This is a list of national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

s as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ordered by nation. Nearly 100 countries around the world have lands classified as a national park by this defintion.

Africa

Country	Oldest (year)	Number of parks	Total area km²	Percentage of country area
Algeria	1972	22
Botswana	1968	4	56,258	9.67%
Burkina Faso	1954	4
Burundi	1934	3
Chad	1963	4	14,540	1.13%
Côte d'Ivoire	1953	8
Egypt	1983	3	4,353	4.3%
Ethiopia	1959	13	2,026	1.8%
Gabon	2002	13		10.0%
Gambia	1978	3
Ghana	1971	8
Kenya	1946	23
Madagascar National parks of Madagascar The protected areas network of Madagascar is managed by the Madagascar National Parks Association . The network includes three types of protected areas: Strict Nature Reserves , National Parks and Wildlife Reserves...	1958	18
Malawi	1966	9
Morocco	1942	10
Mozambique	1960	6
Namibia	1907	8	10,878	13.2%
Niger	1954	1
Nigeria	1979	8	20,156	3.0 %
Sierra Leone	1986	2
South Africa	1916	27
Tanzania	1951	16	42,000	4.44%
Uganda	1952	10
Zambia	1971	19
Zimbabwe	1926	11

Asia

Country	Oldest (year)	Number of parks	Total area km²	Percentage of country area
Afghanistan Band-e Amir Band-e Amir is a series of six deep blue lakes separated by natural dams made of travertine, a mineral deposit. The lakes are situated in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Central Afghanistan at approximately 3000 meters of elevation, west of the famous Buddhas of Bamiyan.They were created by the carbon...	2009	1
Azerbaijan National Parks of Azerbaijan National Parks of Azerbaijan refers to the situation and the listing of national parks in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The national parks of Azerbaijan are run by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. The first national park that was established in Azerbaijan, is the Zangezur National Park...	2003	8
Bhutan
Burma		7
Cambodia
People's Republic of China	1982	208
India	1936	102		1.16%
Indonesia	1980	50
Iran
Israel		41
Japan	1934	29	20,482	5.4%
Kazakhstan		10
Korea
Malaysia		4
Mongolia	1965	24
Nepal		10
Pakistan	1972	25
Philippines		54
Russia	1983	41	71,700
South Korea National parks of South Korea The national parks of South Korea are preserved parcels of public land in South Korea, on which most forms of development are prohibited. They cover a total of 3.7% of the country's area, and are typically located in mountainous or coastal regions...	1967	20		3.7%
Sri Lanka		22
Republic of China (Taiwan)		7	3,124	8.6%
Thailand	1961	138
Turkey	1958	41
Vietnam	1962	30

Europe

Country	Oldest (year)	Number of parks	Total area km²	Percentage of country area
Albania		14	1,177	4.1%
Austria National parks of Austria There are seven national parks in Austria. These parks have a combined area of 2,376 km², which is 2.8% of the total area of Austria. They include each of Austria's most important natural landscape types — alluvial forest, Alpine massif, Pannonian steppe and rocky valleys.Austria's national parks...	1981	7	2,521	3.0%
Belarus	1939	3	2,222	1.0%
Belgium	2006	1	57	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1965	3	404	0.8%
Bulgaria	1963	3	1,930	1.8%
Croatia	1949	8	994	1.8%
Czech Republic	1963	4	1,190	1.5%
Denmark	1974	3*	1,889
Estonia	1971	5	1,927	4.3%
Finland	1956	37	8,873	2.7%
France	1963	9	9,055	1.7%
Georgia		8
Germany	1970	14	9,620	2.7%
Greece	1938	10	6,960	3.6%
Hungary	1972	10	4,819	5.2%
Iceland	1928	3	12,407	12.1%
Ireland	1932	6	590	0.8%
Italy	1922	24	15,000	5.0%
Kazakhstan	1985	10	18,876	0.7%
Latvia	1973	4	2,065	3.2%
Lithuania	1974	5	1,554	2.4%
Macedonia	1948	3	974	3.8%
Montenegro	1952	5	1,096	7.9%
Netherlands	1930	20	1,251	3.0%
Norway	1962	36	24,060	6.3%
Poland	1932	23	3,149	1.0%
Portugal	1971	1	702	0.8%
Romania	1935	12	3,158	1.3%
Russia	1983	40	73,000	0.4%
Serbia	1974	5	1,775	2.3%
Slovakia	1949	9	3,690	7.5%
Slovenia	1961	1	838	4.1%
Spain	1918	14	3,447	0.7%
Sweden	1909	28	6,326	1.4%
Switzerland Swiss National Park The Swiss National Park is located in the canton of Graubünden in the east of Switzerland between Zernez, S-chanf, Scuol and the Fuorn Pass in the Engadin valley on the border with Italy....	1914	1	170	0.4%
Turkey		2*
Ukraine	1980	17	7,020	1.2%
United Kingdom National parks of the United Kingdom National parks of the United Kingdom are a devolved matter with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having its own policies and arrangements. There are 15 of these managed areas of outstanding landscape where habitation and commercial activities are restricted, with 10 in England, 3 in...	1951	14	19,989	8.2%

