List of marsupials by population


This is a list of estimated global populations of Marsupials species. This list is not comprehensive, as not all Marsupials have had their numbers quantified.
Some members of Marsupialia are extinct, and thus have population sizes of zero:
Common nameScientific nameIUCN Red List statusTrendGlobal population estimate Population notesRangeImage
Common wombat
Vombatus ursinus>915,090
1,000,000-2,000,000
Only includes subpopulations from three islands of two subspecies.
Mainland populations are estimated to be slightly less than 1.0 million individuals.
Southern hairy-nosed wombatLasiorhinus latifrons250,000–500,000 Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 400,000.
Northern hairy-nosed wombatLasiorhinus krefftii315 IUCN estimates population at 80 mature individuals.
KoalaPhascolarctos cinereus100,000–500,000 Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 300,000.
Eastern grey kangarooMacropus giganteus>12,977,181 Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Western grey kangarooMacropus fuliginosus>2,571,158 Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Red kangarooOsphranter rufus>10,848,470 Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Wallaroo Osphranter robustus>2,338,076 Population estimate is only for the areas within Australia where commercial harvesting occur. The actual national populations would be significantly higher.
Antilopine kangaroo
Osphranter antilopinus
Tammar wallabyNotamacropus eugenii10,000-50,000
Western brush wallabyNotamacropus irma10,000-50,000
Parma wallabyNotamacropus parma8,000
Tasmanian devilSarcophilus harrisii10,000-25,000 Value given is a provisional estimate for mature individuals based on estimated rates of decline.
ThylacineThylacinus cynocephalusN/A0 Last known individual died in captivity on 7 September, 1936.
Last known wild individual was captured in 1933.
Brown-eared woolly opossumCaluromys lanatus160,000,000
Brown four-eyed opossumMetachirus nudicaudatus128,000,000
Gray four-eyed opossumPhilander opossum121,000,000
Linnaeus's mouse opossumMarmosa murina104,000,000