,058	238	282	5680	7188
34	Uganda	63	1,036	300	367	174	6500	4932
35	Guyana	140	805	1,045	256	177	6409	7112
36	Nigeria	118	926	803	315	207	4715	3378
37	Ethiopia	78	852	177	316	244	6603	6700
38	Taiwan	45	446	3,134	107	118	4442	-
39	Nicaragua	75	716	1,130	220	195	7590	5796
40	Suriname	118	711	1,092	231	158	5018	4984
41	French Guiana	117	721	1,020	219	172	5625	5406
42	Laos	110	721	600	261	219	8286	6000
43	Sudan	13	955	492	200	279	3137	3137
44	Congo	75	656	888	232	358	6000	2403
45	Ghana	91	741	709	275	187	3725	2971
46	Cote d'lvoire (Ivory Coast)	85	723	693	278	161	3660	3689
47	Iran	23	527	716	214	382	8000	7500
48	Zambia	91	772	454	260	191	4747	3309
49	Nepal	60	870	241	196	143	6973	6200
50	Namibia	45	646	730	217	283	4481	-
51	Gabon	97	659	863	202	133	6651	5236
52	Pakistan	24	658	747	202	215	4950	6000
53	South Sudan	36	820	103	244	226	4000	-
54	Cambodia	54	545	959	203	200	5000	6000
55	Canada	46	615	1,150	222	51	3270	3893
56	Central African Republic	58	737	213	261	205	3602	2560
57	Paraguay	82	707	284	180	193	7851	5296
58	Somalia	36	665	927	187	234	3028	1267
59	Russia	30	712	1,013	0	2	11400	12500
60	Sri Lanka	110	479	1,197	121	251	3314	3314
61	Malawi	79	662	490	210	127	3765	3340
62	Bangladesh	43	663	596	152	145	5000	5000
63	Togo	35	631	574	201	159	3085	3085
64	Sierra Leone	59	645	707	204	100	2090	1883
65	Senegal	40	631	809	194	126	2086	1342
66	Zimbabwe	58	666	157	212	186	4440	2807
67	Chile	58	493	813	159	149	5284	5155
68	Liberia	61	593	626	212	108	2200	2403
69	Benin	41	596	613	203	134	2500	2460
70	Belize	37	583	686	155	139	2894	4192
71	El Salvador	30	522	596	160	153	2911	5772
72	Spain	40	550	827	130	77	5050	5800
73	Turkey	37	454	169	170	154	8650	10001
74	Cuba	71	368	1,163	65	180	6522	6522
75	Mali	22	619	146	159	369	1741	903
76	France	43	522	850	138	53	4630	4700
77	New Caledonia	1	174	2,495	37	158	3645	-
78	Bhutan	42	666	52	141	89	5468	5600
79	Rwanda	45	683	82	211	82	2288	1883
80	Equatorial Guinea	51	466	585	187	117	3250	3049
81	Oman	2	480	1,099	87	253	1100	-
82	Italy	48	484	664	127	62	5599	5590
83	Brunei	12	468	505	183	42	6000	6000
84	Burundi	29	634	259	175	67	2788	-
85	Egypt	10	480	995	114	118	2250	-
86	Chad	20	554	148	150	130	4318	-
87	Greece	27	433	704	115	77	4992	5500
88	Trinidad and Tobago	40	454	1,041	125	30	2259	2274
89	Uruguay	51	448	761	128	80	2911	-
90	Israel	10	526	744	116	95	2380	-
91	South Korea	21	420	1,194	92	24	3632	-
92	Kazakhstan	15	494	121	174	54	6000	6000
93	Morocco	13	440	747	130	109	3675	3100
94	Botswana	36	581	90	172	161	920	-
95	Gambia	28	554	592	136	89	974	974
96	Saudi Arabia	7	471	892	96	122	2285	-
97	Mauritania	12	540	743	117	98	1100	-
98	Afghanistan	12	507	128	135	116	5000	-
99	Hong Kong	22	336	1,383	55	71	3300	-
100	Eritrea	17	570	379	126	96	1619	-
101	Singapore	30	440	744	91	135	2282	2282
102	Guinea-Bissau	21	490	697	143	65	1000	841
103	Niger	11	507	111	136	251	1400	-
104	Yemen	6	421	784	91	117	2900	-
105	Portugal	23	513	574	103	43	5050	2800
