Animal Population

Raccoon Population by Country 2025

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Raccoon Sightings 2025 (Partial Year)

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1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

  • 2025 data are partial-year totals for January-April only.
  • Definitive country-by-country data on raccoon populations are not readily available. However, data on raccoon sightings from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) can be taken as a rough indicator of which countries harbor established raccoon populations and their size of those populations relative to one another, even if precise population figures aren’t available.
  • The most widely known raccoon species is the northern/common/North American raccoon (Procyon lotor), which is native to North America. However, it has been introduced to several additional countries, either deliberately or accidentally, and has established populations all around the globe. Six less-common species of raccoon are endemic to Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.