Forest Area by Country

#	Country	Forest area (hectares)	Population (2017)	Square meters per capita
1	Russia	814,848,460	146,186,799	55,740
2	Brazil	491,570,000	204,703,445	24,014
3	Canada	346,975,800	36,808,496	94,265
4	United States	310,645,000	332,204,660	9,351
5	China	211,405,700	1,412,354,727	1,497
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	151,955,200	87,083,398	17,449
7	Australia	125,367,000	24,731,038	50,692
8	Indonesia	89,641,200	267,346,658	3,353
9	Peru	73,637,800	31,324,637	23,508
10	India	71,038,800	1,359,657,400	522
11	Mexico	65,856,800	123,400,057	5,337
12	Colombia	58,448,300	48,131,078	12,144
13	Angola	57,606,400	30,234,839	19,053
14	Bolivia	54,186,000	11,344,588	47,764
15	Zambia	48,301,800	17,441,320	27,694
16	Venezuela	46,354,200	30,565,323	15,166
17	Tanzania	45,316,000	55,652,890	8,143
18	Mozambique	37,527,200	28,166,393	13,323
19	Papua New Guinea	33,553,400	9,178,714	36,556
20	Sweden	28,073,000	10,057,862	27,911
21	Myanmar	27,948,200	51,894,938	5,386
22	Argentina	26,518,400	44,288,894	5,988
23	Japan	24,954,800	127,064,690	1,964
24	Gabon	23,400,000	2,156,900	108,489
25	Republic of the Congo	22,303,200	5,351,011	41,680
26	Malaysia	22,223,400	32,355,644	6,868
27	Finland	22,218,000	5,508,396	40,335
28	Central African Republic	22,138,800	4,793,510	46,185
29	Laos	19,139,750	7,018,147	27,272
30	Sudan	18,861,120	42,714,306	4,416
31	Spain	18,486,130	46,868,596	3,944
32	Cameroon	18,376,000	24,128,601	7,616
33	Chile	18,336,600	18,558,868	9,880
34	France	17,215,000	65,284,776	2,637
35	Guyana	16,506,000	768,479	214,788
36	Thailand	16,459,000	71,160,187	2,313
37	Suriname	15,324,400	593,713	258,111
38	Vietnam	15,031,000	95,176,977	1,579
39	Paraguay	14,672,200	6,338,660	23,147
40	Zimbabwe	13,437,200	14,812,482	9,072
41	Ethiopia	12,580,200	109,666,481	1,147
42	Madagascar	12,441,000	26,788,375	4,644
43	Ecuador	12,390,420	16,759,519	7,393
44	Mongolia	12,358,240	3,104,364	39,809
45	Norway	12,116,000	5,276,802	22,961
46	Turkey (Türkiye)	11,919,800	83,083,662	1,435
47	Germany	11,423,000	83,104,007	1,375
48	Iran	10,691,980	85,026,754	1,257
49	Botswana	10,635,600	2,266,747	46,920
50	Côte d'Ivoire	10,400,200	26,733,372	3,890
51	New Zealand	10,152,400	4,812,752	21,095
52	Ukraine	9,700,600	45,436,042	2,135
53	Poland	9,477,400	38,254,958	2,477
54	Italy	9,404,600	60,390,318	1,557
55	Ghana	9,393,800	30,008,354	3,130
56	South Africa	9,241,000	57,635,162	1,603
57	Cambodia	9,202,200	16,073,372	5,725
58	Belarus	8,673,300	9,495,790	9,134
59	Philippines	8,520,000	108,119,693	788
60	Senegal	8,193,000	15,475,002	5,294
61	French Guiana	8,126,800	276,144	294,296
62	South Sudan	7,157,000	10,259,154	6,976
63	Romania	6,999,400	19,689,402	3,555
64	Namibia	6,770,600	2,506,853	27,008
65	Guinea	6,292,000	12,385,659	5,080
66	Somalia	6,209,400	14,916,629	4,163
67	Nigeria	6,173,800	200,254,578	308
68	South Korea	6,168,800	51,486,270	1,198
69	Morocco	5,616,000	35,446,392	1,584
70	Burkina Faso	5,230,400	19,894,407	2,629
71	North Korea	4,777,000	25,817,709	1,850
