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It is impossible to answer. Constant hunting of polar bears reduced their numbers to around 7000, but a world-wide hunting ban allowed their numbers to increase. Scientists think there are probably between 20,000 and 25,000 polar bears in the Arctic. There is evidence that some populations are declining because of threats to their habitat, the sea ice, from global warming.

There are nineteen polar bear populations. Of these nineteen, two are increasing in numbers, six are stable, and five are decreasing. The other five populations have insufficient data to be evaluated. The polar bear population has varied since 1972 from 20,000 to 30,000.

In 44 years, the population has remained static or increased slightly in spite of threats like global warming.

See link below for population table through the years.

http://www.animalinfo.org/species/carnivor/ursumari.htm

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