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.

Common name	Binomial name	Population	Status	Trend	Notes	Image
Hainan black crested gibbon	Nomascus hainanus	20-50	CR		Population was estimated at over 2,000 in the late 1950s.
Eastern black crested gibbon	Nomascus nasutus	45–47	CR		Previously thought to be possibly extinct. Numbers may be higher.
Sarawak surili	Presbytis chrysomelas	200–500	CR
Perrier's sifaka	Propithecus perrieri	230	CR		One of the 25 most endangered primates.
Silky sifaka	Propithecus candidus	250	CR		Estimate is believed to be a maximum.
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey	Rhinopithecus avunculus	250	CR
Barbara Brown's titi	Callicebus barbarabrownae	260	CR		Minimum estimation.
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey	Rhinopithecus strykeri	260–330	CR
Superagui lion tamarin	Leontopithecus caissara	400	CR		Maximum estimate.
Blond capuchin	Cebus flavius	500	EN
Greater bamboo lemur	Prolemur simus	500	CR
Kashmir gray langur	Semnopithecus ajax	500	EN		Maximum estimate; 250 mature.
Coimbra Filho's titi	Callicebus coimbrai	500–1,000	EN
Gray-shanked douc	Pygathrix cinerea	550–700	CR
Arunachal macaque	Macaca munzala	569	EN		While one source gives a minimum estimate of 569, another claims adult species number less than 250.
Gray snub-nosed monkey	Rhinopithecus brelichi	750	EN
White-headed langur	Trachypithecus poliocephalus	764–864	CR
Northern muriqui	Brachyteles hypoxanthus	855	CR		Minimum estimate.
Black lion tamarin	Leontopithecus chrysopygus	1,000	EN
Tana River mangabey	Cercocebus galeritus	1,000–1,200	EN
Kipunji	Rungwecebus kipunji	1,117	EN
Sanje mangabey	Cercocebus sanjei	1,300	EN		Estimate is likely a maximum.
Southern muriqui	Brachyteles arachnoides	1,300	EN
Black crested gibbon	Nomascus concolor	1,300–2,000	CR
Siau Island tarsier	Tarsius tumpara	1,358–12,470	CR		Amongst the world's top 25 most endangered primates.
Golden bamboo lemur	Hapalemur aureus	1,479	CR
Red slender loris	Loris tardigradus	1,500	EN
Sangihe tarsier	Tarsius sangirensis	1,505–2,795	EN		Population estimates are considered inconclusive.
Zanzibar red colobus	Procolobus kirkii	2,000	EN		Maximum estimate.
Black snub-nosed monkey	Rhinopithecus bieti	2,000	EN		Maximum estimate; less than 1,000 mature organisms.
Pagai Island macaque	Macaca pagensis	2,100–3,700	CR		Numbered 15,000 in 1980.
Javan surili	Presbytis comata	2,285–2,500	EN
Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur	Hapalemur alaotrensis	2,500	CR		Estimates were for 2002 and showed a decline of over 50% in under ten years.
Moor macaque	Macaca maura	3,000–5,000	EN
Golden lion tamarin	Leontopithecus rosalia	3,200	EN		Minimum estimate; wild only. In addition to these, there are about 490 golden lion tamarins in 150 zoos around the world.
Lion-tailed macaque	Macaca silenus	4,000	EN		Estimate is a maximum.
Silvery gibbon	Hylobates moloch	4,000–4,500	EN
Gee's golden langur	Trachypithecus geei	5,500	EN		Maximum estimate; mature individuals number less than 2,500.
Eastern gorilla	Gorilla beringei	5,880	CR		Approximately 5,000 eastern lowland gorillas (G. b. graueri) and 880 mountain gorillas (G. b. beringei).
Cotton-top tamarin	Saguinus oedipus	6,000	EN		Estimate for mature organisms is 2,000.
Golden-crowned sifaka	Propithecus tattersalli	6,000–10,000	CR
Golden-headed lion tamarin	Leontopithecus chrysomelas	6,000–15,000	EN
Pig-tailed langur	Simias concolor	6,700–17,300	EN		Down from an estimated 26,000 in 1980.
Gray-headed lemur	Eulemur cinereiceps	7,265	CR		Maximum population estimate is 7265 +/- 2,268.
Sumatran orangutan	Pongo abelii	7,300	CR
Madame Berthe's mouse lemur	Microcebus berthae	8,000	EN		Estimate is a maximum.
Natuna Island surili	Presbytis natunae	10,000	VU
Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset	Callibella humilis	10,000	VU
Barbary macaque	Macaca sylvanus	15,000	EN		Population may be underestimated.
Udzungwa red colobus	Procolobus gordonorum	15,400	EN		Population may be overestimated.
Northern giant mouse lemur	Mirza zaza	16,500–17,500	VU
Siberut macaque	Macaca siberu	17,000–30,000	VU		Numbered 39 000 in 1980.
Nilgiri langur	Trachypithecus johnii	20,000	VU		Maximum estimate; mature individuals number less than 10,000.
Red-eared guenon	Cercopithecus erythrotis	20,000	VU		Minimum estimate.
Kloss's gibbon	Hylobates klossii	20,000–25,000	EN
Bonobo	Pan paniscus	29,500–50,000	EN		Population may be underestimated.
Mentawai langur	Presbytis potenziani	36,000	EN		Maximum estimate.
Bornean orangutan	Pongo pygmaeus	47,000–73,000	CR
Japanese macaque	Macaca fuscata	114,431	LC
Western gorilla	Gorilla gorilla	150,000–250,000	CR		Figures are considered an overestimation.
Chimpanzee	Pan troglodytes	172,700–299,700	EN
Gelada	Theropithecus gelada	200,000	LC
Müller's Bornean gibbon	Hylobates muelleri	250,000–375,000	EN
Crab-eating macaque	Macaca fascicularis	2,500,000	EN		2003 estimate
Human	Homo sapiens	8,009,000,000	LC

See also

• Lists of organisms by population
• Lists of mammals by population
• Human population
• The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates