World iNaturalist participation
I was inspired by a comment @mikegrutherford had in the blog post postiNaturalist World Tour. Mike proposed: "As such I was curious about how the list would look if you took a country's land area and/or population into account and then see what the leaderboard looks like. They often do this for the Olympic Games (see http://www.medalspercapita.com/ for an example)."
Here's the data in a way that follows Mike's suggested method. I used the UN list of 233 countries. In a few cases, I had to find the name that iNat uses for the country. I then filtered the all iNat observations country by country as of 10 July 2019. For each country, I recorded the number of observations, species, identifiers and observers (see data at Google Sheet iNat World Observation Analysis 10 July 2019.
I think @mikegrutherford has a great idea on how to view participation per country. The smaller the "Population per Observation" is, the more active the iNaturalist participation in that country. Some very low population countries rose to the top. Of the larger countries, New Zealand (in 6th position) is the clear leader in iNaturalist participation with only 6 people per observation. The United States, with a ranking of 13, is the next largest country. The United States had 23 people per observation; about a quarter of the activity of New Zealand. At the other end of the spectrum, China had people per observation over 30,000 people per observation for a ranking of 219 (out of 233 countries). I'm curious to hear about other naturalists observe in this data (beyond the fact that I like to crunch data and look for patterns).
Population Rank |
Country or area | Population (1 July 2019) |
iNat Obs (10 July 2019) |
Population per Observation |
Population per Observation Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
231 | Niue | 1,615 | 404 | 4 | 1 |
230 | Falkland Islands | 3,377 | 688 | 5 | 2 |
220 | Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba |
25,979 | 5,086 | 5 | 3 |
221 | Palau | 18,008 | 3,334 | 5 | 4 |
233 | Vatican City |
799 | 140 | 6 | 5 |
125 | New Zealand | 4,783,063 | 757,905 | 6 | 6 |
222 | Cook Islands | 17,548 | 1,792 | 10 | 7 |
232 | Tokelau | 1,340 | 131 | 10 | 8 |
211 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52,823 | 4,873 | 11 | 9 |
205 | Cayman Islands | 64,948 | 3,517 | 18 | 10 |
191 | Guam | 167,294 | 7,819 | 21 | 11 |
177 | Belize | 390,353 | 17,306 | 23 | 12 |
3 | United States | 329,064,917 | 14,511,105 | 23 | 13 |
169 | Luxembourg | 615,729 | 25,855 | 24 | 14 |
39 | Canada | 37,411,047 | 1,514,728 | 25 | 15 |
199 | United States Virgin Islands | 104,578 | 3,979 | 26 | 16 |
104 | Hong Kong | 7,436,154 | 288,209 | 27 | 17 |
219 | British Virgin Islands | 30,030 | 1,075 | 28 | 18 |
88 | Portugal | 10,226,187 | 337,344 | 31 | 19 |
227 | Saint Helena | 6,059 | 185 | 33 | 20 |
180 | Iceland | 339,031 | 10,068 | 34 | 21 |
208 | Greenland | 56,672 | 1,653 | 34 | 22 |
55 | Australia | 25,203,198 | 622,353 | 40 | 23 |
215 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 38,191 | 922 | 41 | 24 |
120 | Costa Rica | 5,047,561 | 128,592 | 42 | 25 |
204 | Dominica | 71,808 | 1,650 | 44 | 26 |
192 | Curaçao | 163,424 | 3,565 | 46 | 27 |
179 | Martinique | 375,554 | 7,435 | 51 | 28 |
200 | Seychelles | 97,739 | 1,782 | 55 | 29 |
183 | New Caledonia | 282,750 | 5,048 | 56 | 30 |
178 | Bahamas | 389,482 | 6,951 | 56 | 31 |
209 | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands |
56,188 | 975 | 58 | 32 |
165 | Bhutan | 763,092 | 12,136 | 63 | 33 |
210 | American Samoa | 55,312 | 874 | 63 | 34 |
223 | Anguilla | 14,869 | 223 | 67 | 35 |
128 | Panama | 4,246,439 | 62,265 | 68 | 36 |
229 | Montserrat | 4,989 | 73 | 68 | 37 |
202 | Isle of Man | 84,584 | 1,190 | 71 | 38 |
212 | Faroe Islands | 48,678 | 615 | 79 | 39 |
10 | Mexico | 127,575,529 | 1,603,495 | 80 | 40 |
114 | Singapore | 5,804,337 | 70,704 | 84 | 41 |
218 | Gibraltar | 33,701 | 401 | 84 | 42 |
185 | French Polynesia | 279,287 | 3,232 | 86 | 43 |
206 | Bermuda | 62,506 | 713 | 88 | 44 |
207 | Marshall Islands | 58,791 | 669 | 88 | 45 |
161 | Fiji | 889,953 | 10,058 | 88 | 46 |
198 | Aruba | 106,314 | 1,194 | 89 | 47 |
67 | Ecuador | 17,373,662 | 188,608 | 92 | 48 |
115 | Denmark | 5,771,876 | 62,284 | 93 | 49 |
56 | Taiwan | 23,773,876 | 252,007 | 94 | 50 |
24 | South Africa | 58,558,270 | 578,075 | 101 | 51 |
145 | Botswana | 2,303,697 | 21,989 | 105 | 52 |
228 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,822 | 51 | 114 | 53 |
142 | Lithuania | 2,759,627 | 23,742 | 116 | 54 |
143 | Namibia | 2,494,530 | 20,709 | 120 | 55 |
23 | Italy | 60,550,075 | 500,975 | 121 | 56 |
184 | French Guiana | 282,731 | 2,329 | 121 | 57 |
216 | Liechtenstein | 38,019 | 309 | 123 | 58 |
139 | Puerto Rico | 2,933,408 | 23,256 | 126 | 59 |
68 | Netherlands | 17,097,130 | 134,967 | 127 | 60 |
190 | Guernsey and Jersey | 172,259 | 1,358 | 127 | 61 |
100 | Switzerland |
8,591,365 | 68,834 | 127 | 62 |
166 | Solomon Islands | 669,823 | 5,192 | 129 | 63 |
44 | Malaysia | 31,949,777 | 241,321 | 132 | 64 |
79 | Belgium | 11,539,328 | 85,651 | 135 | 65 |
201 | Antigua and Barbuda | 97,118 | 710 | 137 | 66 |
194 | Micronesia | 113,815 | 814 | 140 | 67 |
153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,394,973 | 9,332 | 149 | 68 |
159 | Swaziland | 1,148,130 | 7,504 | 153 | 69 |
21 | United Kingdom | 67,530,172 | 428,891 | 157 | 70 |
80 | Bolivia | 11,513,100 | 71,059 | 162 | 71 |
213 | Sint Maarten | 42,388 | 235 | 180 | 72 |
86 | Czech Republic | 10,689,209 | 59,089 | 182 | 73 |
195 | Grenada | 112,003 | 613 | 183 | 74 |
189 | Saint Lucia | 182,790 | 986 | 185 | 75 |
173 | Maldives | 530,953 | 2,718 | 195 | 76 |
149 | Slovenia | 2,078,654 | 10,584 | 196 | 77 |
119 | Norway | 5,378,857 | 27,334 | 197 | 78 |
29 | Colombia | 50,339,443 | 255,389 | 197 | 79 |
197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110,589 | 545 | 203 | 80 |
182 | Barbados | 287,025 | 1,413 | 203 | 81 |
137 | Armenia | 2,957,731 | 14,148 | 209 | 82 |
101 | Israel | 8,519,377 | 39,933 | 215 | 83 |
164 | Guyana | 782,766 | 3,624 | 216 | 84 |
181 | Vanuatu | 299,882 | 1,383 | 217 | 85 |
87 | Greece | 10,473,455 | 48,352 | 221 | 86 |
171 | Suriname | 581,372 | 2,519 | 231 | 87 |
203 | Andorra | 77,142 | 328 | 235 | 88 |
97 | Austria | 8,955,102 | 39,627 | 235 | 89 |
168 | Montenegro | 627,987 | 2,666 | 236 | 90 |
167 | Macao | 640,445 | 2,683 | 239 | 91 |
162 | Réunion | 888,927 | 3,618 | 246 | 92 |
132 | Georgia | 3,996,765 | 15,972 | 250 | 93 |
22 | France | 65,129,728 | 250,005 | 261 | 94 |
130 | Croatia | 4,130,304 | 15,610 | 265 | 95 |
187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 215,056 | 798 | 269 | 96 |
30 | Spain | 46,736,776 | 171,149 | 273 | 97 |
91 | Sweden | 10,036,379 | 36,380 | 276 | 98 |
214 | Monaco | 38,964 | 141 | 276 | 99 |
124 | Ireland | 4,882,495 | 17,603 | 280 | 100 |
175 | Malta | 440,372 | 1,561 | 282 | 101 |
158 | Cyprus | 1,179,551 | 4,012 | 294 | 102 |
176 | Brunei | 433,285 | 1,387 | 312 | 103 |
196 | Tonga | 110,940 | 345 | 322 | 104 |
140 | Albania | 2,880,917 | 8,798 | 327 | 105 |
217 | San Marino | 33,860 | 101 | 335 | 106 |
17 | Germany | 83,517,045 | 243,627 | 343 | 107 |
116 | Finland | 5,532,156 | 15,898 | 363 | 108 |
174 | Guadeloupe | 447,905 | 1,188 | 377 | 109 |
172 | Cape Verde | 549,935 | 1,448 | 380 | 110 |
63 | Chile | 18,952,038 | 48,732 | 389 | 111 |
193 | Kiribati | 117,606 | 300 | 392 | 112 |
186 | Mayotte | 266,150 | 647 | 411 | 113 |
188 | Samoa | 197,097 | 476 | 414 | 114 |
110 | Nicaragua | 6,545,502 | 14,567 | 465 | 115 |
157 | Mauritius | 1,198,575 | 2,470 | 485 | 116 |
93 | Honduras | 9,746,117 | 19,982 | 489 | 117 |
117 | Slovakia | 5,457,013 | 11,022 | 502 | 118 |
155 | Estonia | 1,325,648 | 2,520 | 526 | 119 |
31 | Argentina | 44,780,677 | 84,674 | 529 | 120 |
99 | Serbia | 8,772,235 | 16,142 | 544 | 121 |
9 | Russia | 145,872,256 | 261,690 | 557 | 122 |
51 | Madagascar | 26,969,307 | 45,814 | 589 | 123 |
156 | East Timor | 1,293,119 | 2,174 | 595 | 124 |
28 | South Korea | 51,225,308 | 84,816 | 604 | 125 |
43 | Peru | 32,510,453 | 52,686 | 617 | 126 |
95 | Belarus | 9,452,411 | 15,520 | 624 | 127 |
107 | Bulgaria | 7,000,119 | 10,671 | 660 | 128 |
85 | Dominican Republic | 10,738,958 | 15,276 | 711 | 129 |
