Saiga antelope

How it was counted

The figure counts animals and covers Kazakhstan only, across the Ural, Betpak-Dala and Ustyurt populations. Okhotzooprom with ACBK scientists give no range, so it reads as about 2,833,600 rather than an exact total.

An estimate published with no range, so read it as about 2,833,600 animals in Kazakhstan rather than exactly that many.

What moves it

Okhotzooprom with ACBK scientists report the number as up since the last count, and the Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative credits its own work for the rise from an earlier low.

Who is helping

The Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative, a partnership of national and international conservation bodies, formed to protect the Altyn Dala steppe and keep the saiga from dying out, and it credits its own work with bringing saiga numbers up from an earlier low.

The next count

The count is annual (spring helicopter census). No date for the next count is known as of 12 November 2026.

Sources

• Okhotzooprom (Committee for Forestry and Wildlife, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan) with ACBK scientists, published by the Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative Last checked 12 November 2026.
• Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative Last checked 12 November 2026.

What changed

• 12 November 2026 Added to Live Species, never as few as 1,000, shown above the wall: About 2,833,600 (Estimate, no range, May 2024).

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