At the start of the 20th century, it was estimated there were over 100,000 tigers in the wild, but the population has dwindled outside of captivity to between 1,500 and 3,500.
I begyndelsen af 1900-tallet mener man, at der var over 100.000 tigre i naturen, men bestanden her er skrumpet ind til mellem 1.500 og 3.500.