COL Annual Checklists for previous years

The Catalogue of Life Annual Checklist has been released each year since 2000 (excluding 2001). By clicking below, you can access historical versions of the COL Annual Checklist for each year from 2005 to 2019 or download Darwin Core Archive ZIP files for each year from 2012 to 2019.

• Annual Checklist 2019 - 1,837,565 living and 63,419 extinct species (Darwin Core Archive)
• Annual Checklist 2018 - 1,744,204 living and 59,284 extinct species (Darwin Core Archive)
• Annual Checklist 2017 - 1,664,506 living and 49,346 extinct species (Darwin Core Archive)
• Annual Checklist 2016 - 1,635,250 living and 5,719 extinct species (Darwin Core Archive)
• Annual Checklist 2015 - 1,606,554 species (Darwin Core Archive)
• Annual Checklist 2014 - 1,578,063 species (Darwin Core Archive)
• Annual Checklist 2013 - 1,352,112 species (Darwin Core Archive)
• Annual Checklist 2012 - 1,404,038 species (Darwin Core Archive)
• Annual Checklist 2011 - 1,347,224 species
• Annual Checklist 2010 - 1,257,735 species
• Annual Checklist 2009 - 1,160,711 species
• Annual Checklist 2008 - 1,105,589 species
• Annual Checklist 2007 - 1,008,965 species
• Annual Checklist 2006 - 884,000 species
• Annual Checklist 2005 - 527,000 species
• Annual Checklist 2004 - 323,000 species
• Annual Checklist 2003 - 304,000 species
• Annual Checklist 2002 - 260,000 species
• Annual Checklist 2000 - 220,000 species