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THE REPTILE HOBBY IS ESTIMATED AT
50,000,000
people keep reptiles worldwide.
A conservative estimate places the global figure between 35 and 50 million keepers — and the true number is almost certainly higher. This is not a niche. This is a discipline practiced on every inhabited continent, in cities and on farms, in private rooms and in zoos. It deserves an institute.
BY COUNTRY · ESTIMATES
USUnited States5,200,000
BRBrazil3,400,000
DEGermany2,400,000
IDIndonesia2,000,000
UKUnited Kingdom1,800,000
JPJapan1,700,000
FRFrance1,500,000
INIndia1,500,000
MXMexico1,200,000
ESSpain1,100,000
ITItaly1,000,000
AUAustralia900,000
THThailand900,000
CACanada700,000
NLNetherlands600,000
PHPhilippines500,000
FIGURES ARE ESTIMATES · TOTAL SHOWN ABOVE INCLUDES UNLISTED COUNTRIES