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The IUCN¹ Red List, which lists all rare species, classes African elephants as ‘vulnerable’.  This means the species ‘faces a high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future’.

¹International Union for Conservation of Nature

Africa’s elephants
1900 – 10 million
1979 – 1.3 million
1989 – 600,000
2007 – 550,000; IUCN status: ‘Vulnerable’

CITES Status:

Appendix I (except Botswana, Namibia, SA and Zimbabwe, where they are Appendix II)