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Land Use and Human Settlements
Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, University of Maryland, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Population Division, World Bank, United
Nations Human Settlements Programme
Land Area Classifications
Percent of Percent
Total
Forested
Percent of Total Land Area That Is:
Agricultural
Population Urban
Population
Living in Cities
of Urban
Population
Land MODIS Satellite {a} FAO {b} Arable and
Density Population With More Than Living in
Area Imagery, 2000 Estimates, Permanent Permanent Dry- (people as a Percent 100,000 1 Million Slum
(1000 ha) >50% >10% >10% Cover Cropland Pasture lands per km 2 ) of Total People People Conditions
2002 Cover Cover 2000 1990 2002 1992 2002 1992 {c} 2000 2000 1990 2002 2002 2001
World 13,066,880 24 50 29 30 12 12 27 26 .. 45 47 43 .. .. 32
Asia (excl. Middle East) 2,406,300 21 38 20 20 21 20 34 34 .. 135 35 30 19 12 40
Armenia 2,820 9 23 12 10 20 20 30 24 98 104 65 67 56 47 2
Azerbaijan 8,260 8 27 13 11 24 22 32 26 84 94 51 54 29 25 7
Bangladesh 13,017 11 35 9 8 65 64 5 5 0 958 23 20 13 10 85
Bhutan 4,700 61 73 64 64 4 3 9 7 0 44 8 6 0 0 44
Cambodia 17,652 47 82 52 55 22 22 8 8 0 73 17 13 11 8 72
China 932,742 15 31 17 15 17 14 43 43 34 133 36 27 e 17 11 38
Georgia 6,949 42 67 43 43 15 16 28 30 34 76 53 55 38 28 9
India 297,319 11 44 20 19 57 57 4 4 60 309 28 26 19 11 56
Indonesia 181,157 78 100 55 62 19 16 6 7 3 111 42 31 24 16 23
Japan 36,450 71 87 64 64 13 14 1 1 0 336 65 63 .. .. 6
Kazakhstan 269,970 1 4 4 4 8 13 69 69 99 6 56 57 34 8 30
Korea, Dem People's Rep 12,041 .. .. 68 68 22 21 0 0 0 185 60 58 34 14 1
Korea, Rep 9,873 59 76 63 63 19 21 1 1 0 472 80 74 78 69 37
Kyrgyzstan 19,180 2 9 5 4 7 7 49 47 55 25 34 38 20 0 52
Lao People's Dem Rep 23,080 76 98 53 55 4 4 4 3 0 22 19 15 3 0 66
Malaysia 32,855 82 97 59 66 23 23 1 1 0 70 62 50 40 19 2
Mongolia 156,650 3 8 7 7 1 1 83 78 65 2 57 57 31 0 65
Myanmar 65,755 61 86 51 59 16 15 0 1 .. 70 28 25 16 10 26
Nepal 14,300 34 71 26 32 23 17 12 12 9 160 14 9 7 5 92
Pakistan 77,088 1 7 3 3 29 27 6 6 83 179 33 31 24 17 74
Philippines 29,817 50 89 19 22 36 33 5 4 0 252 59 49 28 20 44
Singapore 67 11 29 3 3 3 3 .. .. 0 6478 100 100 .. .. 0
Sri Lanka 6,463 33 91 30 35 30 29 7 7 24 283 21 21 14 13 14
Tajikistan 13,996 0.1 3 3 3 8 7 23 25 40 43 26 32 15 0 56
Thailand 51,089 28 82 29 31 38 40 2 2 7 119 31 29 17 14 2
Turkmenistan 46,993 0.0 0.3 8 8 4 3 65 66 100 10 45 45 25 0 2
Uzbekistan 41,424 0.0 2 4 4 12 12 54 55 99 56 37 40 29 13 51
Viet Nam 32,549 43 86 30 28 27 21 2 1 0 236 24 20 17 12 47
Europe 2,260,099 32 65 45 45 13 14 8 8 .. 31 73 72 .. .. 6
Albania 2,740 16 67 34 37 26 26 16 15 0 108 42 36 15 0 7
Austria 8,273 55 75 46 45 18 18 23 24 0 97 66 66 .. .. 6
Belarus 20,748 47 70 45 33 28 30 15 15 .. 48 70 66 47 18 6
Belgium {d} 3,282 24 48 23 22 26 24 21 211 0 310 97 96 .. .. 15
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,120 57 92 44 44 21 20 20 23 0 78 43 39 20 0 8
