May 31, 2015 - So perhaps it's time to acknowledge that for the purpose of comparing polar bears to other species of concern, the upper limit for polar bear numbers ... UPDATE 1 September 2015: here is an updated graph of polar bear population numbers that undo the “subtractions” of the PBSG between 2001 & 2013,"
So it seems your number is pretty much right.
For comparison I also looked up the nr on African elephants, Africa now has 352,271 savanna elephants. And found that is despite the heavy poaching there are over 10 times as many of them.