106	Eswatini (Swaziland)	38	505	57	138	100	3500	-
107	United Kingdom	15	562	445	85	5	3445	-
108	New Zealand	8	363	1,157	49	85	2382	2400
109	Jordan	5	422	594	94	120	2622	-
110	Iraq	8	410	335	100	118	4500	-
111	Algeria	16	388	511	109	111	3139	-
112	Dominican Republic	50	291	536	59	135	5657	5657
113	Solomon Islands	19	280	1,003	79	88	3172	3172
114	Haiti	57	277	536	56	125	5242	5242
115	Croatia	18	369	433	102	41	4288	4288
116	Germany	21	484	281	107	18	2660	-
117	Puerto Rico	26	356	819	41	77	2912	-
118	Burkina Faso	23	481	125	140	83	879	-
119	Ukraine	22	352	246	112	25	5100	5100
120	Georgia	12	308	142	111	158	4350	4100
121	Bulgaria	21	405	230	96	41	3750	-
122	Syria	7	395	418	105	-	3100	-
123	Mongolia	6	404	82	148	32	2850	-
124	Azerbaijan	10	359	92	112	63	4300	4500
125	Norway	6	444	308	83	9	2800	-
126	United Arab Emirates	2	448	534	58	74	598	-
127	Uzbekistan	3	371	89	99	64	4800	4344
128	North Korea	17	360	313	112	18	2898	-
129	Montenegro	17	381	342	87	40	2550	-
130	Tunisia	8	370	374	88	71	2100	-
131	Jamaica	25	300	646	49	52	3308	3308
132	Slovenia	19	352	410	90	24	2900	-
133	Romania	20	364	213	102	27	3515	-
134	Turkmenistan	6	378	71	107	90	2900	-
135	Fiji	3	164	1,357	29	44	2600	-
136	Bahamas	6	326	898	40	48	1350	-
137	Lebanon	6	374	341	80	57	2600	-
138	Serbia	23	381	103	88	27	4082	4082
139	Sweden	12	452	262	80	7	2000	-
140	Albania	17	317	452	92	41	2450	-
141	Seychelles	14	236	1,264	31	35	850	850
142	East Timor (Timor-Leste)	-	259	1,097	64	9	983	-
143	Netherlands	17	447	223	80	19	1581	-
144	Poland	19	424	152	92	11	2300	-
145	Palau	1	165	1,595	24	35	500	500
146	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17	318	348	94	9	3500	-
147	Denmark	15	461	237	71	6	1583	-
148	Austria	20	412	104	91	18	2580	-
149	Tajikistan	5	357	4	84	55	5000	4513
150	Kyrgyzstan	4	353	31	89	56	4500	3800
151	Belgium	19	429	196	82	11	1340	-
152	Libya	3	331	292	87	68	2088	-
153	Djibouti	5	342	416	102	35	820	-
154	Switzerland	20	384	105	86	18	2590	-
155	Slovakia	18	347	101	87	14	3619	-
156	Armenia	8	307	56	98	56	3600	-
157	Ireland	3	411	414	53	21	900	-
158	Micronesia	-	161	1,257	24	41	1239	-
159	Czech Republic	21	383	101	78	13	2100	-
160	North Macedonia	13	337	57	82	13	3674	-
161	Hungary	17	370	93	84	16	2250	-
162	Kuwait	-	357	540	42	39	402	-
163	Dominica	4	227	510	37	152	1228	-
164	Finland	6	424	112	64	6	1300	-
165	Cyprus	4	356	304	41	34	1750	-
166	Maldives	2	167	1,161	26	11	583	-
167	Mauritius	2	136	1,175	28	30	691	-
168	Malta	2	357	407	24	14	1200	-
169	Lesotho	18	321	12	81	19	2096	-
170	Martinique	6	242	458	33	31	-	-
171	Saint Lucia	4	227	500	34	33	-	-
172	Latvia	13	327	119	68	7	1648	-
173	Aruba	3	210	583	32	19	-	-
174	Bermuda	1	288	487	29	10	1500	-
175	Antigua and Barbuda	3	238	505	34	10	-	-
176	Qatar	-	287	514	37	38	355	-
177	Guadeloupe	7	252	437	37	33	1709	-
178	Northern Mariana Islands	1	158	807	23	16	-	-
179	Guam	9	136	1,033	23	28	600	-
180	Virgin Islands, U.S.	7	244	577	31	44	748	-
