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Rhinos are in A
Crisis
AT THE START OF THE 20TH CENTURY
![](/wp-content/themes/speak/inc/assets/images/crisis-rhino-b-large.png)
500,000
RHINOS ROAMED THE WILD
BY 1970, THE WORLDWIDE POPULATION FELL TO
![](/wp-content/themes/speak/inc/assets/images/rhino-gray-large.png)
70,000
TODAY, THE NUMBER OF RHINOS SURVIVING IN THE WORLD IS JUST OVER
![](/wp-content/themes/speak/inc/assets/images/rhino-gray-large.png)
27,000
![](https://rhinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WhiRhino-RenaudFulconis2-e1602966149966.jpg)
WHITE RHINO
16,803
![](https://rhinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OneHorn_Side.jpg)
GREATER ONE HORNED RHINO
4,014
![](https://rhinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BlackRhino_BirdOnLeg.jpg)
Black Rhino
6,487
*all population estimates provided by IUCN
![](https://rhinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SumatranRhion_Face.jpg)
Sumatran Rhino
34-47
![](https://rhinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JavanRhino_StandingInWater.jpg)
Javan Rhino
76
4 of 5 species remaining Are
threatened with extinction
3 of those are critically
endangered, which means they
could go extinct in our lifetime