Table 3. Reported population sizes of humpback dolphins in the genus Sousa around the world.
| Species | Location | Time | Population size1) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sousa teuszii | Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania | 1997–2006 | <100 | 40 |
| Saloum Delta, Senegal | 1997–2006 | Low hundreds | 40 | |
| Canal do Gêba and Bijagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau | 1997–2006 | Several hundred | 40 | |
| Sousa plumbea | Algoa Bay, South Africa | 1991–1994 | 466 | 13 |
| Richards Bay, South Africa | 1998 | 74 | 41 | |
| Maputo Bay, Mozambique | 1995–1997 | 105 | 42 | |
| Bazaruto Bay, Mozambique | 1990s | 60 | 43 | |
| Anakao, Madagascar | 1999 | 65 | 44 | |
| South coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania | 1999–2002 | 63 | 45 | |
| Shimoni Archipelago, Kenya | 2006 | 104 | 46 | |
| Saudi–Bahrain–Qatar | 1986 | (16 groups) | 47 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 1986 | (13 groups) | 47 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 1999 | (2 groups) | 47 | |
| Arabian Sea coast of Oman | (Groups of 30 individuals or more) | 48 | ||
| Jubail, Saudi Arabia | 1991–1993 | (50 groups, 1–15 individuals) | 49 | |
| Indus Delta, Pakistan | 2005–2009 | Low hundreds | 50 | |
| Gulf of Kachchh Marine Protected Area, Gujarat, India | 2002 | 21 | 51 | |
| Goa, India | 2002 | 135 | 51 | |
| Sousa chinensis | Between the Sundarbans mangrove forest and the Swatch-of-No Ground submarine canyon, Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh | 2010–2011 | 191 | 52 |
| Khanom, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand | 2008–2009 | 49 | 53 | |
| Xiamen | 2004–2008 | 76 | 54 | |
| Central west coast of Taiwan | 2002–2004 | 99 | 55 | |
| Pearl River Estuary | 2005–2008 | 2517–2555 | 14 | |
| Zhanjiang | 2005–2012 | 1485 | This study | |
| Beibu Gulf | 2003–2004 | 153 | 54 | |
| Sousa spp.2) | Moreton Bay, Queensland | 1984–1987 | 119–163 | 56 |
| Great Sandy Strait, Queensland | 2004–2007 | 150 | 11 | |
| Capricorn-Curtis coast, Queensland | 2007–2011 | Approximately 150 | 57 | |
| Cleveland Bay, Queensland | 2001–2002 | <100 | 34 | |
| North West Cape, Western Australia | 2010 | 53 identified individuals | 58 |
1)Number of groups and group size in parentheses,
2)The Australian humpback dolphins are an as-yet-unnamed species of Sousa12.