We have another millionaire! (only verifiable observations)
Next candidates: Germany and Italy
Does anyone know how many other millionaires INaturalist has?
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here are all countries with >100,000 observations:
| ID | Alpha-2 Code | Name | Parent Place | Wiki Data ID | Population | Area (sq km) | Observations | Obs per 1000 Pop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US | United States | North America | Q30 | 328,239,523 | 9,826,675.00 | 31,168,886 | 95.0 |
| 6712 | CA | Canada | North America | Q16 | 37,894,799 | 9,984,670.00 | 4,443,142 | 117.2 |
| 6793 | MX | Mexico | North America | Q96 | 124,777,324 | 1,972,550.00 | 2,780,479 | 22.3 |
| 6744 | AU | Australia | Oceania | Q408 | 24,511,800 | 7,692,024.00 | 2,008,942 | 82.0 |
| 7161 | RU | Russia | Asia | Q159 | 146,804,372 | 17,125,191.00 | 1,701,275 | 11.6 |
| 6857 | GB | United Kingdom | Europe | Q145 | 66,022,273 | 242,495.40 | 1,401,254 | 21.2 |
| 6986 | ZA | South Africa | Africa | Q258 | 59,622,350 | 1,221,037.00 | 1,257,269 | 21.1 |
| 6803 | NZ | New Zealand | Oceania | Q664 | 4,942,500 | 268,021.00 | 1,001,073 | 202.5 |
| 7207 | DE | Germany | Europe | Q183 | 83,149,300 | 357,400.00 | 884,498 | 10.6 |
| 6973 | IT | Italy | Europe | Q38 | 60,317,000 | 301,338.00 | 861,577 | 14.3 |
| 6753 | FR | France | Europe | Q142 | 66,628,000 | 643,801.00 | 790,489 | 11.9 |
| 7887 | TW | Taiwan | Asia | Q865 | 23,593,794 | 36,193.00 | 757,859 | 32.1 |
| 6774 | ES | Spain | Europe | Q29 | 46,733,038 | 505,990.00 | 593,178 | 12.7 |
| 6878 | BR | Brazil | South America | Q155 | 210,147,125 | 8,515,767.00 | 575,932 | 2.7 |
| 6681 | IN | India | Asia | Q668 | 1,326,093,247 | 3,287,263.00 | 558,629 | 0.4 |
| 7613 | HK | Hong Kong | Asia | Q8646 | 7,500,700 | 2,755.00 | 521,139 | 69.5 |
| 7512 | EC | Ecuador | South America | Q736 | 16,624,858 | 283,560.00 | 512,588 | 30.8 |
| 7196 | CO | Colombia | South America | Q739 | 49,065,615 | 1,141,748.00 | 487,706 | 9.9 |
| 8051 | DK | Denmark | Europe | Q35 | 5,827,463 | 42,925.50 | 398,572 | 68.4 |
| 7122 | PT | Portugal | Europe | Q45 | 10,295,909 | 92,212.00 | 376,212 | 36.5 |
| 7190 | AR | Argentina | South America | Q414 | 44,938,712 | 2,780,400.00 | 364,904 | 8.1 |
| 6924 | CR | Costa Rica | North America | Q800 | 4,905,769 | 51,100.00 | 321,078 | 65.4 |
| 8057 | AT | Austria | Europe | Q40 | 8,809,212 | 83,879.00 | 250,957 | 28.5 |
| 7155 | MY | Malaysia | Asia | Q833 | 31,624,264 | 330,290.00 | 250,608 | 7.9 |
| 7506 | NL | Netherlands | Europe | Q55 | 17,282,163 | 41,543.00 | 231,656 | 13.4 |
| 7020 | FI | Finland | Europe | Q33 | 5,501,043 | 338,424.40 | 229,099 | 41.6 |
| 6966 | ID | Indonesia | Asia | Q252 | 270,625,568 | 1,904,570.00 | 228,776 | 0.8 |
| 8264 | CZ | Czechia | Europe | Q213 | 10,693,939 | 78,866.00 | 220,191 | 20.6 |
| 7008 | BE | Belgium | Europe | Q31 | 11,431,406 | 30,528.00 | 206,508 | 18.1 |
| 8860 | UA | Ukraine | Europe | Q212 | 42,558,328 | 603,629.00 | 203,937 | 4.8 |
| 6891 | KR | South Korea | Asia | Q884 | 51,466,201 | 100,295.00 | 203,235 | 3.9 |
| 7236 | CH | Switzerland | Europe | Q39 | 8,466,017 | 41,285.00 | 199,119 | 23.5 |
| 6737 | JP | Japan | Asia | Q17 | 126,434,565 | 377,972.30 | 167,075 | 1.3 |
| 6734 | SG | Singapore | Asia | Q334 | 5,888,926 | 719.1 | 163,951 | 27.8 |
| 6903 | CN | China | Asia | Q148 | 1,409,517,397 | 9,596,961.00 | 159,530 | 0.1 |
| 7003 | PA | Panama | North America | Q804 | 4,098,587 | 74,177.30 | 157,644 | 38.5 |
| 7182 | CL | Chile | South America | Q298 | 18,054,726 | 756,102.00 | 143,115 | 7.9 |
| 7094 | GR | Greece | Europe | Q41 | 10,760,421 | 131,957.00 | 142,758 | 13.3 |
| 7800 | PL | Poland | Europe | Q36 | 38,382,576 | 312,683.00 | 142,226 | 3.7 |
| 7513 | PE | Peru | South America | Q419 | 29,381,884 | 1,285,216.00 | 135,378 | 4.6 |
| 8266 | LT | Lithuania | Europe | Q37 | 2,790,842 | 65,300.00 | 127,674 | 45.7 |
| 7599 | SE | Sweden | Europe | Q34 | 10,379,295 | 528,861.10 | 105,344 | 10.1 |
| 6967 | TH | Thailand | Asia | Q869 | 65,931,550 | 513,119.50 | 100,661 | 1.5 |
| 6783 | BO | Bolivia | South America | Q750 | 11,051,600 | 1,098,581.00 | 100,546 | 9.1 |
i used this page to get stats (it takes a few minutes to retrieve stats for every country): https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_countries.html?verifiable=true&stats=observations
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And highest per capita observations too, followed distantly by Canada. Well done New Zealand iNatters!
