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Manatee Population by Country

Australia has the highest Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species) (100,000), followed by United States (13,000) and United Arab Emirates (7,300). Bahamas has the lowest (5).

EnvironmentFacts & Trivia111 countries · 7 metricsUpdated Dec 18, 2024Original page
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Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species)Better directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
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Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species)

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median
71
Middle half 25 – 700
Average
4,551
29 countries
Highest
100,000
Australia
Lowest
5
Bahamas

Data

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111 countries · # = rank by Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species)
#
1AustraliaPresent100,000—
2United StatesPresent13,000—
3United Arab EmiratesPresent7,300—
4QatarPresent7,000—
5MexicoPresent1,000U
6Ivory CoastPresent800—
7BahrainPresent700—
7BelizePresent700S/D
9CameroonPresent250—
9EcuadorPresent250—
11BrazilPresent200S/D
12Puerto RicoPresent128S
13BeninPresent125—
14ColombiaPresent100U/D
15NicaraguaPresent71D
16GuatemalaPresent50U
16HondurasPresent50S
16CubaPresent50U/D
19Dominican RepublicPresent30D
19Costa RicaPresent30D
21VenezuelaPresent25D
21JamaicaPresent25U/D
21Trinidad and TobagoPresent25D
21GuyanaPresent25D
25PanamaPresent10U
25SurinamePresent10D
25French GuianaPresent10S
28HaitiPresent5U
28BahamasPresent5I
—IndiaPresent——
—ChinaPresent——
—IndonesiaPresent——
—NigeriaPresent——
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—JapanPresent——
—EgyptPresent——
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—AngolaPresent——
—MozambiquePresent——
—MalaysiaPresent——
—GhanaPresent——
—Saudi ArabiaPresent——
—PeruPresent——
—MadagascarPresent——
—NigerPresent——
—MaliPresent——
—Sri LankaPresent——
—TaiwanExtinct——
—ChadPresent——
—SomaliaPresent——
—SenegalPresent——
—CambodiaPresent——
—GuineaPresent——
—JordanPresent——
—Papua New GuineaPresent——
—TogoPresent——
—IsraelPresent——
—Sierra LeonePresent——
—Republic of the CongoPresent——
—SingaporePresent——
—LiberiaPresent——
—OmanPresent——
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—KuwaitPresent——
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—Timor-LestePresent——
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—MaldivesPresent——
—BruneiPresent——
—GuadeloupeExtinct——
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—VanuatuPresent——
—MartiniqueExtinct——
—New CaledoniaPresent——
—BarbadosPresent——
—CuracaoPresent——
—Saint LuciaExtinct——
—SeychellesPresent——
—GrenadaExtinct——
—ArubaPresent——
—Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesExtinct——
—Antigua and BarbudaExtinct——
—United States Virgin IslandsPresent——
—Cayman IslandsPresent——
—DominicaExtinct——
—Turks and Caicos IslandsPresent——
—Saint Kitts and NevisExtinct——
—Sint MaartenPresent——
—British Virgin IslandsPresent——
—Saint MartinExtinct——
—PalauPresent——
—AnguillaExtinct——
—Saint BarthelemyExtinct——
—MontserratExtinct——

What correlates with Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species)?

Pearson r against 1,471 other country metrics sharing at least 18 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species) tend to score higher on these

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    r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 21
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  2. Organic Agricultural LandOrganic Farming by Country
    r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 24
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  3. Golf CoursesGolf Popularity by Country
    r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 21
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  4. % of World TotalCountries with Coral Reefs
    r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 19
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  5. Total Reef AreaCountries with Coral Reefs
    r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 21
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  6. Other Drug Use RateDrug Use by Country
    r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 28
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species) tend to score lower on these

  1. Order of New Year ArrivalWhich Country Celebrates the New Year First?
    r = −0.75 · very strong · n = 29
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  2. ZeroPark 2020Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.73 · very strong · n = 29
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  3. RichAds 2024Tier 1 Countries
    r = −0.70 · very strong · n = 23
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  4. % of Women With Vision LossBlind Population by Country
    r = −0.67 · strong · n = 28
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  5. % Mild BlindnessBlind Population by Country
    r = −0.64 · strong · n = 28
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  6. % of People With Vision LossBlind Population by Country
    r = −0.62 · strong · n = 28
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species)?
Australia has the highest Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species), at 100,000, followed by United States (13,000) and United Arab Emirates (7,300).
Which country has the lowest Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species)?
Bahamas has the lowest Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species), at 5.
What is the median Estimated Total Manatee Population (All Species) across countries?
The median is 71 across the 29 countries with data.
Where does this manatee population by country data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) - IUCN Red List; Manatee - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Conservation Status of Manatee ( Trichechus Senegalensis Link 1795) in Lower Sanaga Basin, Cameroon: An Ethnobiological Assessment - ResearchGate; Manatee Regional Monitoring in the Mesoamerican Reef Region Workshop - MAR Fund.