New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), in its latest report, said India lost 167 tigers in 2025, including 31 cubs. This number is significant as it mean the mortality rate has not even crossed 5 per cent of the total tiger population in the last four years.

India is a home to 3,682 tigers as per the 'Status of Tigers: Co-predators & Prey in India-2022' report, released by the NTCA. India recorded its worst tiger deaths, 182 (2023), followed by 126 (2024) and 122 (2022).

The 2022 estimation also showed healthy annual growth rate of tigers at 6.1%, which offsets natural losses and the mortality which is not even 5 per cent. From just 1,411 tigers in 2006, the country's tiger population surged to 3,682 in ...