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In that case, I hope they also have the most identifers per capita as well!
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South Africa is the only African country on the list? Even with the long history of safari tourism so that African countries don’t have to rely just on their own citizens to make observations?
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interestingly, 43 of 50 states in the USA have at least 100,000 observations at this point, and 7 have >1MM. but NZ still beats California on a per capita basis.
| State | Obs Count |
|---|---|
| California | 6,480,593 |
| Texas | 4,181,450 |
| Florida | 1,463,882 |
| New York | 1,370,983 |
| Ohio | 1,091,622 |
| North Carolina | 1,046,728 |
| Virginia | 1,031,320 |
| Pennsylvania | 917,320 |
| Massachusetts | 827,974 |
| Illinois | 750,280 |
| Maryland | 733,082 |
| Washington | 716,937 |
| Arizona | 640,754 |
| New Jersey | 635,533 |
| Oregon | 586,468 |
| Michigan | 549,863 |
| Vermont | 539,393 |
| Minnesota | 506,135 |
| Tennessee | 502,936 |
| Colorado | 480,222 |
| Alabama | 427,341 |
| Georgia | 418,164 |
| Wisconsin | 403,007 |
| Louisiana | 311,429 |
| Indiana | 310,126 |
| Missouri | 305,103 |
| New Mexico | 303,528 |
| South Carolina | 295,403 |
| Oklahoma | 264,472 |
| Connecticut | 260,190 |
| Utah | 241,438 |
| Maine | 236,090 |
| Kentucky | 213,182 |
| Arkansas | 212,948 |
| New Hampshire | 205,466 |
| Hawaii | 167,082 |
| Alaska | 164,562 |
| Mississippi | 154,708 |
| Nevada | 151,081 |
| Idaho | 130,719 |
| Kansas | 128,103 |
| West Virginia | 120,048 |
| Iowa | 102,189 |
| Montana | 99,877 |
| District of Columbia | 96,998 |
| Wyoming | 91,201 |
| Delaware | 88,928 |
| Nebraska | 83,286 |
| Rhode Island | 60,749 |
| South Dakota | 48,507 |
| North Dakota | 28,765 |
data from a modified version of https://observablehq.com/@robin-song/inaturalist-api-example-2
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Road trip to North Dakota!
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ND, SD, MT, NE, and WY are all right next to each other. it would make for a nice trip.
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Dibs on the front seat!
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Montana just passed 100,000 observations! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=16
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Frustrating thing is if we could ever figure out how to get site uptake in Quebec, our 2nd largest province where site use remains low, Canada would be closer to 150 records per 100,000 population, Not NZ level, but a more clear 2nd place.
Actually given the relative use rates, I’d say Taiwan may actually be next, given they get more than twice the per capita use than either of those.
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I agree with you about Taiwan, especially considering that in the upcoming CNC almost the complete island will take part - and I expect them to be quite competitive. Will be interesting to watch how the numbers rise
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looks like Germany is under 3000 observations away from 1MM, and Italy is under 50000. so it’ll be time to celebrate these soon. France and Taiwan are in the 800000s.
here is where the previous top 25 countries stand today:
https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_countries.html?country_code=US,CA,MX,AU,RU,GB,ZA,NZ,DE,IT,FR,TW,ES,BR,IN,HK,EC,CO,DK,PT,AR,CR,AT,MY,NL&stats=observations&verifiable=true
… also, Pennsylvania passed the 1MM mark, too. so it is the 8th US state to achieve that.
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Thanks for the heads up, I am following the counter every day :-)
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Welcome, Germany! 
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Not one million, but yesterday Canada became the 2nd nation to hit 5 million verifiable records. Gonna be a while, but maybe not as long as we think before that club gets another member.
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oops, missed it by 30,000 observations, but better late than never:
Ciao Italia, benvenuta! 
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Watch this space for welcoming the Equipe Tricolore!
Bienvenue au club élite, France! 
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