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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically Rank* Country Species No. 1 Australia 805 No. 2 Mexico 456 No. 3 Indonesia 388 No. 4 Madagascar 321 No. 5 Brazil 284 No. 6 Argentina 273 No. 7 India 264 No. 8 South Africa 257 No. 9 Colombia 245 No. 10 Malaysia 244 No. 11 Peru 232 No. 12 Papua New Guinea 230 No. 13 Ecuador 198 No. 14 Philippines 193 No. 15 Vietnam 187 No. 16 Thailand 181 No. 17 China 179 No. 18 Venezuela 165 No. 19 Iran 160 No. 20 Tanzania 159 No. 21 Namibia 155 No. 22 Chile 138 No. 23 USA 127 No. 24 Myanmar 124 No. 25 Kenya 122 No. 26 Congo-Kinshasa 121 No. 27 Mozambique 118 No. 28 Somalia 116 No. 29 Angola 115 No. 30 Ethiopia 108 No. 31 Sri Lanka 107 No. 32 Guatemala 106 No. 33 Pakistan 106 No. 34 Panama 106 No. 35 New Caledonia [France] 104 No. 36 Cuba 103 No. 37 Honduras 103 No. 38 Bolivia 100 No. 39 Yemen 97 No. 40 Cameroon 94 No. 41 Dominican Republic 91 No. 42 Costa Rica 87 No. 43 Laos 87 No. 44 Haiti 84 No. 45 Saudi Arabia 80 No. 46 Afghanistan 73 No. 47 Zimbabwe 73 No. 48 Oman 72 No. 49 Malawi 70 No. 50 Turkey 70 No. 51 Nigeria 69 No. 52 Zambia 68 No. 53 Algeria 67 No. 54 Morocco 65 No. 55 Egypt 64 No. 56 Cambodia 63 No. 57 New Zealand 63 No. 58 Botswana 61 No. 59 Jordan 60 No. 60 Uganda 59 No. 61 Guyana 58 No. 62 Nicaragua 56 No. 63 Sudan 54 No. 64 Mali 52 No. 65 Solomon Islands 52 No. 66 Turkmenistan 52 No. 67 Iraq 51 No. 68 Spain 51 No. 69 Central African Republic 48 No. 70 Ghana 47 No. 71 Surinam 47 No. 72 Syria 47 No. 73 Eswatini 46 No. 74 French Guiana [France] 46 No. 75 Mauritania 45 No. 76 Paraguay 45 No. 77 Guinea 44 No. 78 United Arab Emirates 44 No. 79 Israel 43 No. 80 Niger 43 No. 81 Equatorial Guinea 42 No. 82 Belize 40 No. 83 Japan 40 No. 84 Togo 40 No. 85 Ivory Coast 39 No. 86 Libya 39 No. 87 Senegal 39 No. 88 Congo-Brazzaville 38 No. 89 Eritrea 38 No. 90 Greece 38 No. 91 Nepal 38 No. 92 Tunisia 38 No. 93 Gabon 37 No. 94 Taiwan 37 No. 95 Uzbekistan 37 No. 96 Brunei 36 No. 97 Chad 36 No. 98 Rwanda 36 No. 99 Singapore 36 No. 100 Benin 35 No. 101 Russia 34 No. 102 South Sudan 34 No. 103 Tajikistan 34 No. 104 Puerto Rico 33 No. 105 Western Sahara 33 No. 106 Azerbaijan 32 No. 107 Georgia 32 No. 108 Bangladesh 30 No. 109 El Salvador 30 No. 110 Kazakhstan 29 No. 111 Bhutan 28 No. 112 Kuwait 27 No. 113 Armenia 26 No. 114 Bahamas 26 No. 115 Fiji 26 No. 116 Italy 26 No. 117 Trinidad & Tobago 26 No. 118 Vanuatu 26 No. 119 Burkina Faso 25 No. 120 Djibouti 25 No. 121 Jamaica 24 No. 122 Liberia 24 No. 123 Qatar 23 No. 124 Kyrgyzstan 22 No. 125 Lebanon 22 No. 126 Palau 22 No. 127 Sierra Leone 22 No. 128 Socotra Archipelago [Yemen] 22 No. 129 Albania 21 No. 130 Cape Verde 21 No. 131 East Timor 21 No. 132 France 20 No. 133 Micronesia 20 No. 134 Seychelles 19 No. 135 Burundi 18 No. 136 Gambia 18 No. 