Animal Population

Blue Whale Population by Country 2025

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Blue Whale Status

Extant

Extant & Vagrant

Possibly Extant

Blue Whale Status

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Country
Blue Whale Status
Angola Flag
AngolaExtant
Argentina Flag
ArgentinaExtant
Australia Flag
AustraliaExtant
Bangladesh Flag
BangladeshExtant
Bermuda Flag
BermudaExtant
Brazil Flag
BrazilExtant
Canada Flag
CanadaExtant
Cape Verde Flag
Cape VerdeExtant
Chile Flag
ChileExtant
Colombia Flag
ColombiaExtant
Comoros Flag
ComorosExtant
Cook Islands Flag
Cook IslandsExtant
Costa Rica Flag
Costa RicaExtant
Djibouti Flag
DjiboutiExtant
Ecuador Flag
EcuadorExtant
El Salvador Flag
El SalvadorExtant
Falkland Islands Flag
Falkland IslandsExtant
Faroe Islands Flag
Faroe IslandsExtant
Fiji Flag
FijiExtant
France Flag
FranceExtant
Gabon Flag
GabonPossibly Extant
Gibraltar Flag
GibraltarPossibly Extant
Greenland Flag
GreenlandExtant
Guatemala Flag
GuatemalaExtant
Iceland Flag
IcelandExtant
India Flag
IndiaExtant
Indonesia Flag
IndonesiaExtant
Iran Flag
IranExtant
Iraq Flag
IraqExtant & Vagrant
Ireland Flag
IrelandExtant
Japan Flag
JapanExtant
Kenya Flag
KenyaExtant
Kiribati Flag
KiribatiExtant
Madagascar Flag
MadagascarExtant
Malaysia Flag
MalaysiaExtant
Maldives Flag
MaldivesExtant
Mauritania Flag
MauritaniaExtant
Mauritius Flag
MauritiusExtant
Mexico Flag
MexicoExtant
Morocco Flag
MoroccoExtant
Mozambique Flag
MozambiqueExtant
Myanmar Flag
MyanmarExtant
Namibia Flag
NamibiaExtant
Nauru Flag
NauruExtant
New Caledonia Flag
New CaledoniaExtant
New Zealand Flag
New ZealandExtant
Nicaragua Flag
NicaraguaExtant
North Korea Flag
North KoreaPossibly Extant
Norway Flag
NorwayExtant
Oman Flag
OmanExtant
Pakistan Flag
PakistanExtant
Palau Flag
PalauExtant
Panama Flag
PanamaExtant
Papua New Guinea Flag
Papua New GuineaExtant
Peru Flag
PeruExtant
Philippines Flag
PhilippinesExtant
Portugal Flag
PortugalExtant
Russia Flag
RussiaExtant
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Flag
Saint Pierre and MiquelonExtant
Senegal Flag
SenegalExtant
Seychelles Flag
SeychellesExtant
Solomon Islands Flag
Solomon IslandsExtant
Somalia Flag
SomaliaExtant
South Africa Flag
South AfricaExtant
South Korea Flag
South KoreaPossibly Extant
Spain Flag
SpainExtant
Sri Lanka Flag
Sri LankaExtant
Taiwan Flag
TaiwanPossibly Extant
Tanzania Flag
TanzaniaExtant
Thailand Flag
ThailandExtant
Timor-Leste Flag
Timor-LesteExtant
Tuvalu Flag
TuvaluExtant
United Kingdom Flag
United KingdomExtant
United States Flag
United StatesExtant
Uruguay Flag
UruguayExtant
Vanuatu Flag
VanuatuExtant
Western Sahara Flag
Western SaharaExtant
Yemen Flag
YemenExtant
  • The number of mature blue whales in the world is estimated to range from 5,000 to 15,000.
  • Because blue whales roam the oceans at will from the equator to the poles, per-country population counts are both highly impractical and logistically challenging to compute.
  • As such, countries shown are those in whose territorial waters blue whales are known to live at least part of the year (extant), do not live but have been sighted (vagrant), or have not been sighted but could likely occur based upon available habitat (possibly extant).
  • There exist an estimated total of 1,000–3,000 blue whales in the North Atlantic, 3,000–5,000 in the North Pacific and 5,000–8,000 in the Antarctic. There are possibly 1,000–3,000 blue whales in the eastern South Pacific, while the pygmy blue whale may number 2,000–5,000 individuals.