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tigers · Panthera tigris
born 1950 57 142 → 5 700 individuals about 90% fewer than when you were born.
method WWF/Global Tiger Forum counts; 1900 estimate.
born 1970 40 000 → 5 700 individuals about 86% fewer than when you were born.
about a hundred thousand in 1900. the low was 2010. rising since, slowly, where the forest was left alone.
born 1990 8 000 → 5 700 individuals about 29% fewer than when you were born.
about a hundred thousand in 1900. the low was 2010. rising since, slowly, where the forest was left alone.
born 2010 3 200 → 5 700 individuals about 1.8× as many as when you were born.
about a hundred thousand in 1900. the low was 2010. rising since, slowly, where the forest was left alone.
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=tigers" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · tigers"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- WWF/Global Tiger Forum counts; 1900 estimate.
- range
- ±15% now; ±50% in 1900
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- 1900 figure is a widely repeated estimate, not a count.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-089 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0