137 Guinea-Bissau 18 No. 138 Portugal 18 No. 139 Croatia 17 No. 140 Bosnia & Herzegovina 16 No. 141 Canary Islands [Spain] 16 No. 142 Marshall Islands 16 No. 143 Montenegro 16 No. 144 Bulgaria 15 No. 145 Lesotho 15 No. 146 Mongolia 15 No. 147 Tonga 15 No. 148 U.S. Virgin Islands [USA] 15 No. 149 Uruguay 15 No. 150 Bahrain 14 No. 151 Comoro Islands 14 No. 152 Serbia 14 No. 153 Western Samoa 14 No. 154 British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom] 13 No. 155 Macedonia 13 No. 156 Mauritius 13 No. 157 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 13 No. 158 Slovenia 13 No. 159 American Samoa [USA] 12 No. 160 Cook Islands 12 No. 161 Guadeloupe [France] 12 No. 162 Cayman Islands 11 No. 163 Cyprus 11 No. 164 Northern Mariana Islands 11 No. 165 Sao Tome & Principe 11 No. 166 Anguilla 10 No. 167 Grenada 10 No. 168 Guam [USA] 10 No. 169 Mayotte [France] 10 No. 170 Romania 10 No. 171 Tokelau [New Zealand] 10 No. 172 Wallis & Futuna [France] 10 No. 173 Antigua & Barbuda 9 No. 174 French Polynesia [France] 9 No. 175 Saint Martin [France / Netherlands] 9 No. 176 Tuvalu 9 No. 177 Ukraine 9 No. 178 Andorra 8 No. 179 Aruba [Netherlands] 8 No. 180 Dominica 8 No. 181 Hungary 8 No. 182 Kiribati 8 No. 183 Martinique [France] 8 No. 184 Niue 8 No. 185 Saint Lucia 8 No. 186 South Korea 8 No. 187 Turks & Caicos Islands 8 No. 188 Bonaire [Netherlands] 7 No. 189 Curacao [Netherlands] 7 No. 190 Gibraltar [United Kingdom] 7 No. 191 Saint Barthelemy [France] 7 No. 192 Sint Eustatius [Netherlands] 7 No. 193 Slovakia 7 No. 194 Austria 6 No. 195 Czech Republic 6 No. 196 Germany 6 No. 197 Moldova 6 No. 198 Montserrat [United Kingdom] 6 No. 199 Saint Kitts & Nevis 6 No. 200 San Marino 6 No. 201 Switzerland 6 No. 202 Barbados 5 No. 203 Canada 5 No. 204 Christmas Island [Australia] 5 No. 205 Maldives 5 No. 206 Nauru 5 No. 207 North Korea 5 No. 208 Poland 5 No. 209 United Kingdom 5 No. 210 Belgium 4 No. 211 Easter Island [Chile] 4 No. 212 Europa Island [France] 4 No. 213 Hawaii [USA] 4 No. 214 Luxembourg 4 No. 215 Malta 4 No. 216 Navassa [USA] 4 No. 217 Netherlands 4 No. 218 Saba [Netherlands] 4 No. 219 Wake [USA] 4 No. 220 Belarus 3 No. 221 Denmark 3 No. 222 Estonia 3 No. 223 Howland & Baker [USA] 3 No. 224 Johnston [USA] 3 No. 225 Juan de Nova [France] 3 No. 226 Latvia 3 No. 227 Liechtenstein 3 No. 228 Lithuania 3 No. 229 Sweden 3 No. 230 Bonin Islands [Japan] 2 No. 231 Clipperton [France] 2 No. 232 Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia] 2 No. 233 Finland 2 No. 234 Glorioso Islands [France] 2 No. 235 Minami Torishima [Japan] 2 No. 236 Norway 2 No. 237 Pitcairn Islands [United Kingdom] 2 No. 238 Reunion [France] 2 No. 239 Selvagens Islands [Portugal] 2 No. 240 Volcano Islands [Japan] 2 No. 241 Bermuda [United Kingdom] 1 No. 242 Madeira [Portugal] 1 No. 243 Republic of Ireland 1