How Many Gorillas Are Left 2024. This announcement brings the global wild population of mountain gorillas to 1,063 when combined with the published results from the virunga massif 2015/2016 survey. There are thought to be about 6,800 grauer’s gorillas left in the wild, and they are found exclusively in the eastern rainforests of the republic of congo.
There are only several hundred cross river gorillas left in the world, and as many as 100,000 western lowland gorillas, but the latter population has decreased by approximately 60% in the. All gorilla species and subspecies are endangered or critically endangered according to.