There are 7,150 Ribus across the world[2] including 932 Ribus in Canada, 893 Ribus in China and 643 Ribus in the USA. There are 145 countries or territories with at least one Ribu. 1,566 of the world's 7,150 Ribus are also Ultras, peaks with at least 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) of topographic prominence.
Number of Ultras and Ribus per country or territory
The following data is taken from "The Relative Mountains of Earth" and correct as at December 2024.
Country or Territory
Number of Ultras
Number of Ribus
Afghanistan
15
94
Albania
6
20
Algeria
3
12
Angola
2
8
Antarctica
45
116
Argentina
60
235
Armenia
2
5
Australia
2
14
Austria
13
57
Azerbaijan
2
7
Bhutan
6
18
Bolivia
15
84
Bosnia and Herzogovina
0
6
Brazil
9
52
Bulgaria
4
9
Cambodia
2
2
Cameroon
2
16
Canada
139
932
Cabo Verde
2
4
Chad
2
6
Chile
78
381
China
189
893
Colombia
21
54
Comoros
2
2
Costa Rica
3
9
Côte d'Ivoire
0
1
Croatia
0
3
Cuba
1
3
Cyprus
1
1
Czechia
0
1
Democratic Republic of the Congo
5
11
Djibouti
1
3
Dominica
0
1
Dominican Republic
3
5
Ecuador
15
30
Egypt
2
10
El Salvador
4
9
Equatorial Guinea
2
2
Eritrea
2
7
Ethiopia
19
53
Fiji
0
3
France
10
48
French Polynesia
1
8
French Southern & Antarctic Lands
1
3
Georgia
3
20
Germany
1
11
Greece
18
59
Greenland
50
244
Guatemala
6
15
Guinea
0
3
Guyana
0
1
Haiti
2
4
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
1
1
Honduras
8
23
Iceland
1
8
India
51
187
Indonesia
86
235
Iran
54
212
Iraq
2
11
Ireland
0
1
Italy
22
98
Jamaica
1
1
Japan
21
54
Kazakhstan
6
23
Kenya
6
25
Kosovo
0
4
Kyrgyzstan
12
67
Lao
5
47
Lebanon
2
3
Lesotho
1
2
Libya
0
1
Madagascar
3
7
Malawi
1
5
Malaysia
10
36
Mexico
27
148
Mongolia
18
42
Montenegro
0
5
Montserrat
0
1
Morocco
5
14
Mozambique
1
12
Myanmar
16
79
Namibia
1
5
Nepal
25
78
New Caledonia
1
5
New Zealand
10
81
Nicaragua
2
9
Niger
0
3
Nigeria
0
8
North Korea
1
11
North Macedonia
4
7
Norway
6
92
Oman
4
10
Pakistan
47
174
Panama
2
9
Papua New Guinea
30
84
Peru
22
96
Philippines
29
66
Poland
0
2
Portugal
2
7
Puerto Rico
0
1
Romania
4
8
Russia
68
437
Rwanda
2
3
Saint Helena
1
1
Saint Kitts and Nevis
0
1
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
0
1
Samoa
1
2
Sao Tome and Principe
1
1
Saudia Arabia
2
23
Serbia
0
5
Sierra Leone
1
2
Slovakia
1
3
Slovenia
2
7
Solomon Islands
2
10
Somalia
1
1
Somaliland
0
2
South Africa
2
25
South Georgia & South Sandwich Is.
2
6
South Korea
2
8
South Sudan
2
6
Spain
7
33
Sri Lanka
1
4
Sudan
3
13
Suriname
0
1
Sweden
2
15
Switzerland
8
36
Syria
1
4
Taiwan
2
9
Tajikistan
20
77
Tanzania
11
31
Thailand
4
34
Timor-Leste
2
6
Tonga
0
1
Turkey
24
104
Turkmenistan
2
2
Uganda
5
10
Ukraine
1
2
United Kingdom
0
3
United States of America
129
643
Uzbekistan
1
7
Vanuatu
1
6
Venezuela
17
62
Vietnam
10
58
Yemen
4
16
Zimbabwe
1
2
Regional origins of the project
The project began in Indonesia in 2009[3] as a regional list of peaks in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Timor-Leste via the Gunung Bagging website.
In this region, three categories of Ribus are known according to the absolute height of the peak. The "Sangat Tinggi" (Indonesian for "very high") category is for peaks higher than 3,000 meters, "Tinggi Sedang" (Indonesian for "medium height") for peaks between 2,000 and 3,000 meters, and "Kurang Tinggi" (Indonesian for "less high") for peaks with an elevation of between 1,000 and 2,000 meters.
There are 235 Ribus in Indonesia and 36 Ribus in Malaysia, including 3 Ribus on the border of Malaysian Sarawak and Indonesian Kalimantan and counted in both countries. Timor-Leste has 6 Ribus. Some are popular hikes, such as Gunung Rinjani, Gunung Semeru, and Gunung Kerinci, while others are much more obscure, and some do not even have official names.[citation needed]
Some famous Indonesian mountains, such as Gunung Bromo and Gunung Tangkuban Perahu, are not Ribus because they are connected to higher peaks by high passes and therefore do not achieve enough topographic prominence. However, a subsidiary category of Spesial (Indonesian for "special") peaks contains those deemed of such significant touristic interest that they merit inclusion, albeit subjectively, in a secondary list. At the moment, the Gunung Bagging website counts 100 Indonesian and 42 Malaysian Spesials.[citation needed]
The list of the Indonesian Ribus was compiled by Andy Dean and Daniel Patrick Quinn. As of December 2024, nobody is known to have completed the regional list.[citation needed]
While the term "Ribu" has been adopted to describe "mountains that exceed a prominence of 1,000 meters" also outside Indonesia and Malaysia,[4] the "Spesial" category remains acknowledged only there.