*refers to European part only

By region

• the Alps
• the Baltics
• England and Wales
  National parks of England and Wales
  The national parks of England and Wales are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape that are designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949...
  
  
• Northern Ireland
  National parks of Northern Ireland
  There are, at present, no national parks in Northern Ireland and moves to establish a national park in the Mourne Mountains have proved to be controversial. If established, it would stretch from Carlingford Lough to Newcastle and Slieve Croob, creating a tourism boom and up to 2,000 jobs...
  
  
• Scotland
  National parks of Scotland
  National parks of Scotland are managed areas of outstanding landscape where habitation and commercial activities are restricted. At present, Scotland has two national parks: Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, created in 2002, and the Cairngorms National Park, created in 2003...
  
  

North America and Caribbean

Country	Oldest (year)	Number of parks	Total area km²	Percentage of country area
Bahamas Bahamas National Trust The Bahamas National Trust is a non-profit organisation in the Bahamas that manages the country's twenty-five national parks. Its headquarters is at the located in New Providence at The Retreat Gardens on Village Road...
Canada	1885	43	377,000	3.78%
Dominica	1975	3	107
Dominican Republic	1956	12
Haiti	1983	2
Mexico	1917	67
United States	1872	58	210,000	2.18%

For Guadeloupe: see France 

For Greenland: see Northeast Greenland National Park

Northeast Greenland National Park

Northeast Greenland National Park is the largest national park in the world, with an area of , making the park larger than 163 countries. It is the only national park in Greenland, and the most northerly national park in the world, its most northerly point reaching slightly further than the most...

 

Central America

Country	Oldest (year)	Number of parks	Total area km²	Percentage of country area
Costa Rica	1955	26
Guatemala	1955	12
Panama	1976	15

South America

Country	Oldest (year)	Number of parks	Total area km²	Percentage of country area
Argentina	1934	33	35,844	1.30%
Bolivia	1939	17
Brazil	1937	67
Chile	1926	32
Colombia	1975
Ecuador	1959	11
Guyana	1929	1
Paraguay	1966	16
Peru	1961	11
Uruguay	1916	7
Venezuela	1937	43		21.76%

Oceania

Country	Oldest (year)	Number of parks	Total area km²	Percentage of country area
Australia	1879	685	335,062	4.36%
Fiji		6
New Zealand National parks of New Zealand The national parks of New Zealand are 14 protected areas administered by the Department of Conservation "for the benefit, use, and enjoyment of the public". These are popular tourist destinations, with three-tenths of tourists visiting at least one national park during their stay in New Zealand...	1887	14	25,000	10%

Hawaii: see United States

Easter Island: see Chile

External links

External links to countries for which there are no articles yet.

• Malawi: A list of national parks - Ministry of Tourism, Parks and Wildlife
• Portugal: Linked from the official site of the Government of Portugal - Portuguese only