Thaum kawg ntawm lub hnub nyoog dej khov, hippos tau dav dav faib hauv North America thiab Europe. Lub sijhawm ntawd hippos tuaj yeem nyob hauv cov huab cua txias.
Keeb kwm: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Koom pheej ywj pheej ntawm cov Congo, C d'te d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Kev Cuam Tshuam: Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Liberia, Mauritania.
Feem ntau nyob hauv Arusha National Park, Pas Dej Manyara National Park, Mikumi National Park, Neeg Asmeskas Tsoom Fwv Koom Haum Xwm Tshauj, Ruaha National Park.