How Many Gorillas 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. How many gorillas are left in the world?
Over 1,000 now left in the wild. Current estimates suggest there are only about 316,000 western gorillas and 5,000 eastern gorillas left worldwide.