10 COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST ELEPHANTs in the world

06 NOV, 2023 Tanushree Debbarma

elephant population 2023

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1. BOtsWANA

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2. zimbabwe

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3. TANZANIA

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4. GABON

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5. KENYA

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6. india

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7. ZAMBIA

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8. NAMIBIA

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9. SOUTH AFRICA

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10. congo

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