Over 350,000 elephants were counted in the Great Elephant Census
Number of elephants counted in each area
GEC elephant count
Botswana
130,451
Zimbabwe
82,304
Tanzania
42,871
Kenya (Laikipia-Samburu, Tsavo-Amboselli and Masai Mara)
25,959
Zambia
21,758
South Africa
17,433
Mozambique
9,605
W-Arli-Pendjari complex (includes: Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin)
8,911
Uganda
4,864
Angola
3,395
Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo
1,959
Malawi
817
Ethiopia
799
Chad
743
Mali
253
Northern Cameroon
148