72	Chad	4,621,800	15,622,759	2,958
73	Panama	4,584,200	4,098,707	11,185
74	Mali	4,557,000	19,813,011	2,300
75	Kenya	4,486,200	49,197,766	912
76	Honduras	4,352,000	9,588,136	4,539
77	Benin	4,211,000	12,039,780	3,498
78	Turkmenistan	4,127,000	6,507,061	6,342
79	Liberia	4,119,000	4,848,924	8,495
80	Greece	4,114,399	10,753,534	3,826
81	Austria	3,872,600	8,798,778	4,401
82	Bulgaria	3,857,400	7,075,636	5,452
83	Nepal	3,636,000	28,011,258	1,298
84	Guatemala	3,467,200	16,567,357	2,093
85	Latvia	3,356,800	1,942,594	17,280
86	Kazakhstan	3,309,000	18,651,931	1,774
87	Cuba	3,307,200	11,247,829	2,940
88	Uzbekistan	3,197,660	31,819,178	1,005
89	United Kingdom	3,178,000	66,354,471	479
90	Sierra Leone	3,171,200	7,379,299	4,297
91	Portugal	3,159,200	10,330,844	3,058
92	Nicaragua	3,114,000	6,316,232	4,930
93	Malawi	3,111,000	18,039,715	1,725
94	Georgia	2,822,400	3,792,859	7,441
95	Costa Rica	2,816,400	4,913,177	5,732
96	Bhutan	2,774,770	754,335	36,784
97	Serbia	2,722,800	7,073,507	3,849
98	Czech Republic (Czechia)	2,671,000	10,541,342	2,534
99	Estonia	2,231,200	1,317,425	16,936
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,185,000	3,428,682	6,373
101	Lithuania	2,184,000	2,829,312	7,719
102	Solomon Islands	2,173,800	685,672	31,703
103	Hungary	2,078,199	9,785,604	2,124
104	Sri Lanka	2,056,800	22,087,522	931
105	Dominican Republic	2,049,400	10,666,843	1,921
106	Algeria	1,971,200	41,689,299	473
107	Guinea-Bissau	1,952,000	1,877,072	10,399
108	Slovakia	1,940,400	5,435,700	3,570
109	Croatia	1,922,800	4,079,200	4,714
110	Uruguay	1,890,480	3,388,438	5,579
111	Uganda	1,806,600	40,177,388	450
112	Equatorial Guinea	1,544,800	1,562,396	9,887
113	Eritrea	1,501,200	3,150,347	4,765
114	Bangladesh	1,423,800	162,186,146	88
115	Pakistan	1,386,000	223,273,968	62
116	Belize	1,356,260	373,202	36,341
117	Afghanistan	1,350,000	35,688,935	378
118	Switzerland	1,261,600	8,453,628	1,492
119	Slovenia	1,248,400	2,062,410	6,053
120	Azerbaijan	1,191,840	9,968,510	1,196
121	Niger	1,117,200	21,435,446	521
122	Tunisia	1,061,400	11,650,498	911
123	Fiji	1,026,920	918,758	11,177
124	North Macedonia	998,000	1,940,879	5,142
125	Saudi Arabia	977,000	30,782,402	317
126	New Caledonia	839,000	283,546	29,590
127	Montenegro	827,000	620,114	13,336
128	Iraq	825,000	39,337,353	210
129	Albania	769,580	2,898,242	2,655
130	Ireland	765,380	4,810,260	1,591
131	Western Sahara	707,000	512,843	13,786
132	Belgium	684,280	11,376,580	601
133	Timor-Leste	663,600	1,251,703	5,302
134	Denmark	622,240	5,765,168	1,079
135	Kyrgyzstan	621,000	6,220,150	998
136	Eswatini	595,200	1,158,195	5,139
137	Yemen	549,000	33,090,921	166
138	Bahamas	515,000	390,485	13,189
139	Puerto Rico	502,570	3,371,874	1,490
140	Rwanda	493,600	12,202,060	405
141	Gambia	491,200	2,342,189	2,097
142	Syria	491,000	19,224,668	255
143	Vanuatu	440,000	278,507	15,799
144	Moldova	418,200	3,193,498	1,310
145	Tajikistan	412,800	9,085,946	454
146	Brunei	380,000	432,772	8,781
147	Netherlands	377,200	17,315,370	218
