Tiger population grows The number of tigers in the wild has risen for the first time in a century, with 3,890 counted in the latest global census. In 2010 there were just 3,200 tigers in the wild. In 1900, there were 100,000 Myanmar TIGER POPULATION India 2,226 Russia 433 Indonesia 371 Malaysia 250 Nepal 198 Thailand 189 Bangladesh 106 Bhutan 103 China 7 Vietnam 5 Laos 2 All data from 2014. Myanmar count of 85 tigers in 2010 excluded as data considered out of date Source: WWF Picture: AP