WORLDWIDE WOLF POPULATION

Country Year Population
Afghanistan 1991 ~ 1000
Arabian Peninsula 1994 ~ 600
Bulgaria 1994 600-700
China 1994 ~ 10000 (estimated)
Czechoslovakia 1991 ~ 100
Egypt 1991 30
Finland 1988 < 100
France (SE. Alps) 1994 one pack of ~ 6
Greece 1994 > 500
Greenland 1991 ~ 50
India 1991 ~ 1500
Iran 1991 > 1000
Israel 1994 120-150
Italy 1995 300-400
Jordan 1991 200?
Lebanon 1991 30
Mongolia 1994 ~ 10000
Poland 1994 < 800
Portugal 1991 150-250
Rumania 1991 2000
Russia 1991 ~ 70000
Spain 1991 500-1000
Sweden / Norway 1994 20-25
Syria 1991 200-500
Yugoslavia 1991 2000

There are wolves in Turkey, Nepal, and Pakistan. We do not know what is the exact figure, but what we do know is that there isn't a lot.


Country / State Year Population
Canada/ 1994 50000-60000
B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Sask. 1992 20600-22600
Northern Territories 1994 10000
Ont., Que., Lab. 1992 17000-22000
Yukon Territories 1992 4000-5000

Mexico

1994

perhaps 6-10 (wild) and 14 (capitivity

United States/

1994

7500-9100 (wild)
Alaska 1994 5900-7200
N.W. Wisconsin; Michigan 1994 ~ 100
N. & S. Dakota 1994 ~ 50
N. Montana 1994 ~ 50 (5 known packs)
Isle Royale, Michigan 1994 18
N. Idaho; N.E. Washington 1994 20-30
N.W. Washington 1994 2 breeding packs
Minnesota 1994 ~ 2000

Source: North American Wolf Society
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