Comeback Species✓✓ 3 independent sources
Tigers triple in Nepal and more than double in India
Nepal: 121 → 355 tigers (2009–2022), nearly tripled
India's All-India Tiger Estimation recorded an estimated 3,682 wild tigers in 2022, more than double early national estimates and roughly three-quarters of all wild tigers on Earth. Nepal's official surveys logged 121 tigers in 2009 and 355 in 2022, a near-tripling credited to anti-poaching patrols, habitat corridors and community forestry — with newer counts climbing past 400.
Nepal's wild tigers went from 121 in 2009 to 355 by 2022 — nearly tripled — while India's 2022 census counted 3,682, more than double the country's first estimates.
The receipts
- Mongabay: India's tiger numbers are rising. Protecting their pathways is next
- PBS Nature: Tiger Population Surges Past 400 in One of the Greatest Wildlife Comebacks of Our Time
- WWF International: Reforestation initiative that helped triple Nepal's tiger population recognized as UN World Restoration Flagship