The wildlife people record most in every country, the farm animals that outnumber it, and the animals that are deadliest to us. Tap any country for its dominance charts.
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Wild mammals are a sliver of the total. For every kilogram of wild land mammal there are about 50 kilograms of people and livestock.
Mt = million tonnes. Greenspoon et al., PNAS, 2023.
Estimated deaths per year, worldwide.
Our World in Data compilation of WHO, IHME and other estimates. Mosquitoes include malaria (597,000 deaths in 2023, WHO), dengue and other diseases.
The same dominance charts for the world's seas, region by region, and wild-versus-farmed fish.
Most recorded wildlife comes from GBIF, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility: wild observations only (no zoo or museum records), counted by species. It shows what people and camera traps record most, which depends on where they look; a single research project can put a small species on top. Species recorded counts species with at least five wild records. Fish are the major ray-finned fish orders plus sharks and rays; reptiles combine lizards and snakes, turtles, and crocodilians.
Farm animals are FAO livestock counts (latest year); "most numerous" and "per person" exclude poultry, which would otherwise top almost every country. Malaria deaths are WHO estimates.
Sources: GBIF.org occurrence data (CC BY 4.0 and CC0); FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0); WHO Global Health Observatory; World Bank population; Greenspoon et al. 2023, PNAS; Our World in Data.