148 | Macedonia | 2,083,459 | 2,884 | 722 | 130 |
138 | Jamaica | 2,948,279 | 3,794 | 777 | 131 |
81 | Cuba | 11,333,483 | 14,658 | 785 | 132 |
134 | Uruguay | 3,461,734 | 4,319 | 802 | 133 |
224 | Tuvalu | 11,646 | 11 | 1,059 | 134 |
144 | Gambia | 2,347,706 | 2,153 | 1,090 | 135 |
92 | United Arab Emirates | 9,770,529 | 9,156 | 1,096 | 136 |
58 | Sri Lanka | 21,323,733 | 19,004 | 1,122 | 137 |
94 | Hungary | 9,684,679 | 8,413 | 1,158 | 138 |
170 | Western Sahara | 582,463 | 479 | 1,216 | 139 |
151 | Latvia | 1,906,743 | 1,545 | 1,234 | 140 |
6 | Brazil | 211,049,527 | 164,860 | 1,280 | 141 |
38 | Poland | 37,887,768 | 29,424 | 1,288 | 142 |
61 | Romania | 19,364,557 | 14,782 | 1,310 | 143 |
77 | Benin | 11,801,151 | 8,914 | 1,324 | 144 |
146 | Gabon | 2,172,579 | 1,579 | 1,376 | 145 |
106 | Paraguay | 7,044,636 | 5,046 | 1,421 | 146 |
27 | Kenya | 52,573,973 | 35,555 | 1,479 | 147 |
74 | Zimbabwe | 14,645,468 | 9,149 | 1,601 | 148 |
122 | Oman | 4,974,986 | 2,972 | 1,676 | 149 |
25 | Tanzania | 58,005,463 | 33,967 | 1,708 | 150 |
33 | Ukraine | 43,993,638 | 24,895 | 1,767 | 151 |
226 | Nauru | 10,756 | 6 | 1,793 | 152 |
66 | Guatemala | 17,581,472 | 9,653 | 1,821 | 153 |
20 | Thailand | 69,037,513 | 37,824 | 1,825 | 154 |
65 | Zambia | 17,861,030 | 9,280 | 1,925 | 155 |
136 | Mongolia | 3,225,167 | 1,636 | 1,971 | 156 |
111 | El Salvador | 6,453,553 | 3,270 | 2,002 | 157 |
11 | Japan | 126,860,301 | 63,196 | 2,007 | 158 |
89 | Jordan | 10,101,694 | 4,399 | 2,325 | 159 |
34 | Algeria | 43,053,054 | 18,186 | 2,367 | 160 |
129 | Kuwait | 4,207,083 | 1,752 | 2,401 | 161 |
135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,301,000 | 1,311 | 2,518 | 162 |
141 | Qatar | 2,832,067 | 1,004 | 2,821 | 163 |
62 | Malawi | 18,628,747 | 6,500 | 2,866 | 164 |
147 | Lesotho | 2,125,268 | 731 | 2,907 | 165 |
105 | Laos | 7,169,455 | 2,417 | 3,077 | 166 |
121 | Palestine | 4,981,420 | 1,540 | 3,278 | 167 |
118 | Republic of Congo | 5,380,508 | 1,631 | 3,346 | 168 |
4 | Indonesia | 270,625,568 | 79,614 | 3,399 | 169 |
70 | Cambodia | 16,486,542 | 4,676 | 3,526 | 170 |
64 | Kazakhstan | 18,551,427 | 5,209 | 3,561 | 171 |
18 | Turkey | 83,429,615 | 23,420 | 3,562 | 172 |
13 | Philippines | 108,116,615 | 27,487 | 3,933 | 173 |
98 | Papua New Guinea | 8,776,109 | 2,244 | 3,991 | 174 |
46 | Mozambique | 30,366,036 | 7,353 | 4,130 | 175 |
40 | Morocco | 36,471,769 | 8,511 | 4,285 | 176 |
49 | Nepal | 28,608,710 | 6,636 | 4,311 | 177 |
82 | Haiti | 11,263,770 | 2,416 | 4,691 | 178 |
150 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,920,922 | 400 | 4,802 | 179 |
112 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,415,850 | 1,313 | 4,915 | 180 |
32 | Uganda | 44,269,594 | 7,948 | 5,570 | 181 |
108 | Lebanon | 6,855,713 | 1,256 | 5,573 | 182 |
