As of March 2023, the world's largest national park was the Northeast Greenland National Park in Greenland (an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark). Home to animals such as arctic foxes, musk oxen, and polar bears, the park has fewer than 50 human inhabitants. It is approximately 972,000 square kilometers in size.
Largest national parks worldwide as of March 2023, by size
(in square kilometers)
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