List of primates by population
| Mammals by population |
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This is a list of primate species by estimated global population. This list is not comprehensive as not all primates have had their numbers quantified.
Unless specified in the Notes section, primary population values given are for number of mature individuals.
| Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
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| Hainan black crested gibbon
(Hainan gibbon) |
Nomascus hainanus | 10 | CR | Population was estimated at over 2,000 in the late 1950s. Current total population is estimated to be more than 25 individuals. | ||
| Cat Ba langur
(Cat Ba hooded black leaf monkey) |
Trachypithecus poliocephalus | 30-35 | CR | Total confirmed population (2016) is 51-54 individuals. | ||
| Eastern black crested gibbon
(Cao-vit gibbon) |
Nomascus nasutus | 45–47 | CR | Previously thought to be possibly extinct, rediscovered in 2002. Total population is estimated to be 129 individuals. | ||
| Golden bamboo lemur | Hapalemur aureus | 50-249 | CR | Total population is estimated to be 600–1,000 individuals. | ||
| Tonkin snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus avunculus | 80-100 | CR | Total population is estimated to be 200-250 individuals. | ||
| Barbara Brown's titi monkey
(Blond titi monkey) |
Callicebus barbarabrownae | 100-250 | CR | Total population is estimated to be less than 1,000 individuals. | ||
| Tana River mangabey | Cercocebus galeritus | 100-1,000 | CR | Total population is estimated to be 1,000 individuals. | ||
| Perrier's sifaka | Propithecus perrieri | 125 | CR | Total population is estimated to be less than 500 individuals. | ||
| Popa langur | Trachypithecus popa | 135–176 | CR | Values given are for mature individuals. | ||
| Gray snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus brelichi | 200 | CR | Total population is estimated to be 750 individuals. | ||
| Raffles' banded langur | Presbytis femoralis | 200–250 | CR | Total population is estimated to be "only a few hundred individuals." | ||
| Sarawak surili
(Bornean banded langur) |
Presbytis chrysomelas | 200–500 | CR | Values given are for total population. | ||
| White-headed langur
(White-headed black langur) |
Trachypithecus leucocephalus | 230-250 | CR | Total population is estimated to be 600 individuals. | ||
| Delacour's langur | Trachypithecus delacouri | 234-275 | CR | Values given are for total population. | ||
| Arunachal macaque | Macaca munzala | 240-250 | EN | Total population is at least 569 individuals. | ||
| Silky sifaka | Propithecus candidus | 249 | CR | Value given is a maximum estimate for number of mature individuals. | ||
| Superagüi lion tamarin
(Black-faced lion tamarin) |
Leontopithecus caissara | 250 | CR | Total population is estimated to be, at maximum, 400 individuals. | ||
| Black lion tamarin | Leontopithecus chrysopygus | > 250 | EN | Total population is estimated to be 1,600 individuals. | ||
| Coimbra Filho's titi | Callicebus coimbrai | 250-2,499 | EN | Total population is estimated to be 4,500 individuals. | ||
| Mentawai langur | Presbytis potenziani | 300–1,200 | CR | Values given are for total population. | ||
| Myanmar snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus strykeri | 350-400 | CR | Total population is estimated to be less than 950 individuals. | ||
| Greater bamboo lemur | Prolemur simus | 500 | CR | Total population is estimated to be approximately 1,000 individuals. | ||
| Blond capuchin
(Blonde capuchin) |
Cebus flavius | 500 | EN | |||
| Gray-shanked douc | Pygathrix cinerea | 550–700 | CR | Values given are for total population. | ||
| Northern muriqui | Brachyteles hypoxanthus | < 1,000 | CR | Value given is for total population. | ||
| Black snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus bieti | < 1,000 | EN | Total population is estimated to be less than 2,000 individuals. | ||
