India is home to 2,967 tigers

The total number of tigers in India stands at 2,967, or more than 70 percent of the wild tigers that inhabit the world, according to the All India Tiger Estimation Report for 2018


India’s tigers (states with highest populations)

Uttrakhand 442

Madhya Pradesh 526
Maharashtra 312
Karnataka 524
Kerala 190
Tamil Nadu 264
Uttar Pradesh 173
Assam 190


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1,411 	1,706	2,226	2,967
2006 	2010 	2014 	2018


Tiger populations*
Russia		433
Indonesia	371
Malaysia	250
Nepal		198
Thailand	189
Bangladesh	106
Bhutan		103
Myanmar		85
Rest of world	14


*Global populations 2016, Myanmar 2010


Source: All India Tiger Estimation Report
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