The graph below shows the changes in the maximum number of Asian elephants between 1997 and 2004.

The bar chart illustrates the evaluated maximum number of elephant populations in 8 different Asia countries in 1997 and 2004.

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, India had the greatest number of

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within the period,

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most of the countries in Asia were estimated only to have less than 2500

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during the mentioned time. It is explicit that India and Myanmar were the two lands ranked first and second in terms of the statistics of

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in 1997 and 2004. The data for India was almost two times greater than Myanmar's which is slightly lower than 10,000 and the latter is around 5000.

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, In 2004, almost all countries evaluated statistics of

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decreased, except for Cambodia, which had a slight increase. Looking at the information for more detail, what stands out from the scheme is that in 1997 china with roughly 1200

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was in the lowest position. Meanwhile, the figures of Cambodia and Sri Lanka were nearly identical,

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, Sri Lanka maintained almost the same number, which was around 3000, in 2004 and Malaysia dropped to one-third of its original figures in 1997, about 1000

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.