HEC: Exoplanet Statistics

Last Update: January 10, 2015
Currently Known Exoplanets
Here is a list on the number of confirmed and unconfirmed exoplanets according to the main exoplanet databases. Not all of them list the same number of objects or data depending on their criteria and scope. The PHL' Exoplanets Catalog uses the Extrasolar Planet Encyclopedia with many corrections and additions from other sources.

Exoplanet DatabaseConfirmedNASA Kepler Candidates*
PHL Exoplanets Catalog1,8824,175
Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia1,876—
NASA Exoplanet Archive1,7954,175
Exoplanet Orbit Database1,5234,198
Open Exoplanet Catalogue1,840—
* Most Kepler candidates are unconfirmed

Summary Statistics

This page has statistics for all known exoplanets from the PHL's Exoplanet Database, which includes both confirmed exoplanets and NASA Kepler candidates. The current number of potentially habitable exoplanets and predicted exomoons are shown in red. Some of these numbers are also represented in the Periodic Table of Exoplanets.

 Total
Exoplanets		Stellar
Systems		Hot ExoplanetsWarm ExoplanetsCold
Exoplanets		Unclassified
Habitable
Exoplanets3		Habitable
Exomoons4
 Confirmed11,8821,1801,496148225132830
Kepler Candidates24,1753,1913,89721620429632
(1) Confirmed exoplanets are those mostly listed by the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia plus any recent changes/updates.
(2) NASA Kepler Mission exoplanet candidates are those as listed by the NASA Exoplanet Archive.
(3) Number of potentially habitable exoplanets includes some still unconfirmed.
(4) Objects of interest for habitable exomoons are predicted from planetary dynamics, but none observed yet.

Miniterrans
Subterrans
Terrans
Superterrans
Neptunians
Jovians
315249406367840
0.2 %0.8 %13.2 %21.6 %19.5 %44.6 %
Hot Miniterrans
Hot Subterrans
Hot Terrans
Hot Superterrans
Hot Neptunians
Hot Jovians
315236382335523
 Warm Miniterrans Warm Subterrans
Warm Terrans
Warm Superterrans
Warm Neptunians
Warm Jovians
00101813107
Cold MiniterransCold SubterransCold TerransCold SuperterransCold NeptuniansCold Jovians
003618198
1-Planet
Systems
2-Planet
Systems
3-Planet
Systems
4-Planet
Systems
5-Planet
Systems		6-Planet
Systems
7-Planet
Systems
707319103331341
59.9 %27.0 %8.7 %2.8 %1.1 %0.3 %
0.1 %

Details of NASA Kepler Candidates†
Miniterrans
Subterrans
Terrans
Superterrans
Neptunians
Jovians
61661,0911,358923509
0.1 %4.0 %26.1 %32.5 %22.1 %12.2 %
Hot Mercurians
Hot Subterrans
Hot Terrans
Hot Superterrans
Hot Neptunians
Hot Jovians
61651,0651,283845457
 Warm Miniterrans Warm Subterrans
Warm Terrans
Warm Superterrans
Warm Neptunians
Warm Jovians
0122737145
Cold MiniterransCold SubterransCold TerransCold SuperterransCold NeptuniansCold Jovians
004277
1-Planet
Systems
2-Planet
Systems
3-Planet
Systems
4-Planet
Systems
5-Planet
Systems		6-Planet
Systems
7-Planet
Systems
2,535432147551831
79.4 %13.5 %4.6 %1.7 %0.6 %0.1 %
<0.1 %

† Not all exoplanets listed in the summary can be assigned to a category due to missing stellar or planetary data.