| Southern muriqui | Brachyteles arachnoides | 1,100-1,200 | CR | Values given are for total population. | ||
| Kipunji | Rungwecebus kipunji | 1,117 | EN | Value given is for total population. | ||
| Sanje mangabey | Cercocebus sanjei | 1,300-3,500 | EN | Values given are for total population. | ||
| Siau Island tarsier | Tarsius tumpara | 1,358–12,470 | CR | Values given are for total population. | ||
| Golden lion tamarin | Leontopithecus rosalia | 1,400 | EN | Total wild population is estimated to be 3,700 individuals. 372 individuals are currently held in captivity. | ||
| Kashmir gray langur | Semnopithecus ajax | 1,400-1,500 | EN | Values are a maximum estimate for number of mature individuals. | ||
| Black crested gibbon | Nomascus concolor | 1,500 | CR | Value given is for mature individuals. | ||
| Sangihe tarsier | Tarsius sangirensis | 1,505–2,795 | EN | Values given are for total population; do not include "brush" habitat of unknown suitability. If this species does inhabit this habitat, upper bound could be as high as 52,734 individuals. | ||
| Cotton-top tamarin
(Cotton-headed tamarin) |
Saguinus oedipus | 2,000 | CR | Total population is estimated to be 7,400 individuals. | ||
| François' langur | Trachypithecus francoisi | 2,000–2,100 | EN | Estimate for mature individuals. | ||
| Red slender loris | Loris tardigradus | 2,000-2,250 | EN | Total population is estimated to be less than 2,650 individuals. | ||
| Pagai Island macaque | Macaca pagensis | 2,100–3,700 | CR | Values given are for mature individuals. Numbered 15,000 in 1980. | ||
| Javan surili | Presbytis comata | 2,300–5,500 | VU | Total population is estimated to be 5,000–12,000 individuals. | ||
| Javan fuscous leaf monkey | Presbytis fredericae | 2,300-7,800 | VU | Total population is estimated to be 5,000–17,000 individuals.
Some taxonomists classify this species as a subspecies of Javan surili. |
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| Lion-tailed macaque | Macaca silenus | 2,400-2,500 | EN | Total population is estimated to be 4,000 individuals. | ||
| Indochinese gray langur | Trachypithecus crepusculus | 2,400–2,500 | EN | Values given are for mature individuals. | ||
| Golden-headed lion tamarin | Leontopithecus chrysomelas | < 2,500 | EN | Value given is most recent estimate for number of mature individuals. | ||
| Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur
(Alaotra reed lemur) |
Hapalemur alaotrensis | 2,500 | CR | Value given is for total population. | ||
| Eastern gorilla | Gorilla beringei | 2,600 | CR | Total population is estimated to be less than 5,000 individuals. As of 2015, subspecies populations for eastern lowland gorillas (G. b. graueri) and mountain gorillas (G. b. beringei) are 3,800 and 1,000 individuals, respectively. | ||
| Silvery gibbon | Hylobates moloch | 4,000-4,500 | EN | Values given are for total population from 2008 IUCN Assessment. Current IUCN Assessment does not provide a population estimate. | ||
| Golden-crowned sifaka | Propithecus tattersalli | 4,000-5,000 | CR | Total population is estimated to be 11,000-26,000 individuals. | ||
| Siberut macaque | Macaca siberu | 4,639–18,438 | EN | Values given are estimate for total population living in Siberut National Park. Total population is almost certainly slightly higher. | ||
| Zanzibar red colobus | Procolobus kirkii | 5,862 | EN | Value given is for total population. | ||
| Gee's golden langur | Trachypithecus geei | 6,000–6,500 | EN | Values given are for mature individuals. | ||
| Muna-Buton macaque
(Buton macaque) |
Macaca brunnescens | 6,221–18,435 | VU | Values given are an estimate of total population from 2007. | ||
| Pig-tailed langur
(Pig-tailed snub-nosed langur) |
Simias concolor | 6,700–17,300 | CR | Values given are an estimate of total population from 2006. | ||
| Gray-headed lemur
(White-collared lemur) |
Eulemur cinereiceps | 7,265 | CR | Maximum total population estimate for the year 2000 was 7,265±2,268. Population is now expected to be much lower. | ||
