--- title: Tiger Population Rises for First Time in 100 Years description: There are nearly 700 more tigers than there were in 2010, according to the most recent count canonical: https://time.com/4288377/tiger-population-rises-for-first-time-in-100-years/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-11T12:54:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:08.317Z article:section: World og:title: Tiger Population Rises for First Time in 100 Years og:description: There are nearly 700 more tigers than there were in 2010, according to the most recent count og:url: https://time.com/4288377/tiger-population-rises-for-first-time-in-100-years/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b07328a9cd627dc/69888e7c0a4a2210b89c92d4/492765401.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Forty-days-old Sumatran tiger cub og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tiger Population Rises for First Time in 100 Years twitter:description: There are nearly 700 more tigers than there were in 2010, according to the most recent count twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b07328a9cd627dc/69888e7c0a4a2210b89c92d4/492765401.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tiger Population Rises for First Time in 100 Years > Sponsored content. 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DEA / C.DANI / I.JESKE—De Agostini/Getty Images Forty-days-old Sumatran tiger cub (Panthera tigris sumatrae), Felidae. DEA / C.DANI / I.JESKE—De Agostini/Getty ImagesDEA / C.DANI / I.JESKE—De Agostini/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 11, 2016 12:54 PM UTC Wildlife conservationists are aware of more tigers than they were in 2010, marking the [first rise in the tiger population count in nearly 100 years](https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/for-the-first-time-in-100-years-tiger-numbers-are-growing). There are about 3,890 tigers in the wild according to the most recent count of the feline released Sunday. At the time of the last world count of tigers in 2010, there were an estimated 3,200 tigers in the wild. The [World Wildlife Fund](https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/for-the-first-time-in-100-years-tiger-numbers-are-growing) attributes the growth in the tiger count to a rise in population in India, Nepal, Russia, and Bhutan. The group also finds that better technology and tracking as well as improved protection efforts likely contributed to the species’ boost. The tiger is an endangered species and tiger are constantly at risk for poaching. In Southeast Asia, poaching is still a huge problem and deforestation poses a threat to the animal’s natural habitat. ### Wildlife Smuggled Through Airport Security  A baby tiger cub is found in the suitcase of a woman flying from Bangkok to Iran, at Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand. Authorities at the airport found the baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase. Photo release Aug. 22, 2010. Suvarnabhumi Airport Wildlife Checkpoint/AP  U.S. customs inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized a shipment of several dozen live Giant African snails seen inthis photo released on July 14, 2014, considered a delicacy in Nigeria but also pests that can eat paint and stucco off houses. Handout/Reuters  A Dutch traveller was caught trying to smuggle more than a dozen live hummingbirds in special pouches sewn into the inside of his underwear at Rochambeau airport on Sept, 28, 2011 in Cayenne, French Guiana. The birds were individually wrapped in cloth and taped up to prevent them from escaping. Whitehotpix/ZumaPress  A crocodile native to India is shown to the press during a news conference in Bangkok on June 2, 2011\. Thai customs authorities say 431 turtles and other rare reptiles were stuffed into four suitcases and smuggled into the Bangkok airport. Apichart Weerawong—AP  An Australian man was caught with two pigeons hidden in his pants on a flight from Dubai to Melbourne, Australia on Feb 1, 2009\. The 23-year-old man was questioned by Customs after two eggs and some seeds were found in a vitamin container in his luggage. A search of his body found two live pigeons wrapped in padded envelopes and held to the man's legs with a pair of tights. Australian Customs Service/AP  An officer from Singapore's Immigration and Custom Authority holds one of many star tortoise which were found in the hand luggage of an Indian national at Singapore's Changi Airport on Sept. 15, 2003\. An Indian national was apprehended for illegal possessing 499 endangered star tortoises. AFP/Getty Images  This undated photo provided by the Department of Justice shows a detained suspect with songbirds strapped to his legs at Los Angeles International Airport The man was charged on May 5, 2009. Department of Justice/AP  An Indonesian customs officer shows a python snake, part of a haul discovered at the Sukarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang outside Jakarta on March 26, 2011\. Indonesian airport officials said they foiled an attempt by two Kuwaitis to smuggle 40 pythons in their luggage. AFP/Getty Images/Newscom  A woman arrived in Melbourne, Australia on a flight from Singapore with 51 live tropical fish hidden in a specially designed apron under her skirt on June 6, 2005\. Customs officers became suspicious after hearing 'flipping' noises coming from her waist. Australian Customs Service/AP  An employee of Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau holds one of five sailfin lizards that were smuggled into Hong Kong and brought back to the Philippines on June 8, 2012\. The lizards were smuggled into Hong Kong along with 18 Philippine pond turtles and 13 Asian box turtles. Bullit Marquez—AP  A plane passenger with dozens of deadly tarantula spiders hidden in his luggage was arrested as he tried to smuggle the spiders past customs officials in Zurich Airport, Switzerland. The spiders were endangered Mexican red kneed tarantulas, and are understood to have died of cold during the flight. Newscom Globally, countries have pledged to double the tiger population by 2022\. Though the WWF says there is still a lot of work ahead, the organization says the new numbers hopefully show they’re on the right track. “This is a pivotal step in the recovery of one of the world’s most endangered and iconic species,” said Ginette Hemley, senior vice president of wildlife conservation at WWF in a statement. “But much more work and investment is needed if we are to reach our goal of doubling wild tiger numbers by 2022.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4288377/tiger-population-rises-for-first-time-in-100-years/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4288377/tiger-population-rises-for-first-time-in-100-years/"},"headline":"Tiger Population Rises for First Time in 100 Years","datePublished":"2016-04-11T12:54:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:08.317Z","description":"There are nearly 700 more tigers than there were in 2010","url":"https://time.com/4288377/tiger-population-rises-for-first-time-in-100-years/","keywords":["Wildlife","animals","Tiger"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b07328a9cd627dc/69888e7c0a4a2210b89c92d4/492765401.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b07328a9cd627dc/69888e7c0a4a2210b89c92d4/492765401.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Forty-days-old Sumatran tiger cub","caption":"Forty-days-old Sumatran tiger cub","creditText":"DEA / C.DANI / I.JESKE—De Agostini/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/wildlife/","name":"Wildlife"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4288377/tiger-population-rises-for-first-time-in-100-years/","name":"Tiger Population Rises for First Time in 100 Years"}}]}] ```