Bulgaria 11,063 29 66 33 31 32 39 16 16 53 73 69 66 33 15 6
Croatia 5,592 44 81 32 31 28 24 28 19 0 79 58 54 23 0 8
Czech Rep 7,728 41 68 33 33 43 .. 13 .. 13 130 74 75 26 13 6
Denmark 4,243 13 48 11 10 54 60 9 5 0 124 85 85 .. .. 6
Estonia 4,239 74 94 46 43 15 27 2 6 0 30 69 71 36 0 12
Finland 30,459 50 96 65 65 7 8 0 0 0 15 61 61 .. .. 6
France 55,010 26 61 28 27 36 35 18 20 0 108 76 74 .. .. 6
Germany 34,895 36 62 30 30 34 34 14 15 5 231 88 85 .. .. 4
Greece 12,890 16 62 27 25 30 31 36 41 45 83 60 59 .. .. 6
Hungary 9,210 18 61 20 19 52 54 12 13 46 108 64 62 38 26 6
Iceland 10,025 3 35 0 0 0 0 23 23 .. 3 92 91 .. .. 6
Ireland 6,889 25 62 9 7 16 15 48 49 0 54 59 57 .. .. 1
Italy 29,411 26 58 33 32 38 40 15 15 21 191 67 67 .. .. 6
Latvia 6,205 70 95 45 43 30 28 10 13 0 37 67 70 43 0 6
Lithuania 6,268 45 75 31 30 48 49 8 7 0 54 67 68 40 0 6
Macedonia, FYR 2,543 28 69 35 35 24 26 25 25 37 79 59 58 28 0 8
Moldova, Rep 3,288 5 44 10 9 65 67 12 11 100 127 46 47 30 0 31
Netherlands 3,388 13 42 9 9 28 27 30 31 0 383 64 60 .. .. 9
Norway 30,625 24 61 27 26 3 3 1 0 0 14 76 72 .. .. 6
Poland 30,629 31 60 29 28 46 48 13 13 19 124 62 61 35 15 6
Portugal 9,150 11 70 40 34 30 33 16 9 29 109 53 47 .. .. 14
Romania 22,987 34 66 27 26 43 43 21 21 38 94 55 53 33 10 19
Russian Federation 1,688,850 32 65 50 50 7 8 5 5 22 9 73 73 49 23 6
Serbia and Montenegro 10,200 31 65 28 28 37 40 18 21 .. 103 52 51 25 16 5
Slovakia 4,808 49 73 44 41 32 .. 18 .. 0 110 57 57 12 0 6
Slovenia 2,014 69 89 55 54 10 12 15 16 0 98 51 51 13 0 6
Spain 49,944 13 48 28 27 37 40 23 21 69 81 76 75 .. .. 6
Sweden 41,162 56 90 60 60 7 7 1 1 0 20 83 83 .. .. 6
Switzerland 3,955 40 67 29 28 11 11 28 29 0 174 68 68 .. .. 6
Ukraine 57,935 16 52 16 15 58 59 14 13 65 82 67 67 41 19 6
United Kingdom 24,088 21 57 12 11 24 27 46 48 0 242 89 89 .. .. 6
Middle East & N. Africa 1,291,988 1 3 2 2 8 8 28 24 .. 31 58 54 39 24 36
Afghanistan 65,209 0.1 1 2 2 12 12 46 46 94 33 22 18 18 9 99
Algeria 238,174 0.1 1 1 1 3 3 13 13 21 13 57 51 32 12 12
Egypt 99,545 0.0 0.5 0 0 3 3 .. .. 8 68 42 43 38 28 40
Iran, Islamic Rep 163,620 1 2 4 4 10 11 27 27 90 40 64 56 46 26 44
Iraq 43,737 0.0 1 2 2 14 13 9 9 100 53 68 70 63 34 57
Israel 2,171 0.3 9 6 4 20 20 7 7 69 287 92 90 81 62 2
Jordan 8,893 0.0 0.2 1 1 4 4 8 9 72 56 79 72 58 47 16
Kuwait 1,782 .. .. 0 0 1 0 8 8 92 126 96 95 69 69 3
Lebanon 1,023 1 26 3 4 31 30 2 1 59 334 87 83 66 53 50
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 175,954 0.0 0.1 0 0 1 1 8 8 23 3 85 80 94 62 35
Morocco 44,630 0.2 5 7 7 21 22 47 47 92 65 56 48 36 16 33
Oman 30,950 0.0 0.1 0 0 0 0 3 3 14 8 76 62 47 0 61
Saudi Arabia 214,969 0.0 0.0 1 1 2 2 79 56 24 10 86 78 5 0 20
Syrian Arab Rep 18,378 0.1 4 2 2 29 30 45 44 98 89 50 49 41 27 1
Tunisia 15,536 0.3 3 3 3 32 31 31 29 94 58 63 58 25 17 4
Turkey 76,963 7 28 13 13 37 36 17 16 77 88 65 59 44 26 43
United Arab Emirates 8,360 0.0 0.0 4 3 3 1 4 3 0 34 85 83 81 50 2
Yemen 52,797 0.0 1 1 1 3 3 30 30 30 34 25 21 17 9 65