| Madame Berthe's mouse lemur | Microcebus berthae | 8,000 | CR | Value given is a maximum estimate of total population from 2005. | ||
| Natuna Island surili | Presbytis natunae | 9,000 | VU | Total population is estimated to be less than 10,000 individuals. | ||
| Nilgiri langur | Semnopithecus johnii | 9,500-10,000 | VU | Total population is estimated to be less than 20,000 individuals. | ||
| Moor macaque | Macaca maura | < 10,000 | EN | Total population is unknown, having last been estimated as less than 10,000 individuals in 1999. | ||
| Siberut langur | Presbytis siberu | 11,014–27,439 | EN | Values given are estimate for total population living in Siberut National Park. Total population is almost certainly slightly higher. | ||
| Sumatran orangutan | Pongo abelii | 13,846 | CR | Value given is an estimate of total population. | ||
| Barbary macaque | Macaca sylvanus | 15,000 | EN | Value given is an estimate of total population in 1999; may be an underestimate. | ||
| Bonobo | Pan paniscus | 15,000–20,000 | EN | Values given are a minimum estimate for total population. | ||
| Northern giant mouse lemur | Mirza zaza | 16,500–177,500 | VU | Values given are for total population, assuming different rates of habitat occupancy. | ||
| Kloss's gibbon | Hylobates klossii | 17,500 | EN | Value given is for total population. | ||
| Capped langur | Trachypithecus pileatus | 18,600 | VU | Values given is for total population. | ||
| Golden snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus roxellana | 20,000 | EN | Value given is an estimate of total population, compiled from estimates of three subspecies. | ||
| Red-eared guenon
(Red-eared monkey) |
Cercopithecus erythrotis | 20,000 | VU | Value given is an estimate of total population from 2008 IUCN estimate. Current IUCN estimate does not provide a population estimate. | ||
| Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset
(Black-crowned dwarf marmoset) |
Callibella humilis | 30,000 | LC | ? | Population was estimated to be 10,000 individuals 2003. However, range is now known to be 3x larger than this estimate supposed, leading to current estimate of at least 30,000 individuals. | |
| Udzungwa red colobus | Procolobus gordonorum | 30,000–40,000 | VU | Values given are for total population. | ||
| Bornean orangutan | Pongo pygmaeus | 47,000–104,700 | CR | Values given are for total population; lower arm is projected 2025 population. | ||
| Müller's gibbon
(Bornean gibbon) |
Hylobates muelleri | 80,000-100,000 | EN | Values given are for total population. | ||
| Heck's macaque | Macaca hecki | 100,000 | VU | Estimate is for mature individuals only. | ||
| Japanese macaque | Macaca fuscata | 114,431 | LC | IUCN Assessment does not provide a population estimate. | ||
| Tonkean macaque | Macaca tonkeana | 150,000 | VU | Value given is for total population. | ||
| Booted macaque | Macaca ochreata | 180,000 | VU | Value given is an estimate for total population from 2001. | ||
| Western gorilla | Gorilla gorilla | 316,000 | CR | Value given is the projected total population of G. g. gorilla circa 2018. Subspecies G. g. diehli is expected to have only a few hundred individuals. | ||
| Chimpanzee | Pan troglodytes | 345,000–470,000 | EN | Values given are an estimate of total population, determined by adding populations of four subspecies:
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| Crab-eating macaque
(Long-tailed macaque) |
Macaca fascicularis | 904,638 | EN | Value given is an estimate of total population, determined by country-specific analyses of threats and rate of decline. See supplementary material on IUCN Assessment for further details. | ||
| Senegal bushbaby
(Northern lesser galago) |
Galago senegalensis | 107,000,000 | LC | Rough estimate based on population density and range. | ||
| Human | Homo sapiens | 8,163,000,000 | LC | *IUCN has issued one assessment for humans (2008), but has since stopped recurring assessments. |