181	Bahrain	1	317	526	25	11	357	-
182	Belarus	15	312	59	72	7	1650	-
183	Marshall Islands	-	99	982	20	12	-	-
184	Turks and Caicos Islands	2	263	382	28	12	-	-
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	217	492	36	5	-	-
186	Tonga	-	84	1,176	22	30	419	-
187	Barbados	2	265	534	33	11	700	-
188	Vanuatu	1	124	884	33	38	870	-
189	French Polynesia	-	140	957	21	9	881	-
190	Cayman Islands	4	255	481	32	27	650	-
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	218	465	32	6	-	-
192	Estonia	12	288	100	64	6	1538	-
193	Moldova	14	241	65	74	15	-	-
194	Grenada	5	152	501	41	35	-	-
195	Reunion	1	93	997	25	18	850	-
196	Cape Verde	-	153	714	32	31	891	-
197	Lithuania	13	260	102	65	8	1498	-
198	Gibraltar	1	280	333	0	14	-	-
199	Western Sahara	2	197	448	0	66	-	-
200	Montserrat	4	201	403	31	15	-	-
201	Samoa	-	81	1,006	26	22	541	-
202	Iceland	-	307	312	31	-	438	-
203	Luxembourg	16	284	14	60	-	1300	-
204	Comoros	1	145	573	36	9	1200	-
205	Liechtenstein	9	242	14	65	8	1531	-
206	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-	305	13	27	3	-	-
207	Anguilla	3	149	432	28	19	-	-
208	American Samoa	-	68	768	21	4	-	-
209	Christmas Island	-	95	641	18	8	-	-
210	Greenland	-	211	269	35	-	575	-
211	São Tomé and Príncipe	9	142	375	32	17	806	-
212	Cook Islands	-	68	581	23	22	-	-
213	Faroe Islands	-	257	136	1	-	-	-
214	Kiribati	-	79	543	22	3	-	-
215	Falkland Island (Malvinas)	-	191	98	33	-	-	-
216	Mayotte	3	82	369	26	21	-	-
217	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	-	118	61	21	100	-	-
218	Saint Helena	1	131	177	30	4	-	-
219	Pitcairn	-	46	401	20	2	-	-
220	Norfolk Island	-	81	320	13	3	-	-
221	Antarctica	-	78	200	22	1	-	-
222	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	-	144	59	0	-	-	-
223	Niue	-	52	231	21	4	-	-
224	Tuvalu	-	49	198	21	6	-	-
225	Andorra	2	132	7	0	10	-	-
226	Cocos (Keeling) Island	-	51	124	21	13	-	-
227	Monaco	2	35	294	0	4	-	-
228	Wallis and Futuna	-	59	208	0	7	-	-
229	Nauru	-	55	87	21	10	-	-
230	United States Minor Outlying Islands	-	121	-	0	-	-	-
231	Tokelau	-	42	117	13	4	-	-
232	French Southern Territories (France)	-	100	-	0	-	-	-
233	Macau	5	44	150	0	2	-	-
234	British Indian Ocean Territory	-	59	-	0	4	-	-
235	Heard Islands and McDonald Islands	-	51	29	0	-	-	-
236	Bouvet Island	-	33	13	1	-	-	-
237	San Marino	1	22	-	0	-	-	-
238	Netherlands Antilles	2	-	-	0	7	-	-
239	Holy See (Vatican City State)	-	1	-	0	-	-	-

The earlier version of this table is available here.

Source: Plant data is from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC), 2004. Species Data. Fish: Fishbase; Birds: Birdlife International; Amphibians: AmphibiaWeb; Mammals: IUCN and The Mammal Diversity Database of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM); Reptiles: the Reptile Database.

Total number of amphibian, bird, fish, mammal, reptile, and vascular plant species, by country

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