148	Jamaica	334,440	2,815,764	1,188
149	Armenia	332,400	2,914,963	1,140
150	United Arab Emirates	324,720	9,234,327	352
151	Burundi	285,200	11,506,762	248
152	El Salvador	256,200	6,213,533	412
153	Trinidad and Tobago	237,720	1,445,261	1,645
154	Mauritania	217,500	4,210,600	517
155	Libya	217,000	6,738,770	322
156	Cyprus	172,640	1,254,275	1,376
157	Samoa	171,000	205,415	8,325
158	Israel	169,400	8,361,796	203
159	French Polynesia	155,000	280,086	5,534
160	Togo	148,400	8,057,140	184
161	Lebanon	137,460	6,160,128	223
162	Jordan	97,500	10,234,226	95
163	Haiti	95,400	10,817,754	88
164	Cabo Verde	91,820	512,893	1,790
165	Réunion	88,000	858,754	1,025
166	Luxembourg	86,700	596,496	1,453
167	Egypt	74,200	103,696,057	7
168	Guadeloupe	72,560	412,692	1,758
169	Micronesia	64,330	109,482	5,876
170	São Tomé and Príncipe	53,600	206,970	2,590
171	Iceland	51,800	343,532	1,508
172	Lesotho	51,000	2,157,110	236
173	Martinique	48,500	371,502	1,306
174	Dominica	42,790	68,496	6,247
175	Seychelles	40,670	112,426	3,617
176	Palau	40,300	17,812	22,625
177	Mauritius	38,680	1,290,655	300
178	Comoros	36,200	756,670	478
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	34,400	39,913	8,619
180	Northern Mariana Islands	29,180	49,958	5,841
181	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27,000	105,663	2,555
182	Guam	25,000	163,490	1,529
183	Saint Lucia	20,180	176,342	1,144
184	Niue	17,900	1,780	100,562
185	American Samoa	17,460	51,586	3,385
186	U.S. Virgin Islands	17,380	95,118	1,827
187	Grenada	16,990	115,438	1,472
188	Singapore	16,350	5,604,078	29
189	Andorra	16,000	73,762	2,169
190	Cook Islands	15,100	17,047	8,858
191	Cayman Islands	12,700	64,536	1,968
192	Marshall Islands	12,640	46,529	2,717
193	Kiribati	12,150	120,274	1,010
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11,000	47,050	2,338
195	Antigua and Barbuda	9,800	90,468	1,083
196	State of Palestine	9,170	4,742,742	19
197	Tonga	9,000	105,356	854
198	Liechtenstein	6,900	37,850	1,823
199	Barbados	6,300	280,171	225
200	Kuwait	6,250	4,154,684	15
201	Wallis and Futuna	5,830	11,918	4,892
202	Djibouti	5,600	1,054,841	53
203	Anguilla	5,500	14,425	3,813
204	Mayotte	5,440	265,164	205
205	British Virgin Islands	3,620	32,699	1,107
206	Isle of Man	3,460	83,609	414
207	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2,760	5,919	4,663
208	Montserrat	2,500	4,602	5,432
209	Oman	2,000	4,537,396	4
210	Bermuda	1,000	63,578	157
211	Maldives	1,000	458,287	22
212	Tuvalu	1,000	10,869	920
213	Bahrain	620	1,481,995	4
214	Aruba	420	105,731	40
215	Malta	350	467,902	7
216	Greenland	220	56,071	39
217	Faroe Islands	80	50,243	16

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FAOSTAT - Food and agriculture data by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
The State of Food Insecurity in the World - FAO
World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision - United Nations Population Division
United Nations Statistics Division
World Bank

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