71 | Senegal | 16,296,364 | 2,850 | 5,718 | 183 |
154 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,355,986 | 230 | 5,896 | 184 |
15 | Vietnam | 96,462,106 | 15,619 | 6,176 | 185 |
96 | Tajikistan | 9,321,018 | 1,468 | 6,439 | 186 |
54 | Cameroon | 25,876,380 | 3,728 | 6,941 | 187 |
50 | Venezuela | 28,515,829 | 3,974 | 7,176 | 188 |
152 | Bahrain | 1,641,172 | 224 | 7,327 | 189 |
76 | Rwanda | 12,626,950 | 1,503 | 8,401 | 190 |
48 | Ghana | 28,833,629 | 3,299 | 8,740 | 191 |
78 | Tunisia | 11,694,719 | 1,318 | 8,873 | 192 |
16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 86,790,567 | 9,692 | 8,955 | 193 |
45 | Angola | 31,825,295 | 3,252 | 9,786 | 194 |
2 | India | 1,366,417,754 | 126,873 | 10,770 | 195 |
103 | Sierra Leone | 7,813,215 | 750 | 10,776 | 196 |
225 | Wallis and Futuna | 11,432 | 1 | 11,432 | 197 |
59 | Burkina Faso | 20,321,378 | 1,764 | 11,520 | 198 |
160 | Djibouti | 973,560 | 83 | 11,730 | 199 |
90 | Azerbaijan | 10,047,718 | 792 | 12,755 | 200 |
14 | Egypt | 100,388,073 | 7,169 | 14,003 | 201 |
163 | Comoros | 850,886 | 60 | 14,181 | 202 |
36 | Iraq | 39,309,783 | 2,699 | 14,565 | 203 |
12 | Ethiopia | 112,078,730 | 7,101 | 15,784 | 204 |
126 | Central African Republic | 4,745,185 | 296 | 16,031 | 205 |
57 | Niger | 23,310,715 | 1,314 | 17,740 | 206 |
131 | Moldova | 4,043,263 | 219 | 18,462 | 207 |
123 | Liberia | 4,937,374 | 254 | 19,587 | 208 |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 34,268,528 | 1,714 | 19,993 | 209 |
75 | Guinea | 12,771,246 | 616 | 20,733 | 210 |
5 | Pakistan | 216,565,318 | 9,698 | 22,331 | 211 |
19 | Iran | 82,913,906 | 3,534 | 23,462 | 212 |
102 | Togo | 8,082,366 | 355 | 23,998 | 213 |
42 | Uzbekistan | 32,981,716 | 1,336 | 24,687 | 214 |
52 | North Korea | 25,666,161 | 970 | 26,460 | 215 |
109 | Libya | 6,777,452 | 240 | 28,565 | 216 |
69 | Syria | 17,070,135 | 585 | 29,180 | 217 |
53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 25,716,544 | 872 | 29,491 | 218 |
1 | China | 1,433,783,686 | 47,654 | 30,087 | 219 |
72 | Chad | 15,946,876 | 513 | 31,086 | 220 |
127 | Mauritania | 4,525,696 | 133 | 34,028 | 221 |
26 | Myanmar | 54,045,420 | 1,539 | 35,117 | 222 |
83 | South Sudan | 11,062,113 | 316 | 35,645 | 223 |
7 | Nigeria | 200,963,599 | 4,534 | 44,324 | 224 |
113 | Turkmenistan | 5,942,089 | 120 | 53,465 | 225 |
47 | Yemen | 29,161,922 | 541 | 53,904 | 226 |
60 | Mali | 19,658,031 | 359 | 54,758 | 227 |
133 | Eritrea | 3,497,117 | 43 | 81,328 | 228 |
73 | Somalia | 15,442,905 | 158 | 97,740 | 229 |
84 | Burundi | 10,864,245 | 105 | 105,353 | 230 |
8 | Bangladesh | 163,046,161 | 1,101 | 148,089 | 231 |
37 | Afghanistan | 38,041,754 | 216 | 176,119 | 232 |
35 | Sudan | 42,813,238 | 187 | 228,948 | 233 |
World | 7,710,537,362 | 26,796,726 | 288 |