The graph illustrates how many elephants lived in Asia from 1997 to 2004.
Overall, the number of elephants in India was the highest, while the opposite was true for that in China. Additionally, it was notable that the figure of elephants in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos remain virtually unchanged through the period.
In 1997, there were 10.000 elephants in India, compared to about 5.600 and 4.000 for Myanmar and Thailan, respectively. Over the next seven years, the figures in India and Thailan witnessed a subtantial downward trend to 7.800 and 1.100 while that in Myanmar fell slightly to 5.300.
Regarding Malaysia and SriLanka, both figures of elephants were similar, with 3.000, followed by 1.000 for that in China. In 2004, the number of elephants in Malaysia drop considerably to 1.000, twice as much as for elephants in China while SriLanka decrease marginally to 2.900. In contrast, the figures of elephants in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were no significant change with 1.000.
