List of primates by population

This is a list of primate species by estimated global population. This list is not comprehensive as not all primates have had their numbers quantified.

Common name	Binomial name	Population	Status	Notes
Hainan black crested gibbon	Nomascus hainanus	20–50	CR	Population was estimated at over 2,000 in the late 1950s.
Eastern black crested gibbon	Nomascus nasutus	45–47	CR	Previously thought to be possibly extinct. Numbers may be higher.
Cat Ba langur	Trachypithecus poliocephalus	51–54	CR
Popa langur	Trachypithecus popa	135–176	CR	Estimate for mature individuals.
Raffles' banded langur	Presbytis femoralis	200–250	CR
Sarawak surili	Presbytis chrysomelas	200–500	CR
Perrier's sifaka	Propithecus perrieri	230	CR	One of the 25 most endangered primates.
Delacour's langur	Trachypithecus delacouri	234–275	CR	The population of the species has radically decreased over the past decade.
Silky sifaka	Propithecus candidus	250	CR	Estimate is believed to be a maximum.
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey	Rhinopithecus avunculus	250	CR
Barbara Brown's titi	Callicebus barbarabrownae	260	CR	Minimum estimation.
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey	Rhinopithecus strykeri	260–330	CR
Mentawai langur	Presbytis potenziani	300–1,200	CR
Superagui lion tamarin	Leontopithecus caissara	400	CR	Maximum estimate.
Blond capuchin	Cebus flavius	500	EN
Greater bamboo lemur	Prolemur simus	500	CR
Kashmir gray langur	Semnopithecus ajax	500	EN	Maximum estimate; 250 mature.
Coimbra Filho's titi	Callicebus coimbrai	500–1,000	EN
Gray-shanked douc	Pygathrix cinerea	550–700	CR
Arunachal macaque	Macaca munzala	569	EN	While one source gives a minimum estimate of 569, another claims adult species number less than 250.
White-headed langur	Trachypithecus leucocephalus	600	CR
Gray snub-nosed monkey	Rhinopithecus brelichi	750	EN
Northern muriqui	Brachyteles hypoxanthus	855	CR	Minimum estimate.
Black lion tamarin	Leontopithecus chrysopygus	1,000	EN
Tana River mangabey	Cercocebus galeritus	1,000–1,200	EN
Kipunji	Rungwecebus kipunji	1,117	EN
Sanje mangabey	Cercocebus sanjei	1,300	EN	Estimate is likely a maximum.
Southern muriqui	Brachyteles arachnoides	1,300	EN
Black crested gibbon	Nomascus concolor	1,300–2,000	CR
Siau Island tarsier	Tarsius tumpara	1,358–12,470	CR	Amongst the world's top 25 most endangered primates.
Golden bamboo lemur	Hapalemur aureus	1,479	CR
Red slender loris	Loris tardigradus	1,500	EN
Sangihe tarsier	Tarsius sangirensis	1,505–2,795	EN	Population estimates are considered inconclusive.
Zanzibar red colobus	Procolobus kirkii	2,000	EN	Maximum estimate.
Black snub-nosed monkey	Rhinopithecus bieti	2,000	EN	Maximum estimate; less than 1,000 mature organisms.
François' langur	Trachypithecus francoisi	2,000–2,100	EN	Estimate for mature individuals.
Pagai Island macaque	Macaca pagensis	2,100–3,700	CR	Numbered 15,000 in 1980.
Indochinese gray langur	Trachypithecus crepusculus	2,400–2,500	EN	Estimate for mature individuals.
Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur	Hapalemur alaotrensis	2,500	CR	Estimates were for 2002 and showed a decline of over 50% in under ten years.
Moor macaque	Macaca maura	3,000–5,000	EN
Golden lion tamarin	Leontopithecus rosalia	3,200	EN	Minimum estimate; wild only. In addition to these, there are about 490 golden lion tamarins in 150 zoos around the world.
Lion-tailed macaque	Macaca silenus	4,000	EN	Estimate is a maximum.
Silvery gibbon	Hylobates moloch	4,000–4,500	EN
Javan surili	Presbytis comata	5,000–12,000	VU
Javan fuscous leaf monkey	Presbytis fredericae	5,000–17,000	VU
Gee's golden langur	Trachypithecus geei	6,000–6,500	EN	Estimate is for mature individuals.
Eastern gorilla	Gorilla beringei	5,880	CR	Approximately 5,000 eastern lowland gorillas (G. b. graueri) and 880 mountain gorillas (G. b. beringei).
Cotton-top tamarin	Saguinus oedipus	6,000	CR	Estimate for mature organisms is 2,000.
Golden-crowned sifaka	Propithecus tattersalli	6,000–10,000	CR
Golden-headed lion tamarin	Leontopithecus chrysomelas	6,000–15,000	EN
Muna-buton macaque	Macaca brunnescens	6,221–18,435	VU	Estimate is from 2007.
Pig-tailed langur	Simias concolor	6,700–17,300	EN	Down from an estimated 26,000 in 1980.
Gray-headed lemur	Eulemur cinereiceps	7,265	CR	Maximum population estimate is 7,265±2,268.
Sumatran orangutan	Pongo abelii	7,300	CR
Madame Berthe's mouse lemur	Microcebus berthae	8,000	EN	Estimate is a maximum.
Golden snub-nosed monkey	Rhinopithecus roxellana	8,000-15,000	EN
Natuna Island surili	Presbytis natunae	10,000	VU
Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset	Callibella humilis	10,000	VU
Siberut langur	Presbytis siberu	11,014–27,439	EN	Population is for Siberut National Park.
Barbary macaque	Macaca sylvanus	15,000	EN	Population may be underestimated.
Udzungwa red colobus	Procolobus gordonorum	15,400	EN	Population may be overestimated.
Northern giant mouse lemur	Mirza zaza	16,500–17,500	VU
Siberut macaque	Macaca siberu	17,000–30,000	VU	Numbered 39,000 in 1980.
Capped langur	Trachypithecus pileatus	18,600	VU
Nilgiri langur	Trachypithecus johnii	20,000	VU	Maximum estimate; mature individuals number less than 10,000.
Red-eared guenon	Cercopithecus erythrotis	20,000	VU	Minimum estimate.
Kloss's gibbon	Hylobates klossii	20,000–25,000	EN
Bonobo	Pan paniscus	29,500–50,000	EN	Population may be underestimated.
Bornean orangutan	Pongo pygmaeus	47,000–73,000	CR
Heck's macaque	Macaca hecki	100,000	VU	Little is known about its populations. Estimate is for mature individuals only.
Japanese macaque	Macaca fuscata	114,431	LC
Tonkean macaque	Macaca tonkeana	150,000	VU
Western gorilla	Gorilla gorilla	150,000–250,000	CR	Figures are considered an overestimation.
Chimpanzee	Pan troglodytes	172,700–299,700	EN
Booted macaque	Macaca ochreata	180,000	VU	Estimate is from 2001.
Gelada	Theropithecus gelada	200,000	LC
Müller's Bornean gibbon	Hylobates muelleri	250,000–375,000	EN
Crab-eating macaque	Macaca fascicularis	3,000,000	EN	Latest full estimation was made at the start of the 2000s.
Senegal bushbaby	Galago senegalensis	107,000,000	LC	Rough estimate based on population density and range.
Human	Homo sapiens	8,140,000,000	LC^{[failed verification]}

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