Wolf Population by Country 2025

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Estimated Wolf Population

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5,000

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20,000

25,000

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45,000

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Country
Estimated Wolf Population
Year of Estimate
Current Population Trend
Legal Protections for Wolves
Additional Wolf Population Details
Canada50,0002024
Russia40,0002020Stable/Increasing slightly
  • No protection
Kazakhstan30,0002020Stable
  • No protection
Mongolia20,0002020Stable
  • No protection
United States13,2092024
India7,1002020Stable
  • Full protection
China6,0002020Stable
  • Legally protected, but with little enforcement of laws
Kyrgyzstan4,0002020Stable
  • No protection
Italy3,3072021Increasing
  • Protected
Romania3,0002018No obvious change
  • Culled only in special cases
  • Game species
  • Protected
Tajikistan3,0002020Stable
  • No protection
Bulgaria2,7122021Increasing
  • Game species
Spain2,1002024
  • Protected
Ukraine2,0002020No obvious change
  • Game
  • Pest species
Uzbekistan2,0002020Stable
  • No protection
Georgia2,0002020Growing
  • Not protected
Poland1,8862019Increasing
  • Protected
Germany1,4042024
  • Strictly Protected by federal nature conservation act
Greece1,0202014Increasing
  • Protected
Iran1,0002020
  • Game species
Afghanistan1,0002020Decreasing
  • Protected
Turkmenistan1,0002020Stable
  • No protection
Serbia8502019Fluctuating
France7832021Increasing
  • Protected
Montenegro7272014Decreasing
  • Game species
Armenia7002020
Latvia7002020Fluctuating
  • Game species
Slovakia6002020Increasing
  • Game species
  • Protected
Lithuania5042021Increasing
  • Game species
  • Protected
Saudi Arabia5002020Decreasing
  • No protection
Sweden4602022Increasing
  • Protected with hunting
Portugal4002021No obvious change
  • Protected
Bosnia and Herzegovina3502022Decreasing
  • Game species
North Macedonia3152020Decreasing
  • Pest species
Finland2902022Increasing
  • Game species
  • Protected
Albania2502017No obvious change
  • Protected
Estonia2402021Fluctuating
  • Game species
Pakistan2002020Decreasing
  • Full protection
Syria2002020Decreasing
  • No protection
Jordan2002020
  • No protection
Israel2002020Decreasing
Croatia1632020No obvious change
  • Culled only in special cases
  • Protected
Switzerland1532021Increasing
  • Protected
  • Shot only in special cases
Slovenia1382021Increasing
  • Protected
Turkey1152016Increasing
  • Protected
Czech Republic1002021Increasing
  • Protected
Hungary1002022Increasing
  • Protected
Austria562021Increasing
  • Culled only in special cases
  • Game species
  • Protected
Norway522022No obvious change
  • Culled only in special cases
  • Protected
Netherlands152022Increasing
  • Protected
Denmark142021Increasing
  • Protected
Nepal102024
Lebanon102020
  • No protection
Belgium92022Increasing
  • Protected
Luxembourg12022No obvious change
  • Protected
Yemen2020Decreasing
  • No protection
United Arab Emirates2020Decreasing
  • No protection
  • In countries where the wolf population is given as an estimated range, the minimum value is listed as the population and the maximum value is given in the Additional Details column.
  • The average wolf pack has 4.23-8.0 individuals
  • Data are compiled from multiple sources. Not all population estimates were conducted during the same year. In some countries, the census covered some, but not all of the wolves’ potential habitat.
  • In light of the mentioned disparities, it is advisable to use caution when comparing data between countries.